Let nature be your teacher
– William Wordsworth

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This photo was taken during the annual Flower Piano festival in Golden Gate Park, during  which 12 pianos are placed over 12 acres. It was a wonderful experience to make music amidst the beauties of nature.  

Of course playing the piano well is not just a walk in the park: it takes patience, steady effort, and a love for music. But it can inspire you as much as the wonders of nature do.

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I have had excellent piano teachers with impressive pedigrees. When I was in high school I studied with Bruce Simonds, whose teacher studied with Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame. My  last piano teacher, Leon Fleisher, has an unbroken student/teacher link that reaches back to Beethoven.
 

 Over the years I have given piano lessons to early intermediate, intermediate, and advanced students of all ages. Among the many things I teach are:

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Independence of hands | Variety of touch and dynamics | Balancing melody and accompaniment | Mastering scales and arpeggios | How to enjoy and get results from practicing | Music analysis and theory.

  

I tailor my lessons to your goals.

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Are you a child who reads music and loves to play piano? Did you study piano as a child and want to start playing again? Have you learned all you can from your current teacher? Do you want to advance to the next level? I am the right teacher for you.

M.M. in Piano Performance
Peabody Conservatory

Leon Fleisher, principal teacher

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Here is some of the repertoire I have performed,
both solo piano and chamber music:

Bach            Italian Concerto
                    Prelude and Fugue in D major
                    Brandenburg Concerto no. 5
Mozart        Fantasy in D minor

                    Sonata in F major K. 280

                    Sonata in D-major for two pianos
                    Piano Concertos in F major and D minor
                    Piano Trios in C major and E major
                    Piano Quartets in E-flat major and G minor
                    Quintet for Piano and Winds 
Beethoven    Piano Sonatas opuses 7, 27 no. 1, 53, 90
                     Violin Sonatas in A major and C minor
                     Piano Trios op. 11, op. 70 nos. 1 and 2, op. 97
Schubert      Piano Sonatas in D major and A major
                     Piano Trios in B-flat major and E-flat major
Schumann   Fantasy in C major

                      Waldszenen

Mendelssohn  Variations sérieuses
Chopin          Ballades nos. 1 and 4
                      Impromptu in F-sharp major

                      Nocturne op. 27 no. 2
Brahms         Six Pieces for Piano op. 118
                      Liebeslieder Walzes

                      Cello Sonata in E minor 
                      Trio for Piano, Violin, and Horn

                      Piano Quartets in A major and C minor
                      Piano Quintet in F minor
Debussy        Images Book 1
                      L'isle joyeuse
Messiaen      Quartet for the End of Time     
Davidovsky   Synchronism for Piano and Electronic Tape

Crumb           Vox Balaenae for Piano, Violin, and Cello

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