Sandy D. says, "When I found Erica on LinkedIn, I just connected to her because I liked what she did with her business. I saw business acumen and a love of pianos. On LinkedIn I like to collect people who reflect my values and Erica certainly does that.
I’ve had piano lessons before. Started and stopped maybe 4, 5 or 6 times before with different teachers. They were nice, but most of them didn’t click with me. I finally tried working with a music therapist a few years ago because of cognitive difficulties due to Multiple Sclerosis. We definitely clicked but wouldn’t you know insurance doesn’t cover music therapy? After paying a fair but unsustainable amount of cash over a few months, I had to terminate. There went my dream of learning to play piano.
Years go by and along comes Erica. I didn’t tell her about my MS. In my first lesson, I actually cried. For the first time in years, I was sitting at the piano and then re-learning the piano in a new way. Here I found someone finally, who gets me. Her method of teaching was unusually simple. And she was very patient with me. I made music. When I told her about my MS she started crying because she told me that her method was meant to work with the disabled! Why shouldn’t disabled people have the joy of playing piano like other people?
MS is an invisible illness that breaks down the nervous system. It can’t be seen unless one is in a wheel chair. Neurological disorders can’t be seen. But when I tell you something insight me lit up…I can’t explain it. Was it my brain making new neuronal connections or was it my spirit on fire…? I don’t know. Did it create healing and reignite my hope of making music? Yes it did.
If you have an opportunity to take piano lessons from Erica do it. If you can learn her methods and pass them on to others, learn them. You may create a drastic impact on someone. Erica’s warmth and method of teaching had that impact on me.
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