ABOUT "LITTLE HOUSE"

Little House Piano Studio is my home studio and has been welcoming students since 1993, although I have been teaching privately since 1987. Private students of Little House working the music room on a 6-foot Mason and Hamlin grand piano and a Yamaha P80 keyboard with the Sibelius composing program. Performance classes for private students and presentations for the keyboard classes are held in this room on the Mason and Hamlin.

 

 

Beginner keyboard classes are held in a separate studio on the Little House grounds.  Here there is enough room for students to dance and drum and work on their own keyboard. This studio is equipped with eight keyboards, drums, chimes, resonator bars and instruments to accommodate parents and siblings during the parent-time portion of the keyboard class.

 

At present, Little House Piano Studio has students who range in age from six to seventy. Private classes and beginner keyboard classes are held Monday through Friday, in the morning, afternoon and evening.

 

 

 

About Me

My life as a musician began over 30 years ago when I took my first piano lesson. Along the way, I studied the flute and voice and participated in choral, band and orchestral activities, but I always maintained the piano as my primary instrument.

My love of playing music brought me to SUNY Purchase where I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in piano performance. I continued my studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, earning a Masters of Music. I have completed my classroom work to earn a Doctor of Musicology from CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.

In addition to school, I studied in New York City with renowned pianist Eleanor Hancock, one of the founding members of the Taubmann Institute of Piano.

I am currently co-chairperson for the New York State Music Teachers' Association, District 4; chairperson for the Young Originals student composition project, sponsored by NYSMTA, District 4; and composition competition coordinator for the State of New York Music Teachers' Association. 

I am an active member of
MTNA (Music Teachers National Association);


NGPT (National Guild of Piano Teachers)


and a certified Musikgarten Instructor.

As Music Director of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Brewster, NY, I direct two choirs (adult and children), and provide both organ and piano music for services.  In addition, with colleagues I perform four-hand and two-piano repertoire regularly throughout the greater New York City area.

I look forward to sharing the magic of music with you at  LITTLE HOUSE PIANO STUDIO!