The Student Experience
Not every student will play Rachmaninoff, but every student will have every opportunity to do their very best.
To do this, we help our students to:
Develop critical listening skills
- Critique peers in Piano Class
- Attend concerts and recitals
Experience broad musical variety
- Perform duets and trios (there's always someone ready to pair up and there are plenty of pianos)
- Learn classical as well as non-classical music from faculty trained in multiple genres
- Take part in typical and theme recitals, including Baroque, Jazz, Halloween, and Duet recitals
- Be a hero to the younger students by assisting in their performances
Take part in In-Studio Evaluations as well as New York State Music Teacher Association Evaluations
- Reduce boredom, increase musical versatility, and help students work to goals by using mini-milestones
- Obtain focused, detailed feedback from experienced adjudicators
- Build confidence through low pressure/no pressure, behind closed-door performance opportunities
Work and perform with professional musicians
- Pianists trained in many genres and styles
- Orchestral musicians
- Jazz and swing musicians
Meet and work with composers
- Joseph Fennimore
- Paul Gerike
- Donald Sosin
Be part of The Music Studio Kids
- Ensemble Orff performances
- Broadway, Folk, Pop, and Patriotic Singing
- Acrobats and clowning
Similar opportunities and others appropriate for their age are avilable to younger students. Ice cream cake recitals, ensemble recitals, Fun with Creative Keyboard, and the end-of-year show at the Palace Theatre, complete with costumes, scenery, and the chance to perform side-by-side with older students, are just some of the highlights. All of these activities also help students learn to work toward a goal, learn more than one song at a time, and begin to learn the idea of “polishing” their final effort.
Music is fun, but also complex. We prepare our students for that one song, one opportunity at a time.
