Specialties
Most piano teachers teach classical piano including sight reading, music theory, and maybe a little music history. Not much attention is given to good playing technique, but these form the core of a "classical piano education". I teach these things, but add a strong emphasis on developing a technique that will carry the student into advanced playing as soon as possible. However, I believe that if the education stops here, as it often does, a person becomes "half a pianist"; able to play anything if the music is in from of them, but completely unable to create, compose or play without the aid of written music.
There are some pianist out there I like to call "jazz pianists". They can play lots of cool things, but if you put a piece of music in front of them, they can't play it. These people almost never teach piano because they don't want anyone to find out that they cant read music. There people also fit my category of "half a pianist". When I was young I thought that only a few super
History
Established in 1984.
After a number of years in professional musical pursuits, Dr. White applied to the Doctoral program at The Juilliard School of Music, in New York City. After an interesting and lengthy application and audition process, he was finally admitted to the only part time Doctoral program that Juilliard has ever offered. He found great success there and rose, over time, to the top of the program. During the 26 year history of this program , only 7 people actually finished, being granted the full degree. Dr. White, as he is now called, was the 7th and final recipient of this prestigious degree; Doctor of Music Education and Music Performance [known at the Juilliard School as the Licentiate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics.] After graduation, he was invited to spend the next year as an adjunct professor at the Juilliard School, working as a teaching assistant to the head professor, Dr. Robert Abramson.
Meet the Business Owner: Dr. Jimmy W.
Let's start with a phone call. I can answer any questions you still have after looking through the web site, and then we can schedule a time to take a few trial lessons. I usually do 3-4 of these lessons to make sure it is a good fit. If everything seems good after 3-4 lessons, then my students commit to 1 semester at a time.
