MUSICAL INSTRUCTION


Available Time Slots

Downtown Franklin Studio:  Monday 7:30; Tuesday 6:30; Wednesday 6:30 (Avail. October)
West Antioch Studio:  5:00

I WELCOME BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN TO MY STUDIO.


Musical instruction is offered in many areas:  piano, composition, theory, jazz theory,
ear training, songwriting and more.  


Fees
$100 month for 1/2 hour lessons  and $200 month for hour lessons;
(Family discount given for two or more students)

(Fees are based on a 4-lesson month and are due at the first lesson of each month.)




Location
Individual Lessons are taught both at my studio in downtown Franklin (Shuff's Music)  and in my
home studio in West Antioch, near Nolensville, Tn.:








Interesting Facts about . . .


Kids and Piano Lessons
Article from Forbes magazine shows that PIANO LESSONS MAKE KIDS SMARTER:
"It's sure to be music to parents' ears: After nine months of weekly training in piano or voice, new
research shows young students' IQs rose nearly three points more than their untrained peers.
The Canadian study lends support to the idea that musical training may do more for kids than simply
teach them their scales--it exercises parts of the brain useful in mathematics, spatial intelligence and
other intellectual pursuits . . ." http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/2004/07/15/cx_0715health.html


Adults and Piano Lessons

. . . the FASTEST GROUP OF ASPIRING PIANISTS IN THE U.S. TODAY IS NOT CHILDREN,
BUT ADULTS aged 25-75+ years. "Many adults have taken piano lessons in their childhood years.
Some felt that they were pushed too hard, or had too many other interests and discontinued their
lessons. Piano methods were sometimes uninteresting and teachers too strict for many children
decades ago."
                                              --- pianonet.com  
72 YEAR-OLD DISCOVERS PIANO, A.K.A., FOUNTAIN OF
YOUTH
                                              keyboardcompanion.com
A recent study in The New England Jounal of Medicine suggested that MENTALLY
CHALLENGING ACTIVITES MIGHT OFFER PROTECTION AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S
. . . those (age 75 and older) who played a musical instrument had a 69% reduced risk . . .

                                                                                  --- from Summer 2003 Piano Notes