If you quit piano/keyboard lessons when you were young, or didn't ever have the opportunity to take piano lessons and have always dreamed of taking them. You wonder if you are too old to begin taking lessons again. The answer to that question is to take piano lessons with me.
You will have fun and you will appreciate what you are learning because you are older and wiser and you know the value of the education.
So, don't give up on that dream and get going with your dream!
My Mother - A Scientist , An Amazing Mother. Her love of music was a strong influence throughout my life. Many thanks!
You will have fun and you will appreciate what you are learning because you are older and wiser and you know the value of the education.
So, don't give up on that dream and get going with your dream!
My Mother - A Scientist , An Amazing Mother. Her love of music was a strong influence throughout my life. Many thanks!
San Diego, CA
5/29/2013
I recently decided to re-acquaint myself with the piano after finding myself captivated at a local jazz festival. After tinkering around by myself and getting nowhere, it dawned on me that many performing pianists have a foundation in classical piano- and that, if I wanted to dig myself out of incompetence anytime soon, I would need the same background. I found Karine on Yelp and arranged a trial lesson with her. Before we started the lesson, she inquired about my musical background (6 years as a child) and more importantly, my rationale for starting again and where I saw myself in the future (to play music I love for myself and others). A few rudimentary exercises later, it became apparent to both of us that this would be no easy task.
However, Karine has experience with adult students- and based on her assessment of my goals and technical deficiencies, she proposed a multi-pronged plan to get me where I wanted to be. I didn't conceive of it then, but it's been 6 months since I started learning with Karine's mentorship and with her help my goal has truly become a living experience- where the process itself represents not just technical development and musical appreciation, but also an infinite source of personal enrichment and gratification. I'll tell you why:
As a scientist, I was instantly drawn to Karine's extensive pedagogical knowledge and the enthusiasm with which she applies it. After agreeing on music appropriate for my skill level and taste, we work through individual measures- covering both technical and expressive facets that are crucial to playing a piece as the composer meant it to be played. Her encyclopedic command of techniques and exercises becomes most apparent with difficult passages, which instantly more tractable based on her quick diagnosis and prescription of how to practice the music to achieve mastery. By capitalizing on her wealth of knowledge, music I could only listen to before in wonder can be accessible repertoire with time and effort. Do you have a song that you love to listen to but have never thought you could play?
Had I known what I would experience daily now: that compared to listening to beautiful music, being able to play it and feel it coming from within oneself is absolutely transcendental in comparison, then I would have re-started the piano earlier. There is a distinction, however. In contrasting my years playing superficially as a child and the recent restart and gratifying recent months, the worth of Karine's mentorship is readily apparent. If you're serious about making piano a part of your life, give her a try. As an adult student who has found his life enriched immeasurably with her help, and foresees that continuing in the long-term future, I cannot recommend her highly enough.
- Max Y.