Highly interactive studio classes for students only are an important part of the piano studio. Students prepare and perform a piece for other students.  Every studio class also features a guest musician who works with the students to learn about the language of music.  For example students have:

- Played and composed funk bass lines to play with a band

 - Played a chord chart along with a bluegrass trio

- Learnt a New Orleans jazz piece and rhythyms to accompany

-Worked with a singer songwriter to compose songs about outer space

December and Year End recitals are important for students to learn performance skills and share what they have accomplished with friends and family.  Recitals typically have an overarching theme which engages the audience.  Students learn that music is not a passive experience. Music is a social experience which engages both the performer and the audience.  

Students that have taken piano lessons for a decade or more, upon graduating from piano lessons, have the opportunity to play with our family band for the year end recital final piece. For example, a student has played the vibraphone with us while another sang a popular soul song.