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Joann C.

Joann's Piano Studio

River Forest, IL (60305)

Travel Radius 10 miles
Hourly Fee $70.00
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I am a Northwestern and UC Santa Barbara trained pianist/composer with 10+ years of experience teaching children, teens, college students, and adults. As a current faculty member at the music department of a Chicago area university, my experience teaching in the classroom as just as thorough as that of my private teaching. I am passionate about instilling joy through music in all of my students, and I believe that to be the #1 priority as a musician and music educator; my evaluation of and approach toward each student is completely unique.

As a pianist, I have performed in and around Chicago, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara. I have a B.M. (Bachelor of Music) in piano performance from Northwestern University (2007), where I graduated with honors, as well as an M.A. (Master of Arts) in Composition (2011) from UC Santa Barbara, where I was admitted as a Fricker Fellow in 2008. I am a Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Barbara (ABD), and plan to finish by fall 2012. Having been the recipient of many performance and composition awards, I have great experience instilling a disciplined work ethic into my students; however, I do not believe that competition is an entirely necessary element in learning and appreciating music.

Types of private lessons offered:
Piano
Composition/Improvisation
Music Theory
Aural Skills

Ages - All ages, children-adults, at all levels, are welcome!

Joann's Subjects

Music:
Art:
History:
  • music history
Homeschool:

Composition (Music)

Composition lessons give students an opportunity to have a completely unique perspective on music. Composition lessons are open to those who are already composing at any level, or for those who are interested but need some assistance.

As a PhD candidate in composition (and a pianist of many years), I have accumulated a wide spectrum of compositional knowledge as well as many tips and tricks in the realm of instrumentation, orchestration, arranging, and development of compositional concepts... Read More

Ear Training

This course is modeled directly after a college level aural skills course, in which students learn to sight read melodies as well as notate rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic progressions. The course can be lightened for young adults who wish to gain basic skills before entering into a more serious music program, or for those adults wanting to brush up on skills previously learned.

In a private tutoring situation, the student and I will decide on a satisfactory amount of composition and... Read More

General Music

General music lessons gives students an opportunity to learn and appreciate classical music utilizing elements of music history, technique, reading, analysis, and composition/improvisation. This is a great course for young adults and adults alike.

Concepts covered include: overview of music history, starting in the Medieval/Renaissance period, all the way to 20th/21st century music. focusing on particularly important genres (instrument groupings) of music, including the orchestra, string... Read More

Piano

Piano lessons give students an opportunity to learn proper hand/body positions at the piano, proper technique in playing, and proper theory and ear training in order to understand and analyze the music.

Concepts covered include: harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, intervallic and chordal listening, scales, rhythmic training, sight reading, collaborative performing, and pedaling.

Extra concepts (unique to my lessons) include: improvisation, composition/arranging,... Read More

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Joann's Hourly Rate

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