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May 06, 2020

A piano school where kids actually practice daily and find purpose in music

A piano school where kids actually practice daily and find purpose in music
This all started back in 2014 when I was finishing a 6 month long touring season as a concert pianist. My Aussie tour manager, Tim, had just left to return back to London and this time I decided I wasn’t going back. I decided I was done with touring for multiple reasons, but mainly because I didn’t see myself expanding to a 9 month schedule after 5 seasons of intense preparation and constant travel.

October 01, 2019

Piano Education at 7AM

Piano Education at 7AM
Walking into our school to setup our Kaizen Piano Class at 7AM yesterday and seeing 7 kids already practicing on their sight-reading books made me think about how far we’ve come as a piano education company. I quit my career as a concert pianist after my last tour in 2014 and had this crazy idea that piano education could be “fixed”. Traveling from city to city I’d meet people and when they chat with me on planes, hotels or random interactions, it would always be the same story. “Wow so you’r...

November 04, 2018

Food is important.

Food is important.
My job is to ensure that the environment and conditions that they are developing in is consistent and ideal. But the reality is for all piano teachers, that you only get to water your crops once a week, maybe twice.

November 02, 2018

Why are there levels for students learning piano?

Why are there levels for students learning piano?
First of all, for those wondering, these levels are all made up. Some group of people decided a while back to start categorizing pieces by difficulty and then organizing them into 10 levels. Level 1 is the easiest and 10 the hardest.

October 31, 2018

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Originally written on Medium: October 31, 2016 ““Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” - Pablo Picasso”

October 12, 2016

Can video recording change music education? (Part II of III)

Can video recording change music education? (Part II of III)
It’s pretty clear when you see a video whether or not something is right or not. So what does this mean for piano teachers? It means we get recorded a lot. On average, parents ask to record me playing 6 times a day (yes, I’ve been keeping track). It’s smart for several reasons for them to do this. 1. Videos empower the parents to know what’s right: notes, rhythms, hand position, etc. 2. Students engage with the teacher more than once a week. And they do it in a setting they’re most familiar w...