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Studio Muse’n encourages musical advancement through individualized instruction and performance. The teacher works closely with students (and parents) to understand learning styles, using experience with Neurodiverse populations to identify strengths and challenges, and use the findings to recommend methods to overcome the challenges. Close observation during lessons often identifies challenges associated with visual and muscular control, leading to solution recommendations that prove to be supportive of successes in learning in music and academics. Successes lead to self-confidence, which often leads to feeling the joy of sharing music with family and friends!

During lessons we emphasize musical interpretation, ergonomic positioning, sound quality, and effective practice approaches/technique. Flute students also receive instruction in flute/piccolo assembly and care.

During the Enrollment Lesson and for the first few lessons thereafter each student and I collaborate to select appropriate method books and theory books from which to study, and choose additional literature based on student interests. As we play music together I focus on students’ learning styles and help them maximize their natural gifts while offering methods to overcome the inevitable challenges that arise.

Frequency and duration of lessons depends greatly upon the student’s age, maturity, ability to focus, and student goals. Duration and frequency may vary as students progress and may increase during preparation for performances, competitions, and evaluations. Performance, ensemble playing, competition, and evaluation opportunities are available to all interested students. 

Lessons are available in person at my studio, in students’ homes, and online. When teaching in-studio, I plan to visit each piano student’s home at least yearly (and during major growth spurts) to evaluate and adjust their playing positions, which must be modified as they grow.