I currently serve on the Music faculty of Florida College (since Fall 2006), where I teach Music Theory, History, Technology, Class Piano, and Applied piano. I have a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance (1999) from University of South Florida, and a Master of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory (2001). Other professional experiences include a 6-week tour with the Nashville Opera Educational Outreach program in 2005 and chamber music collaboration with vocalists and instrumentalists in the Tampa Bay area, plus regular recital performances at Florida College.

More importantly than all these experiences, however, is my current training in the Taubman approach to piano technique with Mr. Robert Durso, Senior Director of the Golandsky Institute. I began studying with Mr. Durso in August 2010, after attending the Golandsky Summer Symposium at Princeton University in July. The Taubman technique is the most comprehensive body of knowledge in existence to explain and teach the coordinated movements that comprise a pain-, and fatigue-free virtuosic technique. It is scientific in its methodology, and the Golandsky Institute is the sole proprietor of the complete body of knowledge. In one year, I have already experienced a gigantic turnaround in my own playing. I am not a certified Taubman teacher with the Golandsky Institute, but I would be happy to introduce and guide any student through this work to the best of my ability (intermediate to advanced students only). To my knowledge, there are no other students of this work through the Golandsky Institute within a 100-mile radius of Tampa.

Lessons

I began teaching piano when I joined the faculty of Florida College in Fall 2006, and began my own private studio in Spring 2009. I teach all levels, beginning through advanced. My goal is to help each student achieve his/her musical goals. I try to find music that inspires, make each lesson substantive and enjoyable, and provide enriching experiences for each student. I believe music is a gift of expression from God for which there is no alternative, and so I feel blessed to have acquired knowledge and skills to assist others in cultivating this unique language.

All lessons are held in my office on the Florida College campus in Temple Terrace. I can also offer training in Music Theory, History, and Finale and Sibelius music notation software as well. I will work out the details with individuals on a case by case basis.