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Learn to play your favorite songs on piano! You decide what you want to learn!

Accepting new students ages 3 - adult in studio or online!

Mission is to provide music lessons, educational classes, and life enrichment at an affordable price to anyone interested, regardless of ability, disability, aptitude, or cognitive ability, and to foster connections between students and families for individual and community growth.

Piano lessons focus on hand/wrist health, proper technique, exploring a love of music, how music works, different musical types and genres, why things work together they way they do, and composing music if interested. We individualize lessons and work with students as a team to reach goals they set for themselves. We encourage students to select additional pieces that they’d like to learn, teaching technique and skill while working on fun songs, too. We simply go at whatever pace is comfortable for you and go step by step together. We often upload audio/video to help during practice and are available between lessons to answer questions.

Extra information

REQUIRED MATERIALS
Each student must have the relevant instrument on which to practice.
You will be provided with your initial curriculum for 1 lesson type prior to the first class. Please always bring your book(s) with you to class.
Each student must have a pen or pencil, colored highlighter, and a binder with clear protective sheets for supplemental music.

Location

At teacher's location: Malena’s Music & More, Elm Street, Limerick, ME, USA
Online via webcam

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General info

Age:
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Duration:
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
90 minutes
The class is taught in:English, French

About Me

My studio is Malena's Music & More, offering music lessons, homeschool classes, and life enrichment!
I am a strong believer that everyone CAN and should have the chance to learn and grow, and that music adds enjoyment, satisfaction, and pleasure to people's lives.
Having a good rapport with students and families is of utmost importance.
I tailor all lessons to student's abilities, knowledge, interests, and preferences, while integrating music theory, and technique.
I offer several types of lessons online or in my studio in southern Maine, including piano, voice, trumpet, and flute. I have 2 other music teachers working with me, offering guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, and violin.
I allow for students to declare a specialty, including but not limited to: classical, pop, musical theater, composition, improvisation, performance, and graded exams.

Education

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
2012 Bachelor's Degree in Psychology; cognates in Special Education and Christian Counseling.
2017 Master's Degree in Human Services Crisis & Trauma with focuses on addiction, counseling, and special needs.

Experience / Qualifications

I've been teaching music lessons for over 30 years, both privately and at private schools. I am also Music Director at church, planning and leading worship weekly.
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Our mission is to provide music lessons, educational classes, and life enrichment at an affordable price to anyone interested, regardless of ability, disability, aptitude, or cognitive ability, and to foster connections between students and families for individual and community growth. Voice lessons focus on learning to use the diaphragm for proper breathing, vocal cord health, vocal technique, exploring a love of music, how music works, different musical types and genres, why things work together they way they do, and composing music if interested. We individualize lessons and work with students as a team to reach goals they set for themselves. We encourage students to select additional pieces that they’d like to learn, teaching technique and skill while working on fun songs, too. We simply go at whatever pace is comfortable for you and go step by step together. We often upload audio/video to help during practice and are available between lessons to answer questions. This class is open to anyone ages 7 to adult. Children under age 7 should register for Music for Little Mozarts.
We explore both singing and piano, introducing musical concepts little by little with help from Beethoven Bear, Mozart Mouse, and their friends for ages 3-7. We dance, clap, move to the beat, learn rhythms, sing fun songs, and learn how to make different sounds on the piano/keyboard. What a great introduction to music for little ones! We upload audio/video to use during practice and are available to answer questions between lessons. You can choose individual lessons or if you know anyone else interested and want to make a group class, we can hold a weekly 45 minute class, with a limit of 5 participants. Let us know! :)
Our mission is to provide music lessons, educational classes, and life enrichment at an affordable price to anyone interested, regardless of ability, disability, aptitude, or cognitive ability, and to foster connections between students and families for individual and community growth. Flute lessons focus on proper embouchure, breathing, and technique, exploring a love of music, how music works, different musical types and genres, why things work together they way they do, and composing music if interested. We individualize lessons and work with students as a team to reach goals they set for themselves. We encourage students to select additional pieces that they’d like to learn, teaching technique and skill while working on fun songs, too. We simply go at whatever pace is comfortable for you and go step by step together. We often upload audio/video to help during practice and are available between lessons to answer questions. Please schedule your lesson. We look forward to connecting! :)

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from C$106.59Online via webcam

Good-fit Instructor Guarantee


If you are not satisfied after your first lesson, Apprentus will find you another instructor or will refund your first lesson.

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