TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

My goal is to help students develop their musicianship and encourage their creative potential. Lessons are focused on building technical skills, ear-training and sight-reading, all tools that will allow the student to learn new music and perform with confidence and musicality. I set clear expectations and good practice habits to help students achieve their objectives.

Music is a gift that opens the door to a lifetime enjoyment and I strongly believe that any individual, regardless of age or background, can benefit from music education. Beside the sheer joy of making music and sharing emotions, piano lessons also help develop other life skills such as patience, focus, dedication and the ability to take on a challenge and stick with it.

Watching students grow and enjoy the process of learning and performing music is perhaps the most rewarding accomplishment for the teacher.

Parents’ Testimonials

“Thank you Caroline, for inspiring a love of music in our daughter! Your kindness, patience, and genuine love of music is evident in every lesson. We especially appreciate how you always bring new ways to encourage learning about piano beyond how to play — taking small video clips so our daughter can actually “see” her success, or with the theory worksheets that make that challenge ‘fun’. You have clearly chosen the right profession, and we have clearly benefitted from it. Thank you again!”
– Martha E.

“I highly recommend Caroline as a piano teacher. We came from California where my daughter had already started piano lessons. We had a difficult time finding a piano teacher who could understand and motivate our daughter. Caroline was recommended to us and right away she was able to connect with our daughter who got more motivated, engaged, and started to practice every day. Caroline’s patience and encouragement made a great difference: she chose pieces that fitted our daughter’s interest, as well as appropriately made the lesson challenging and fun. Our daughter is now at Berklee College of Music, and when she comes home, she always picks up some of Caroline’s pieces.”

– Catherine P.

“Caroline was such a wonderful and patient piano teacher for my 5 year old. In less than 6 months, she had taught her to read basic piano music. Caroline was warm, encouraging, and supportive. Her love of piano and music was clear, which helped my child along the way to enjoying playing early piano.”
– Rebecca B.

“Caroline is an amazing piano teacher. It was due to her commitment to each of her students, kindness and expertise that our children have persisted with piano for 8 years. Her end-of-the-year recitals with students are a wonderful testimony to the impact Caroline has on students’ learning.”

-Manja K.

“Caroline taught my daughter for several years, right up until she left for college this year! While kind and supportive, she’s a consummate professional and expects her students to work hard. My daughter responded well to her encouragement to always keep working on improving her technique. Most of all, Caroline instilled in her a real love for the piano, and we’re so incredibly grateful to have found her.”

-Jennifer B.

“Caroline taught piano to our child Angel for a year. During this period, we were very appreciative of the quality of her teaching and her professionalism, but what we’ll remember most is the tremendous passion that drives her and that she was able to pass on to our child.”
– Alain E.

“I keep in mind Caroline’s method, her calm and patience which allowed my two daughters to make progress in learning to play the piano.”
– Jerome T.

“Caroline taught piano to my two sons for several years. She is a patient, kind, and thoughtful teacher. Caroline finds a way to connect with each child in a unique and special way, motivating them to learn and instilling a deep appreciation for music.”
-Inna K.

“Caroline is an incredible piano teacher. She is knowledgeable, patient, caring and very invested in the growth and development of each of her students. I cannot quantify the impact she has had on my son over the four and a half years he has studied with her. I know we owe much of continued success and love of music to Caroline and her wonderful teaching.”

-Maia M.