Piano education, refined.

Music is a gift—for life!  Our piano studio seeks to help students of all ages discover their full musical potential with creative, high quality music teaching. Lessons are tailored to each individual student, fostering confidence and enjoyment in music-making, something that lasts a lifetime.

Week of April 22: Group Lesson Week - Get ready for Scale Olympics!

Group Lessons, April 23 @ 4:30-6pm. Scale Olympics and Performance Practice. Bring your Tech Challenge charts for a prize!

Daughters of the American Revolution 250 Exhibit at the Historic Schmidt House! April 14. See photos of our students playing background music for this historic event on a beautiful 5’7” Steinway. More information under “News” and here: https://www.olymusicteachers.org/daughters-of-the-revolution

Teachers’ Recital April 20 @ Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. We had a good size crowd to cheer on the teachers! Donations will go to fund our OMTA Programs and Scholarships.

Pop/Jazz Recital and Music Literacy Program (MLP) May 4, 10am, 11:15am and 12:30pm @ Gloria Dei Lutheran. Sign up by April 21.

District IV Honor Recital: May 5, 3pm @ Centralia Church of the Nazarene. Winners and Alternates of the State Honor Recital Competitions in District IV (Olympia, Thurston, Mason, Grays Harbor, and surrounding chapters) will be presented in a recital, followed by a cookie reception. All are welcome!

National Guild Date is Announced: June 2, 9am to 2:45pm @ St. Martin University

MCE Youth Competition is May 11! Deadline to sign up is April 13. See “Events” for more details.

Spring Studio Recital, June 8 @ 3pm. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. This is our year-end celebration of our students’ many accomplishments!

OMTA Honors Recital: March 10 @ 1:45 and 2:30 @ Westwood Baptist Anoova performed Scriabin, and Chloe performed Chopin - Brava!

MAP Results: Congratulations to everyone on performing for Dr. Menchetti at our annual Music Artistry Program! Winners, Alternates and Honorable Mentions are posted under “News”, as well as on the www.olymusicteachers.org website.

WSMTA Honors Competition Results: Congratulations to Chloe and Anoova, our State Representatives! Two winners from OMTA were selected to go to the State Conference in June to represent our region. Well done!

Group Performance Lesson: Friday, March 1 @ 4:30 - everyone got to play both of their MAP pieces for each other. Everyone has been working hard and making amazing progress - so let’s celebrate your progress and success!

WSMTA Honors Recital Competition: Sunday, March 3 @ 1:15 and 2:15pm. See Events for the schedule! The winner of this event will represent the Olympia region at the WA State Conference in June. Best wishes to Alexander, Anoova, Chloe, Grant, Gyu-Rim, and Simone at this event!

Music Artistry Program/MAP: Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, March 5 @ St. Martins. Dr. Fabio Menchetti is our Visiting Artist. Schedule is posted (see “Events”).

Master Lessons with Dr. Rolim - What a great weekend of Master Lessons with Dr. Ronaldo Rolim! We were lucky to have him come down to Olympia to spend a couple days with our students. Please keep the lesson notes in your minds as you practice!

Feb. 13, Allen/Cho Duo in Concert at St. Martins Noon Recital Series!

PRACTICE CHALLENGE: Good job to our participants! 1st prize goes to Chloe! 2nd prize to Grant, and 3rd prize to Landon!

PIANO PALS - another creative and fun collection of new compositions by all of our students! We had a great group of performances, revealing our inspirations from their secret piano pals. Also, for the 2nd year in a row, we will be entering pieces into a composition contest. Good luck to all - winners to be announced next Group Lesson.

WSMTA Honors Recital Competition: March 3! At St. Martin’s University.

MAP/Adjudications Registration - all are registered! MAP is March 5, 2024 @ St. Martins University. Schedule coming soon!

WINTER RECITALS - Thank you Sky, Landon, Josie, Alexander, Eleanor, Gyu-Rim, Grant, Chloe, Linnea, and Anoova for sharing your beautiful music at the Providence Christmas Forest Recital and the Barnes & Noble Play-a-thon!

OMTA Concerto Competition: See “News” for the update! Congratulations to all of our Concerto Competition participants - WELL DONE TO ALL - Landon, Alexander, Grant, Simone, Gyu-Rim, and Anoova! See “News” for more details and photos!

