Approach: Plan with the student before the piece is played. Map out the dynamics, articulation, whether staccato, legato or a combination. (For tonality, where does piece come to rest?)
Identify the “mood” of the piece.
Translate sound images into physical motion. (as in the second page of “Firefly,” rolling from Right hand to Left with a supple, “spongy” wrist and free, relaxed arms)
Ilyana 8, is a creative, and responsive child. She has been studying piano for about 2 years.
She attended Montessori as a pre-schooler.
Albertina, Ilyana’s older sister, follows her sister’s lesson. She warmed up with a F Major/minor five finger position before she played her scales and Arpeggios. These are all preps for her pieces:
Private piano teacher, recording artist, composer, piano finder, freelance writer, film maker, story teller: Grad of the NYC HS of Performing Arts, Oberlin Conservatory, NYU (Master of Arts) Studies with Lillian Freundlich and Ena Bronstein; Master classes with Murray Perahia and Oxana Yablonskaya. Studios in BERKELEY and EL CERRITO, California; Member, Music Teachers Assoc. of California, MTAC; Distance learning
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Private fund-raising for non-profits as pianist--Public Speaking re: piano teaching and creative approaches
Ilyana is a sweetheart, with a dazzling smile. When I close my eyes I cannot tell where one hand leaves off and the other picks up — that’s fluidity!
Thanks for your comments, Lisa. I will forward them to Ilyana, and it will make her day!
Shirley