I have over 27 years experience teaching private lessons. I take a customized approach taylored to each students tastes and needs. I enjoy watching my students get better and better, as well as playing music with them.

I have well over two decades of experience in person and online. I was trained as a Certificate of Merit student in Classical, including theory and technique. Uniquely, I tailor lessons to your goals. MUSIC first (theory secondarily). I teach all levels and popular genres! I can easily teach chord method, ear-training, improvisation, songwriting. I also teach guitar, ukulele and am an experienced vocal coach. I write and record in several genres as well and I am a creativity coach.

I am a piano teacher, I am Brazilian, I teach classical and contemporary piano, fundamentals and theory of music, singing solfege and choral music, teaching for all ages, young children and adults. I like to develop in my students the ability to improvise, self-training and creativity when playing the instrument I like to develop in my student the creativity and interest in different musical styles

Why am I a qualified music educator? I have - - 19 years of performance experience on the piano, saxophone, and clarinet - a Music Theory Education blog with hundreds of thousands of followers worldwide (I am not supposed to link anything in this blurb but message me if you are curious!) - four years of success in the music industry (I've been paying my bills with music for FOUR WHOLE YEARS. WHAAAT) - a great attitude. I'm psyched. Always. Here's some more info how how I teach. Teaching Method - I structure all of my lessons around highly specific goals. For instance - "Today you are going to lean how to play 'Golden Hour' by jvke." or -

I have been playing fiddle and mandolin for over 50 years. I started violin lessons when I was in school, and began studying classical music. I soon discovered other styles of music, as well, and took a little detour from the classical world into the world of Bluegrass music and folk music. That led me to a professional career in Bluegrass and Country music, and also lead me to explore many other styles of music, including jazz and swing, Cajun and Zydeco music, Italian mandolin music, Klezmer music, and more. I teach all these styles to my students. I have taught very young kids and very old adults, as long as the interest and the pa...