"My Ph.D in classical Music and Theory enables me to deepen the students musical understanding as he/she gains technical proficiency in piano performance

More than 30 of my original compositions for piano solo have been performed in various venues in the U.S. including Weill Hall (part of the Carnegie Hall complex) and in Europe and Asia. This familiarity with historical and contemporary piano styles provides invaluable experience in assessing piano performance. (Videos of my music are available on YouTube.)

In addition to my years of private piano teaching, I have taught music history and theory at various universities and colleges including NYU, SUNY at Fredonia, and Kingsborough Community College.

I use a positive approach in tutoring that I learned from my mother’s attitude toward my education: praise any advancement and encourage the student after a setback. The tutor should be an exemplar of the joy of learning because ultimately it is through joy that the student will continue learning throughout his/her life. Those students committed to the subject generally consider me to be a charismatic teacher.

In addition, my output as a poet, novelist and author of a Ph.D. dissertation as well as my lifelong addiction to reading qualifies me to teach history, literature and writing subjects." less...