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.

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

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Workshop size: 4-8 participants

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.

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Workshop size: 3-7 participants

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.

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Workshop size: 4-8 participants

Group activities include:

• ear training

• sight-reading

• improvisation

• transcribing

• technique builders

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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

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Workshop size: 2-7 participants

Group activities include:

• theory at the piano

• sight-reading

• improvisation

• handling performance excitement

• technique builders

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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

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Workshop size: 2-7 participants

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. 

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Group activities will

focus on

• score study,

• listening exercises,

• engineering phrases 

• discussing challenges of texture in chamber ensembles with piano

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

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Workshop size: 2-7 participants

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Group activities will focus on

• training for college auditions

• prepping for competitions​

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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

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Workshop size 2-7 participants

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!

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Workshop size: 2-7 participants

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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

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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. 

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Workshop size 2-7 participants

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

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workshop size: 2-7 participants

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!

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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!

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workshop size: 2-7 participants