Piano Lessons

EVA MAR­TIN HOLL­AUS
Pia­no Tea­cher, au­thor, pia­ni­st
Of­fer­ing pi­ano class­es via Skype — op­ti­mize prac­tice time – in your home

Ages 8 – Adult — younger re­quire adult par­tic­i­pa­tion

De­vel­op your mu­si­cal tal­ent with a strong foun­da­tion in fun­da­men­tals:

  • pi­a­no te­ch­ni­que
  • scales, chord pro­gres­sions, bro­ken chords (arpeg­gios)
  • nat­ur­al weight pi­ano tech­nique (Russ­ian tech­nique)
  • mu­si­cal, beau­ti­ful play­ing
  • sol­id con­fi­dent mem­o­ry
  • ef­fort­less per­for­mance
  • sol­id un­der­stand­ing of mu­si­cal style
  • el­e­gant, in­spired mu­si­cal per­for­mance
  • learn to play pi­ano with feel­ing, learn to con­nect with the mu­sic emo­tion­al­ly, learn to ex­press the sub­tleties of mu­sic
  • sol­id prac­tice habits
  • tech­nique and learn­ing prob­lem solv­ing
  • pi­ano ex­am­i­na­tion and com­pe­ti­tion prepa­ra­tion
  • sight read­ing skills
  • ear train­ing skills
  • sol­id pi­ano the­o­ry el­e­men­tary lev­el through Ad­vanced lev­els
  • learn rhyth­mic ac­cu­ra­cy and metronome prac­tice
  • learn how to play ef­fort­less­ly and avoid prac­tice in­jury, learn how to move and play flu­id­ly and ac­cu­rate­ly
  • learn how to pro­gres­sive­ly learn and prac­tice a piece
  • build a pi­ano pro­gram that suits your abil­i­ty and prac­tice sched­ule

PROGRAMS OFFERED

Cal­i­for­nia Cer­tifi­cate of Mer­it

El­e­men­tary lev­els through ad­vanced and com­pet­i­tive lev­els

Roy­al Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic

Prepara­to­ry lev­els to Ad­vanced lev­els and Diplo­mas

  • Pi­ano Guild: el­e­men­tary lev­el to Diplo­ma lev­els
  • CAPMT and MTNA com­pe­ti­tions and fes­ti­vals
  • Com­pe­ti­tions: South­ern Cal­i­for­nia Ju­nior Bach
  • In­land Em­pi­re Pi­a­no Fes­ti­val
  • Young Pi­anist com­pe­ti­tion
  • var­i­ous on­line com­pe­ti­tions

ADULT PRO­GRAMS: 2

For all adults: be­gin learn­ing pi­ano at any age, play beau­ti­ful mu­sic that res­onates with­in you.

PRI­OR PIA­NO EX­PE­RI­ENCE:

  • Learn to re­move mem­o­ry blocks, any phys­i­cal prac­tice strain, learn to be com­fort­able and suc­cess­ful with­in your nat­ur­al mu­si­cal and phys­i­cal tal­ents

To all my stu­dents with grat­i­tude: Thank you for the hours of play­ing beau­ti­ful mu­sic!