I make my living teaching piano. I’ve taught lessons at music schools, my students’ homes and my home studio. But what does one do when you’re not allowed to go outside? I’ve adapted as we’ve all had to and started my first week of teaching online lessons. I’m not going to lie; I never understood how online lessons could work with piano, but it totally does work! Here are some things that have made online lessons work smoothly for me:

There's something so special about giving someone their very first piano lesson. Be it the 4 year old who has been begging their parents to learn piano, the 16 year old who really wants to learn that song they heard on the radio or the 57 year old who has always wanted to learn piano but never came around to it; there's usually a healthy dose of nervousness, excitement and child-like energy!

I grew up in a musical household. My father is a concert pianist and professor, my sister an opera singer and my mom a lover of music. My father had piano student’s day and night. As a kid, I would come home from school and my father would be teaching. Sometimes there would be yelling at the lack of practice but most always, there was laughter and enjoyment at both ends.