Let’s play
Thank you for your interest in my studio. As a lifelong pianist and classically trained musician, I am excited for the opportunity to share the joy of piano playing with you and your kids. As someone who learned piano the old-fashioned way (hours of scales, anyone?) I understand the fear, frustration, and feelings of futility such a learning style can create. It is my belief that with the Simply Music method – a method I have taught to dozens of students – such feelings will be replaced by a sense of fun, accomplishment, and an enduring love of creating music.
The Method
Simply Music
The Simply Music method of piano instruction is, in the best sense of the phrase, non-traditional. Students, be they 8 or 80, start playing real songs from the very first lesson – and between 35 and 50 songs during the first year alone. Simply Music taps into the inherent musicality inside everyone (you may not believe you’re musical; but if you weren’t, you couldn’t walk and talk at the same time). As students advance through the program’s levels, they learn improvisation, musical expressiveness, different playing styles, and, yes, how to read music. Also, while private lessons are available for special situations, teaching is most often done in a group setting.
Instead of trying to recreate everything on the Simply Music website, I invite you to visit it for yourself by clicking here. Or watch the video below featuring the creator of Simply Music, Neil Moore:
The Studio
Come on in
My studio is home-based and located in the Mission Pines subdivision of Millard, just a couple of blocks northwest of the 168th St. and Harrison St. intersection. Two rooms in the front of our house are dedicated to the studio, providing ample space for students, parents, and siblings to gather.
The Teacher
About Megan
I grew up the youngest of three girls in a music-filled home in Iowa and began traditional piano lessons at the age of five. As the years went on, music became a passion – first with piano, then the trumpet and finally with voice. During high school, I toured and performed with several statewide honor bands and vocal performance groups.
After first entering Luther College’s acclaimed music program as a piano performance major, I realized I loved playing piano for myself more than performing pieces for others and eventually switched my studies to vocal performance. I graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. degree in music and management.
Following college, I performed in several professional and community musical theatre productions, as well as my own one-woman music revue. Currently, I fill the roles of wife to my husband, Jason, and mother to my three children.
I am thrilled to offer the Simply Music method to my piano students. When I learned about this program it made complete sense to me. I always desired more freedom and creativity in my playing than what my traditional training gave me, and that’s what Simply Music is all about. It gives people the tools they need to be able to play a variety of musical styles, as well as to arrange, compose, accompany, and improvise. In short, Simply Music is committed to helping students acquire and retain music as a lifelong companion.
Contact
Learn more
This website is intended (for the moment) to give just a brief overview of myself and the Simply Music program. I’m sure you have many more questions about Simply Music, and I will be happy to answer them. I would also encourage you to attend one of the free introductory information sessions that I hold whenever new classes are forming or interest warrants (and as the TV commercials say, there’s absolutely no obligation). For more info about myself, class schedules, Simply Music or to sign up for an introductory session, please fill out the form or feel free to click here to call me.
Happy playing!
Megan