With computer technology, anything is possible. I am a piano teacher in NY and with the help of skype and webcams I am able to teach a lesson to anyone in the world. I have a masters in music education/piano pedagogy. I teach public school music and also at the Kingston Suzuki Institute in Canada. I have been a guest clinician in studios and schools in New Zealand. Click on “Virtual Piano Lessons” (on my side tool bar under ‘pages’) to find out how to get a lesson. It’s as easy as buying something from e-bay only with a real live certified teacher. Fun for all ages and abilities anywhere in the world.
Although I am of the school that there’s no substitute for one on one lessons (in person), this comes very close to accomplishing that. It’s amazing what technology is offering us these days.
I completely agree. I see these lessons as enrichment ONLY. Fun for the teacher and the child to have another opinion and to have fun with technology, a way to make our world smaller and multi-cultural. Please direct piano teachers and students to the blog.
I agree. I love teaching using Skype. My teacher from Juilliard, Adele Marcus, most probably would have done the same if she survived into this generation!
Why not? Soon I will be offering people to request their favorite Beatles songs played in the styles of the composers of their choice online very soon…interactive media has unlimited possibilities for education and entertainment that have just begun to be explored.