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I began playing piano at
age 5, inspired by my mother, who was a
singer and actress. My first teacher's name
was Miss Bell, who had a beehive and wore
rhinestone trimmed glasses. She was your
classic old time neighborhood piano teacher.
Miss Bell set the pace for discipline and
fun for my career in playing and teaching. Then, after training classically at
Northwestern University and studying with
renowned jazz pianist Larry Novak, I began
playing at hotels, clubs and corporate
events, as a pianist and band leader till I
came to Los Angeles.
I started teaching just after college,
encountering all sorts of students, and
enjoyed teaching each and every one -- as
long as the student was enjoying their
progress. I've developed a style of teaching
that's very individual, and gets to the fun
part of playing very quickly. Not that it's
easy. Like anything in life: if it's worth
having, it's worth working for.
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