Welcome to CLARKSON PIANO STUDIO
Welcome to CLARKSON PIANO STUDIO
Clarkson Piano: Piano Lessons & Pianos
Remembering Our Beloved Mayor, Friend, and Supporter: Hazel McCallion
We cherish our family's and Clarkson Piano's decades-long friendship with our beloved mayor, Hazel McCallion. As newcomers to Canada, we have been honoured to offer our support to and participate in many incredible initiatives by Mayor McCallion. Boris' first performance at The City Hall goes back to 1994, a few months after arriving in Canada, for a fundraiser/charity dear to the Mayor's heart - Alzheimer's Society of Peel. Since then, we have enthusiastically participated in many events. From opening ceremonies of Alzheimer Society's Day Centers, numerous Mayor's Levees, Trillium Health Partners' Events, City Hall Events, Mayor's Birthday Celebrations, and many more...
Everything in our lives is connected to the piano. From our earliest childhood to today. The piano is what connected the two of us, too. 33 years ago.
The piano study was an important building block of the upbringing of our children, now adults with multiple Academic credentials that we are so proud of!
Boris and I feel very fortunate to have studied with fascinating, passionate educators and artists. In addition, this beautiful piano and music life journey has connected us with a long list of World-renowned artists and educators providing invaluable, just incredible additional input and inspiration.
We enjoy sharing it all with our amazing students, each with unique potential waiting to be discovered! Teaching is an enjoyable exchange, an opportunity for providing positive input and encouragement, helping students develop musical freedom, pride and appreciation for this gorgeous gift of music-making that we are fortunate to enjoy and share.
Our Studio setting and atmosphere reflect our love for what we do, and we wish to create an inspiring, motivating music-learning environment. Thank you for being a part of it all!
Much more is ahead - looking forward to continuing our piano-loving journey with you - Welcome to Clarkson Piano!
Clarkson Piano: Dedicated to Excellence in Music and in Life - since 1994!
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Why Theory Lessons - introduction:
The study of Music Theory helps you understand the co-relation between the notes, in simple terms it explains what is going on within the song that you play.
The knowledge of Music Theory is essential in creating songs, arrangements or improvising - skills so very desired and so closely related to the knowledge of music theory. How could one fill-in and turned the popular melody (line) into a good sounding song (arrangement:? Or how could one improvise over a bass line if one has no idea which notes and chords will sound good?
Why Theory Lessons - introduction:
The study of Music Theory helps you understand the co-relation between the notes, in simple terms it explains what is going on within the song that you play.
The knowledge of Music Theory is essential in creating songs, arrangements or improvising - skills so very desired and so closely related to the knowledge of music theory. How could one fill-in and turned the popular melody (line) into a good sounding song (arrangement:? Or how could one improvise over a bass line if one has no idea which notes and chords will sound good?
Such knowledge of "what is going on" within the piece of music that you play contributes to the understanding of the song's structure, chord progression and consequently leads to much easier memorization, fluidity of performance while helping you creating your own music, too!
While many self-thought song-makers came up with interesting melodies and ideas, those melodies became known, recorded/performed songs only AFTER someone with professional musical training (producer, arranger) - "organized" and structured such gifted musical thoughts. Or - with solid knowledge of music theory - you can do it all!
Sign up for Music Theory lessons: At Clarkson Piano Studio, we have a very different view of what is Music Theory: Everything to do with music up until a note is sounded! By changing our attitude about what it means to study Theory – ironically, very little of which is theoretical, but rather, quite practical! – we can engage students like never before. From learning why scales, intervals, chords matter, what we can build and create using them to working with real-world practical examples, our Music Theory program can enhance the practical instrument work while enabling new heights of musical achievement through true understanding and musical literacy.
Piano study greatly compliments the study of music theory. Or vice versa - piano simply is the best "first instrument" or the only instrument that allows you to visually see intervals and the structure of the chords that you are playing.
Certain concepts such as inversion become much clearer when you have them laid out visually in front of you, and unlike most other instruments, piano provides the full range of all orchestral instruments of Western Music.
At Clarkson Piano Studio we believe that Music Theory is one of the most underrated parts of majority of music student’s education. Typically viewed as “mandatory” and ”a requirement” for intermediate and advanced students (which also allows high school-aged students to achieve a credit towards their Ontario Secondary School Diploma), the fact is that Music Theory is so much more than just “how to write notes and scales.”
Sign up for Music Theory lessons: At Clarkson Piano Studio, we have a very different view of what is Music Theory: Everything to do with music up until a note is sounded! By changing our attitude about what it means to study Theory – ironically, very little of which is theoretical, but rather, quite practical! – we can engage students like never before. From learning why scales, intervals, chords matter, what we can build and create using them to working with real-world practical examples, our Music Theory program can enhance the practical instrument work while enabling new heights of musical achievement through true understanding and literacy.
Start with your Theory Lessons as early as possible!
The preparation for the Royal Conservatory Exams is our specialty.
The RCM Curriculum's theory requirements and theory examinations are explained on the chart (left).
Completion of these requirements, entitles the students in the province of Ontario to high school credits:
Please visit the Ontario Government's web site for details:
http://edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/memos/oct2011/appendix4.pdf