studio philosophy
This is a studio that supports cultivating excellence, positive energy, openness, and hard-work. Parents in this studio endeavor to develop their children to the highest extent possible, preparing them to thrive and stand out in an increasingly competitive, international world.
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning, but for children play is serious learning.”
growth mindset
"Kids with a growth mindset...care about learning. Those who have been encouraged to focus on their efforts rather than on their intelligence see effort as a positive thing. It sparks their intelligence and causes it to grow." -Alexander/Sandahl, The Danish Way of Parenting
Imagine the power of learning at age four that if you do something every single day for 10 minutes, you will become an expert over time. Children may easily apply this mentality to future studies, jobs, projects, languages and beyond. The sky is the limit with a growth mindset.
Play-based approach
Group classes (and much of early private lessons/home practice) are 100% play-based for the first few years of study. From my experience teaching hundreds of group classes, children truly love to learn through games and group work.
Games are also incorporated during private lessons and home practices. Doing 20 repetitions of the same drill is much more fun with a playful twist!
"The more they play, the more resilient and socially adept they will become...Being able to leg godt, or "play well" is the building block to creating an empire of future happiness." -Alexander / Sandahl
focus on family
While it might seem like a stretch to link piano study with empathy, cooperation and strong relationships - entities on which we depend on for survival and happiness - I don't believe it is. Week after week, students learn how to handle stress (the "I didn't get it right the first time" frustration), solve problems by thinking outside the box, play (both at the piano, during practice, and with others at class), and deeply understand that to accomplish great things, we must work diligently and lovingly along the way.