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About the Teacher
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Julia Park is one of the most active
piano teachers in Queens and Long Island. She has been teaching
piano to students of all ages and all levels for more than
fifteen years.
Teaching Philosophy
Her piano teaching focuses not only on piano playing but also on
whole musicianship along with music theory, aural training,
sight reading, improvisation and composition. She applies
different methods, repertoire and drills based on individual’s
abilities, strengths, and taste for music while she still
balances musicianship. As a piano teacher, it is important to
help the students enjoy music and appreciate it through the act
of playing music. Hopefully, as they grow, music will remain a
part of their life and they will feel that their life has been
enriched by music.
Many beginner students start piano learning with Ms. Park and
most of them are still playing and growing. Ms. Park teaches
with a careful and thoughtful approach, especially for the
beginners, as she assesses their cognitive level and abilities.
Also, she makes an effort to choose repertoire for beginners so
that they have fun and enjoy piano learning. Musical
ear-training, along with learning music notation, is important
in her teaching, especially for beginners, and she employs
solfège in both ear-training and keyboard activities.
As students grow to an intermediate or advanced level that
requires more technical fluency, she guides students to learn
the correct technique along with developing their musicality.
Being a performer gives her the ability to teach the correct
physical approach to the keyboard. In fact, she is teaching with
the Abby Whiteside technique by studying with Sophia Rosoff, who
was one of Abby Whiteside’ s pupils and the president of the
Abby Whiteside Foundation (www.abbywhiteside.org).
Education & Performance Career
As a pianist, she made her New York Debut Recital at Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2003. She has won numerous
competitions such as the first prize in The Joseph and Ida
Contemporary Keyboard Competition, 2003, first prize in the
Arizona State University Piano Concerto Competition and a
Special Presentation Award from Artists International
Presentations in New York.
She is also a piano faculty member at CPSM (Center for
Preparatory Studies in Music) at Queens College and her students
perform regularly at CPSM recitals. Many of her private students
have participated in NYSSMA auditions. Each spring Ms. Park
presents a piano recital which all of her students are welcome
to participate in.
Currently, she is pursuing her doctoral degree in piano
performance. Besides teaching at CPSM at Queens College, Hudson
County Community College and her private teaching, she continues
to give recitals in New York City, Long Island and Arizona.
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Location:
Queens, NY
Manhasset, NY
Phone: (917) 685-7469
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