Piano Studio of Alita Lake offers year-round private piano instruction and classes for students of all ages and levels. The studio is located on the border of Palo Alto and Menlo Park and features a Baldwin grand piano, a digital Yamaha Clavinova and a Yamaha upright piano.

Biography Carl Franzen, Voice Teacher and Operatic Tenor San Jose, California For as long as I can remember, I was always singing. As a child, I sang endlessly with my mother's phonograph records, ranging anywhere from Mario Lanza to Nat King Cole and the classic musicals like Carousel and Oklahoma. My grandmother was really the one to encourage me to find my musical talents. In Elementary school I wanted desperately to play a musical instrument. I really wanted to play the piano most of all. But I didn't get a piano until my senior year of high school. The first instrument the music instructor gave me was a flute, which was a failure. Next...

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I have my own piano studio at home. I have 2 master degrees that are piano performance and teaching secondary education in Music. For my teaching experience, I have taught at piano gifted program of an elementary and a high schools as well as a college over 8 years in Taiwan. Also, I have received my teaching credential and taught group keyboard and string orchestra in public schools since 2022. If you are interested my experience, please contact with me by email [email protected] or test message by 415-7408478. Thank You for your appreciation!

As a teacher at a private school working with students grades 6 thru 12, I have great experience working with beginners to intermediate level singers, guitarists, and bass players. I can work with you and create a unique learning experience customized to suit your learning style and help you improve and enjoy playing.

I've traveled 20yrs across this great nation singing and building incredible friend and new family networks. Trained so many who have become comfortable and successfully doing big things. They come back to thank me, send me gifts from their travels and embrace me with their families. My training begins with this line: "I can't teach you to read music but you will get Simon's ear in three notes. The rest is up to you to keep it." Sang with Bruce Willis and the Accelerators four years. Going back to pay tribute next year. 48yr Executive Administrative Assistant career and, when my daughter graduated with two degrees she said "Mom, go do y