Everyone knows that piano lessons take work, but they can also be fun! I love working (and playing) with both children and adults, and my goal is to help put my students on a lifelong pathway of creativity, self-expression, and connection with others through music.

I embrace not just classical music styles, but blues and jazz and pop and folk and just about any other style you can think of. Along with a strong foundation in the traditional elements of music education, my teaching emphasizes creativity and what I call the "street smarts" of music: improvisation, playing by ear, practical music theory, making up your own songs, and making music with others. I believe this creative approach opens up ears and hearts to the full offerings of music and highlights the human nature - love and darkness and silliness and everything in between - that is the source of all good music. My goal is to cultivate creative, independent-minded musicians who love what they do, whether they play for themselves or with others.

I teach from my home studio in Westbrook, Maine.  I often have openings for new students, young and old and everything in between. Contact me for more information. I'm happy to hear from you.

Westbrook from above.

The dog ate my homework. No, really.

Piano recital on the 1892 Steinway at The Old White Church in Bar Mills.

After a piano recital.