Piano & music theory — beginners to conservatory prep
Fifteen years of teaching out of a converted garage studio on SE Clinton. Two students a year go on to a music degree; the rest just keep playing, which I count as the bigger win.
Billed monthly, four lessons to a month. Sheet music is included.
A trial lesson at the piano. No obligation, and I will say so if I am not the right teacher for you.
Book it →Ages 6–11, or absolute beginners of any age.
Intermediate players working through graded repertoire.
Advanced repertoire, accompaniment work, or theory alongside playing.
Six-week intensive for college applications, including a recorded mock jury.
For anyone who quit at eleven and has regretted it since. Evenings available.
Portland, OR
A roster of 24 students, capped deliberately so nobody gets a rushed lesson.
Portland, OR
Eugene, OR
At the keyboard
Away from it
“Our daughter practises without being asked now. I genuinely did not think that was a thing that happened.”
“I came back to piano at 41 after twenty years away. Ines started me on Debussy in month four and never once made me feel behind.”
“The mock jury was harder than the real one. That was the point.”
Studio hours are Tuesday to Saturday afternoons. I reply the same evening, or the next morning if it is a teaching night.
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