I am an advanced pianist and have been a professional accompanist.
I have ten years experience teaching piano. I take all levels, beginning, intermediate and advanced. My studio currently has about twenty students and I’m looking to expand to around thirty. I have all ages from four years to adult. My goal for each of my students is to prepare them to be able to audition and gain entrance into a university piano program and major in music if they so desire. I studied music on scholarship at Northern Arizona University for three years and double majored in music education and performance. While there I made extra money accompanying the other music students for their recitals. Before I finished my degree I got married, switched schools, and ended up getting my degree in Early Childhood Education.
I have an excellent program that has proven very successful. I combine a traditional piano method with Suzuki. The focus is on being a well rounded practical pianist. In other words they should be able to read notes and sight read well. In addition to that we also work on ear training.
I have two recitals a year. The students pick out their own songs for these recitals. They love getting to learn this ‘fun’ song and helps to motivate them to practice.
Sara Cotter
