Michelle Jo Santoso / Master Artists, Professional Piano Teacher

Michelle Jo Santoso / Master Artists, Professional Piano Teacher

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About

Michelle Jo Santoso loves her profession in piano teaching for over 30 years. Founding her own private piano studio independently with her background of Master of Arts degree in piano performance, she is recognized in the music community as a great teacher who is committed, dedicated, passionate and inspiring who will always nurture each student's love of music, development of musicality, knowledge, technique, and artistry to the highest level of understanding in piano repertoire. Whether students play piano as a hobby or competitively on stages such as Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall, Merkin Hall, Alex Theater, etc., she will guide young students to the path that fits each his or her needs. She has been enjoying the journey of her piano teaching year after year with great fulfillment. She has produced many award-winning students nationally and internationally, such as the Jack Kent Cook Award, the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, the Seattle International Piano Competition and many more. Students have been soloists with orchestras nationally and internationally. She not only aims to guide each student musically but also helps develop a solid work ethic, good character, and robust responsibility to achieve whatever goals a student wishes to complete in order to lead to a full life. Her belief in teaching is to provide a happy piano studio where a family of happy teachers, happy parents and happy students grow together in the joy and love of music making and to help and encourage students to strengthen their weaknesses in self-confidence.

I am humble to say that teaching is also learning and inspiring. Learning about students, learning about their family, learning about people as wonderful human beings, learning about their character, their weakness, their strength, and their values. As my students' piano mentor, I respect their family values, perspective and integrity.

I am very happy and proud when each student achieves their piano study through many wonderful life lessons learned behind this piano training. Winning many trophies is not the most important aspect but our positive approach in learning and practicing takes us to a wonderful winning journey and that's the most beautiful thing I shared as I recognize my gift to influence and impact their life positively. It's truly a rewarding experience.

My Students' Achievements:

FROM THE TOP AWARDS with live radio broadcast

Young Musicians Foundation Scholarship Awards

Seattle International Piano Competition

International Russian Music Competition

International Young Artists Competition in Washington, D.C.,

The Los Angeles International Liszt Competition

International Young Musicians Competition

American Fine Arts Festival

Classics Alive Young Artist Concert Series

American Protege International Piano Competition

Cypress College Piano Competition

Emerging Artists Competition

Long Beach Music Festival

California Association of Professional Music Teachers

Music Teachers' Association of California

Southern California Junior Bach Festival Complete Works Audition.

My Short Bio:

Michelle Jo Santoso with Master Degree in Piano performance has been performing in numerous music festivals in Europe for several years, including with Bratislava Chamber Orchestra, Wiener Residenz Orchester in Austria, and numerous chamber music performance in Czech Republic and Italy. She was also a winner in The Los Angeles Liszt Piano Competition, etc.


Highlights

28 years in business
Serves Arcadia , CA
Offers online services

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Justin T.

If you are serious about learning classical piano, then Michelle Santoso is the right instructor for you. Be ready to put in your time and effort to practice because she will go above and beyond to make sure you will learn. Michelle Santoso is a traditional piano teacher who is a strong believer that success will come only after you put in the work, a lots of hard work. She not only teaches you piano, she teaches you life skills as well - she helps build your overall character, your work ethic and your mental toughness. Sign up when you are ready to learn and put in the effort.
Both of our daughters had been under Michelle Santoso’s tutelage for almost their whole life. They are advanced for their age and have developed the love of learning piano and the importance of practicing. Performance recitals and competition are encouraged through out the year to hone in many other aspects of the art. We are grateful Mrs. Santoso had taken our daughters are under her wings.
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August 24, 2020

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Tiffany

We are very impressed with Ms. Michelles dedication and professionalism in the area of piano pedagogy. My daughter has been taking lessons from her for almost 10 years. Its no exaggeration to say Ms. Michelles lessons has been an integral part of my daughters education.
Many piano teacher can pass on the knowledge of the music theory or fingering. What impressed us the most is Ms. Mitchell teaches music appreciation and would tailor her lesson plan to accommodate the particular strength and weakness of each student.
Another important point is that Ms. Michelle teaches time management and help students stay on track with practice schedule. She helps students set incremental goals along the way so its not overwhelming for the students even for longer or more challenging piece.
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July 10, 2020

Services offered

Piano
Music Theory