Music With Miss Christine

Hello, I’m Christine Smith and I’m very excited to invite you to my personalized online classes for all ages called Music with Miss Christine. I’ve been teaching piano, drums and vocals for 24+ years now, and even though I’ve been performing in public since age 6, teaching is truly my passion. My current students range in age from 6 to 60 and I’m especially great with Early Learners. My teaching style is energetic, fun, patient, nurturing and encouraging, and I love helping people of all ages achieve their musical goals. Lessons are weekly, 1 hour, and online only.

I’ve devoted my entire life to music and I believe my lessons are unique because of my wide range of experience. Originally from NYC, I’m a singer/songwriter and classically trained pianist (Juilliard) who has spent over 20 years touring internationally and recording with many famous Rock n Roll bands and artists. These opportunities led me to be a record producer and studio engineer as well. Although piano is my main instrument, I also play drums, guitar and accordion. In London I spent over a decade playing Jazz piano and working as a Musical Director in comedy theater and radio. I’ve also played Carnegie Hall twice and I’ve been on the Conan O’Brien show three times. It’s been quite a journey!

Here’s how my method works:

The lessons are structured with warm up exercises and we work together on building a repertoire of songs you love. No matter what style of music, I believe the main ingredients of a song are melody, chords and rhythm, and I teach all this music theory and harmony through ear training, sheet music (John Thompson) and/or my handwritten charts (Nashville Number System) that I provide for free. Depending on your goals and learning style, I always offer personalized choices to give my students confidence and fast results, and to help them truly understand what they’re playing! I’ve also created fun and effective games and exercises for melody, chords, patterns and rhythm using letters and numbers and hand signals.

Music is so important for us all, and teaching is so rewarding to me. Let’s make music together!