Why Take Lessons | Beths Piano Studio

"Ms. Beth is a highly qualified piano teacher. She demonstrates deep musical knowledge with patience, encouragement, and a genuine passion for teaching. She creates a positive and engaging learning environment, helping students build both skill and confidence. Her thoughtful approach and ability to connect with learners of all ages make her an exceptional educator and mentor."

- Emily D., parent of student

Learning to play an instrument takes discipline, patience, and commitment, all of which are important life skills.
Learning to play the piano is helpful for understanding music theory.
The piano requires students to learn to read both the Treble staff and the Bass staff. If students decide to learn other instruments after piano, they will already know how to read the music for their new instrument.

I love music.
I graduated magna cum laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with a B.A. in music.
I am experienced: I have been teaching professionally for four years, with additional teaching experience while in high school.
I am friendly, firm, kind, honest, and patient.
I love children and, as the oldest of nine children, I have many years of experience of interacting with children of various ages.
I am not fazed by misbehavior nor do I tolerate it.
I strive to be understanding, kind, and sympathetic to my students, especially if they are legitimately having a hard day emotionally.

It is hard to observe students, their posture, and what their hands are doing on the keyboard in video meetings.
The sound quality is better in-person than over video. Additionally, some phones and computers count music as "background noise" and filter out the student's playing, making it practically impossible for me to hear their music.
It can be extremely hard to help a student adjust their posture over a video call.
Video conferences are better than nothing, but they are simply not as conducive to learning as in-person meetings.

The internet has many wonderful resources by extremely skilled and accomplished teachers, but it cannot provide personal or immediate feedback about what you are doing well and about what you need to improve.
The internet does not provide the same accountability and motivation to practice as a weekly lesson that you are paying for.