Piano Classes

Laura Childress (pianist) earned her Bachelors degree in Music from Tufts University and her Masters degree in Piano Performance from Temple University. While at Temple she studied with Charles Abramovic and Alexander Fiorillo, a pupil of the legendary Vladimir Horowitz. She also received a diploma from the Conservatoire Americain in Fontainebleau, France, where she has received advanced training every summer since 2003. Laura also received Suzuki Teacher training levels 1,2,3, with emphasis on early childhood music education. She has given numerous solo recitals in Philadelphia and Boston. She is the director of the Art Piano School and teaches private piano and theory lessons to students of all ages. Laura released her first CD in 2005, “A Celebration of Marriage” which contains some of her own arrangements.

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Our Mission is to teach music in a way that develops the innate musicality in each student and inspires participation for a lifetime based on the following principles:

· The capacity for understanding and creating music is in everyone

· Music provides a lifelong source of enjoyment, self-expression, and opportunity for growth

· Musical expression is achieved through phrasing and tone, to which end musical understanding and technique are essential

· The student is best served when teaching is responsive to intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development

· The teacher is critically important, and is most able to realize these principles when open to continued learning through ongoing professional development.

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