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Piano Workshops
 
All workshops focus on practicing together. I will be "walking around the Zoom room" giving advice, tips and lots of encouragement.
Each workshop begins and ends with group activities.
 

August Piano workshop

Ages 7-17

August 8-12
4-6 pm

tuition: $300

Sight-reading Intensive
with group activities

Group activities include:

  • rhythm boot camp

  • sight-reading
  • speed-learning

 

This is a class for advanced beginners to advanced intermediate levels. Students should be familiar with the class dynamics of zoom and the routines and expectations of a lesson.

Students will be given sight-reading and speed-learning exercises. They will also have group practice time and mini-performances.

Workshop size: 4-8 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Summer Piano Workshops

2021

Ages 7-17
1:30-3:30pm EST
June 28-July 2, 2021
July 5-9, 2021
July 12-16, 2021
tuition: $250

Group activities and 

online guided practicing 

Group activities include:

  • ear training

  • sight-reading
  • improvisation

  • games to focus our practicing

 

This is a class for advanced beginners to advanced intermediate levels. Students should be familiar with the class dynamics of zoom and the routines and expectations of a lesson.

Students will be expected to practice on zoom for 90 minutes with breaks, participate in group activities, and have mini-lessons with me.

Workshop size: 3-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

February Break Practicing Intensive

2021

Ages 7-17
Feb. 15, 16, 18, 19, 2021
10am-12pm
(please note there is no class on Wednesday the 17th)
tuition: $200

Practicing Intensive

with group activities

Group activities include:

  • ear training

  • sight-reading
  • improvisation

  • games to focus our practicing

 

This is a class for advanced beginners to advanced intermediate levels. Students should be familiar with the class dynamics of zoom and the routines and expectations of a lesson.

Students will be expected to practice on zoom for 90 minutes with breaks and have mini-lessons with me.

Workshop size: 4-8 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Spring Break Piano Workshop

2021

Ages 7-17
March 29-April 2, 2021
1-3pm
tuition: $250/week

Group activites and

online practicing and lessons

Group activities include:

  • ear training

  • sight-reading
  • improvisation

  • transcribing

  • technique builders

This is a class for advanced beginners to advanced intermediate levels, kindergarten through high-school. Students should be familiar with the class dynamics of zoom and the routines and expectations of a lesson. 

For more advanced levels, see Playing Well With Others

Workshop size: 2-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Studio piano online-camp 2020

Ages 7-17
June 22-26, 10am-12pm
June 29-July 3, 10am-12pm
July 6-10, 10am-12pm
July 27-31, 1-3pm
August 3-7, 1-3pm
tuition: $250/week
(reduced fees for 3 or more weeks)
more weeks to come.....

Group activites and

online practicing and lessons

Group activities include:

  • theory at the piano

  • sight-reading

  • improvisation

  • handling performance excitement

  • technique builders

This is a class for advanced beginners to advanced intermediate levels, kindergarten through high-school. Students should be familiar with the class dynamics of zoom and the routines and expectations of a lesson. 

For more advanced levels, see Playing Well With Others

Workshop size: 2-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Playing Well With others

2020

any age, advanced level
June 15-19, 1-3pm
July 13-17, 10am-12pm
August 10-14, 1-3pm
tuition: $250/week
more weeks to come.....

PIANO in CHAMBER MUSIC

Group activites and

online practicing and lessons

Participants may choose to start a piece from scratch and explore what it takes to prepare for a first rehearsal. Previously learned repertoire is also welcome. 

Group activities will

focus on

  • score study,

  • listening exercises,

  • engineering phrases 

  • discussing challenges of texture in chamber ensembles with piano

In-depth work on voicing, touch, pedaling and learning tons of notes quickly,

Workshop size: 2-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Audition and recording prep

2020

Ages 15-24
June 29-July 3, 1-3pm
tuition: $250/week
more weeks to come.....

Group activites and

online practicing and lessons

Group activities will focus on

  • training for college auditions

  • prepping for competitions

Emphasis on preparing to record for college pre-screening and developing sensitivity and touch for playing to a mic rather than a hall

Trial recordings will be made and shared with the class

Workshop size 2-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Adult Discover/

Re-discover

2020

June 15-19, 1-3pm
July 27-31, 10am-12pm
tuition: $250/week
more weeks to come.....

Group activites and

online practicing and lessons

For adult pianists returning to, or discovering, the art of playing the piano. Even if you haven't played for years, you can build a healthy technique and play beautiful music beautifully!

 

Group activities include:

  • healthy set-up

  • sight-reading and learning music quickly

  • improvisation and building the ear

  • technique builders

  • great piano music!

Workshop size: 2-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Secondary Pian0

2020

high-school and college-aged
July 13-17, 1-3pm
August 3-7, 10am-12pm
tuition: $250/week
more weeks to come.....

Group activites and

online practicing and lessons

Group activities will focus on

  • helping you pass your piano proficiency exam!

  • learning finger patterns for scales, arpeggios and chords

  • improvising different accompanimental patterns for you to use with your own students when you teach

  • harmonization

  • sight-reading and score-reading

This course is for beginners through advanced intermediate players. It is more intensive than the studio classes and is geared to passing piano proficency and basic entrance exams in college. More emphasis in theory. 

Workshop size 2-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Piano for composers

2020

any age
July 6-10, 1-3pm
tuition: $250/week
more weeks to come.....

Group activites and

online practicing and lessons

Group activities will

focus on

  • developing physical freedom for improvisation and composition at the piano

  • addressing notation challenges in writing for the piano

  • understanding how you can write to make pianists happy!

  • learning repertoire that is written beautifully for pianos and pianist's hands and minds

workshop size: 2-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 

Teacher Training

2020

adults
July 20-24, 12-1pm
Tuition: $150
more weeks to come.....

Group activities and emphasis on setting up beginners

Adrienne shares her exercises for setting up beginners at the piano. These workshops are during the lunch hour before you get started with your own teaching schedule. Bring lunch and coffee!

Adrienne is the teacher trainer for Teaching Fellows at Mannes College and guides them in teaching Secondary Piano. She has extensive experience teaching beginners of any age and will share her games, exercises and advice. 

Participants will learn as a group and will practice teaching each other online. 

This is also a safe place to practice teaching if English is a second (or third or fourth) language!

workshop size: 2-7 participants

Send Adrienne an email if you have questions 
Studio Piano
Playing Well With Others
Audition and Recording Prep
Adult Discover/Re-Discover
Secondary Piano
Piano for Composers
Spring Break workshop
February break practicing intensive
Summer Piano Workshop
Teacher Training
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