Poco A Poco Piano Studio

New students are entitled to one free 30 minute trial lesson during which we get to know one another, review any prior musical experience, explain studio policy, create an understanding of studio expectations and routine, learn how to use the Better Practice Application, and best of all we learn some music!

Valerie Boizelle received her B.M. in piano performance from the University of California, Irvine. She began her higher education at Brigham Young University and later transferred as a Rawlins Scholar to be with her husband while he completed his Doctorate in Physics and Astronomy. They are now proud Aggies while Dr. Boizelle is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Texas A&M University. In her career, Mrs. Boizelle has had the opportunity to study with Dr. Lorna Griffitt, Dr. Scott Holden, Linda Barker, and has competed internationally. She has performed for Menahem Pressler, Edmund Battersby, Karen Shaw, Norman Krieger, Hans Boepple, David Dubal, and more. She has attended such festivals as the Indiana University Piano Academy and the Orfeo Music Festival in the Italian Alps, where she was awarded for her interpretation of the music of Béla Bartók. Mrs. Boizelle served as president and co-founder of the MTNA Collegiate Chapter at UCI, and was an officer of the BYU UMTA Collegiate Chapter where she was funded to present at the 2012 MTNA National Conference in New York City. A native of Portland, Oregon, she thoroughly enjoyed teaching piano from ages 4 to 75 throughout beautiful Orange County, CA from 2013-2018. She is a practiced advocate of both traditional and unorthodox teaching methods, including work as a practice coach and lessons via the internet. Her experience as an accompanist and chamber musician has been extensive. Mrs. Boizelle first performed with an orchestra in 2009 and has relished collaborating with other instrumentalists ever since. In 2015 she performed the Mendelssohn Trio in D Minor with violinist Harotune Bedelian. She has also been fortunate to have experience performing as a keyboardist for both pit orchestras (Hairspray - 2011) and symphony orchestras (Phantom of the Opera - 2013). Mrs. Boizelle has been accompanying choirs since 2006 and has a passion for singing. She is an active member of the Dallas Millennial Choirs and Orchestra's Grand Chorus, performing regularly at Allen ISD Performing Arts Center, and has participated in the recording of two of their albums in the Music Center at Strathmore (Washington, D.C.) and the historic Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, UT).