How to Find a Piano Teacher

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Tom Kenaston. Singer, songwriter, pianist, music director, living in West Palm Beach and New York City. In this clip we're going to talk about how to find a piano teacher. It's really very easy. The first thing you need to know, or determine for yourself, is what you're looking for. What type of music you want to play and how intensely you want to study. If you're mostly interested in pop music, pop, rock, improvising, then obviously you want to find a teacher who is proficient in teaching that. I studied classically. I started in first grade with a classical piano teacher. My parents looked for a teacher by asking other friends of there's. A referrals always the best, the best method for finding a piano teacher. Ask around, people you know, if you know anybody who plays the piano, find out where they learned to play. You could also check in the yellow pages under music school. You could, if you have a music teacher at your school, you could as there, or if you don't go to school, you graduated, if you're an adult, you can look up on the web. There are a number of resources, one in particular that I would suggest is the Music Teacher's National Association, I believe it's MTNA.org. It's a great resource, and there will be a link on there for find a music teacher in your area. And you can do a search by state, zip code, etc., etc. And those teacher's have been certified, they've had to go through a screening process and prove themselves as knowledgeable and proficient. So, I would encourage you to start today, if you want to learn how to play the piano, find a teacher. Try a couple of them out, don't feel like you have to stick to the first one you find. See if you like them personally, and have a great time. This is Tom Kenaston. This has been a clip on how to find a piano teacher."