About Me
I began playing piano by ear at the age of 3 1/2, listening to The Beatles, Broadway musicals, and other popular songs of the 60's, playing what I heard.
By the time I was 15 and started taking piano lessons with Marie Antos, a graduate of the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, my ear was so well trained that my second lesson began with "Fur Elise" by Beethoven, which I had started teaching myself after hearing it on a movie soundtrack. I had been playing flute for 7 years at that time, and knew the basics of reading music, but had never played written piano music before. My piano instructor graciously allowed me to tackle a piece by one of the Masters right out of the starting gate!
After 2 years of Classical lessons, I enrolled as a Music Education major at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where I took jazz piano, voice, ear training, arranging, theory, and pop songwriting classes, along with playing piano and singing in many varied ensembles.
Following my education at Berklee, I played in several bands, and cut a CD of original material which got quite a bit of Northeast regional airplay. In addition to teaching piano privately, I teach General Music in an elementary school.
I invite you to allow me to share my over 55 years of learning and playing experience with you and/or your child.