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I am an in-home private piano instructor, operating from my in-home studio in the Briar Hill area of Toronto, ON.

I offer piano lessons to students of all ages (4 years old and up) at all levels of skill and beginner level guitar lessons to students 8 and up. This may include: kids looking to learn from the ground up, kids/teenagers looking for help preparing for exams or auditions, or adults/seniors looking to pick up a new hobby. I seek to build a strong base of students in order to teach them not only the necessary skills, but also foster a passion and deeper understanding of the classical repertoire or any other musical genres the student wishes to pursue. The lessons are flexible and free-form in structure and prioritizes on what the student wishes to learn/get out of these classes.

I am willing to travel to you for lessons under the right circumstances, rates may vary in these cases.

Rate: $60 for a 1 hour lesson | $35 for a 30 minute lesson.

  • Basic mapping of the instrument and hands. For those who are new to learning an instrument.

    First we learn how to properly sit at the piano and position hands.

    Second: How to find any D on the keyboard. After this is achieved, we will progress to C and E.

    Third: We will learn a basic song with the 3 notes learned through repetition.

    Subsequent lessons will add a new note(s) each lesson in accordance with the student’s progress and songs to accompany newly learnt material.

  • For students with 2+ years of learning experience

    We begin lessons with a short warm-up/technique training. This is important: it acts as a warm up for the lesson, but also to help build muscle memory and technical skill.

    Specific warm-ups will vary depending on the level of the student.

    Following the warm-up, we will begin practicing one of the pieces/songs previously chosen by the student or assigned by myself.

    Once the student demonstrates satisfactory note accuracy and rhythmic precision, we will work further on the expressive qualities of the piece in order to help the student create a unique voice and interpretation.

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Testimonials

  • + JOELLE (AGE 6):

    “Ethan has been teaching my daughter piano for 2 years now, he is a fantastic teacher, very good with her at her young age, she is able to listen to him and adopt whatever he is teaching her. I would highly recommend him for lessons and am so grateful he’s my daughter’s piano teacher!”

 

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