Musicmaker Piano Studio
Where the music inside you finds expression
Hear the Students of Simply Music!
Check out these videos from a Simply Music recital in another state!!
Julia has been with me for more than a year. In March, 2009, she performed at a local nursing home. Click her picture to hear her duet with me, playing the Blues. Click here to hear her play Ode to Joy.
Martha has been a student for 2 and a half yrs and performs a level 6 song, One More Time, in this video. Cick the picture to see the video."I have enjoyed the opportunity, starting in Level 1, to learn blues selections of music. The rhythm variations that occur in the blues and accompaniment pieces are taught in simply understood graphic notations. For me, with a little practice, these rhythm variations have in time “clicked” and become a naturally flowing musical expression."...Martha
Valerie is a homeschooler who's been taking lessons, along with her brother, for 3 years. Click her picture to see a video of Valerie playing her arrangement of Dog, a level 2 song. Click HERE to hear her play Sit By My Side, a level 5 song.
Riley is in her 2nd year of lessons. Click the picture to see a video of her playing Jackson Blues in the 1st months of lessons, and click HERE to see her playing her version of Sleeping, level 2, several months later.
Click the picture to see Mary playing the Gaz
Click Morgan's picture to hear her play a duet with Julia that incorporates Night Storm from level 1 with one of the arrangements learned later on.
Click HERE to here Morgan play Deep River, level 4.
Here's a great little video of Valerie and Buddy playing an Ode to Joy duet.
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Click here to hear Taylor, a first year student, play the level 1 Fur Elise at the local nursing home. 
Colin - Click his picture to hear Greensleeves.
Joe has been my student since April, 2008. Click the picture to hear his performance of Alma Mater Blues on a Thursday night at the local coffee shop's "Open Mike Night"
Click the picture to see Caitlin play Chester Chills Out! Caitlin had been to about 6 months of lessons when this video was taken.Click HERE to hear Caitlin 6 months later playing a Samba version of Chester.
Amanda has had only a few lessons. Click her picture to hear her performance of the Level 1 song, Night Storm.
Buddy is a Homeschooler who's been with me for 3 years. Here's his performance of Pipes, level 3.
Kodie has been taking lessons for 3 years. The song he chose to record is one of his favorites, called Alma Mater Blues, which is introduced in Level 1, and further developed in subsequent levels. Click the picture to see a video of Cody's performance. Click HERE to see a video of Sonata in C.
Maggie had been taking lessons for a year at the time this vid was taken. Click her picture to see her playing Pipes, level 3."I like the level 3 songs because they're jumpy and they move my fingers"...Maggie... click here to see a more recent video of Maggie at the local coffee house's Open Mike Night, playing Tear for a Friend from level 4.