November Group Lesson/Performance Class: Wonderful performances by all of our student pianists, with a nice audience as well!

OAPC, CWU: Nov. 10-13. This Washington State Outstanding Artist Piano Competition features some of the best young pianists in the state! Best wishes to Anoova!

First Group Lesson/Performance Class: Everyone had a great first performance! We learned lots of piano facts and heard music by Chopin, Miller, Rollin, Mier, and Mozart. Our next Group Performance Class will be Nov. 17. This will be a quasi-recital opportunity to prep for Concerto and other upcoming recital.

OCO Concert Oct. 29 with Ramona & Hannah, duo-pianists! They performed Saint-Saens “Carnival of the Animals” with the OCO and Maestro Carlson!

Ramona & Friends were featured at the Governor’s Mansion Chamber Series, Oct. 23! SOLD OUT

Olympia Symphony Concert with YA Winner, Chloe! A triumphant debut with the OSO with Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. See “News” for more information and photos!

Dr. Nyaho Master Lessons: excellent feedback and advice for all our participating students from a world-class pedagogue. Good job, everyone!

Master Lesson with Mackenzie Melemed, October 14 at PLU: Mr. Melemed will perform the Rachmaninoff Paganini Variations with orchestra, as well as this free masterclass for students. Four students will perform from 2-4pm.

Olympia Symphony Concert with YA Winner, Chloe! A triumphant debut with the OSO with Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. See “News” for more information and photos!

Dr. Nyaho Master Lessons: excellent feedback and advice for all our participating students from a world-class pedagogue. Good job, everyone!

Master Lesson with Mackenzie Melemed, October 14 at PLU: Mr. Melemed will perform the Rachmaninoff Paganini Variations with orchestra, as well as this free masterclass for students. Four students will perform from 2-4pm.

WSMTA Conference, Winthrop: June 26-28. A refreshing and educational time for the piano teachers - lots of classes, recitals and meeting old and new colleagues! See “News” for more details.

Alexander performs at WSMTA Convention, June 28 @ 11am, Sun Mountain Lodge (Winthrop). This recital features winners and alternate of the Honors Competitions around the state. More info and photos under “News”. Congratulations!

SPRING RECITAL 2023! The grand finale of our piano year, and a celebration of all that these students have accomplished! Wonderful and inspiring performances to all! See “News” for the update.

Spring 2023 Studio Newsletter: posted under “News”!

NATIONAL GUILD DONE! What a huge accomplishment and success! Everyone passed and received high praise from the judge👏👏👏! I’ll have report cards, certificates and pins for everyone at their lesson this week!

MCE Concert, June 17 @ 7:30pm - featuring Chloe! Chloe won the middle school division back before the pandemic, and the prize-winning performance was delayed until now. See “News” for the update!

Pop, Jazz, Duet Fest, May 13! Gloria Dei Lutheran. Very fine performances for Grant, Josie, Sally, Grace, Landon, Alexander and Charles! See “News” for the full story and photos!

Music Literacy Program/Theory Test May 13, for students who wish to test their theoretical knowledge. Alexander, Grant, Landon, Charles, Josie and Sally all passed with high marks! See “News”.

District IV Honor Recital: Featuring winners from Olympia and beyond of the WSMTA Honors Competitions. Chloe and Alexander represented Olympia and our studio very well!

Congrats to our Scale Olympics Winners! Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals were awarded. See Group Lessons/News for more details and photos!

Congrats to Luke, featured in this quarter’s Guild Magazine for his High School Diploma, Paderewski Medal and Guild Scholarship. See photos on “News”!

For Pianists, For Piano - Concert

HONOR RECITAL WINNERS: Chloe, Sky, and Judson! ALTERNATES: Grant and Judah! Honorable Mentions: Justin, Alexander, Josie, Grace! See “News” and www.olymusicteachers.org for more details! Congratulations!

March Group Lessons: Students performed their 2 MAP pieces (from memory) for each other - and got to “be the Visiting Artist”! For our April Group Lessons - get ready for Scale Olympics with our Technique Challenge!

Composition Contest Winners - See “News” for update. Congratulations to our winners!

WSMTA Honors Recital Competition: Alexander, Judson, Grant and Chloe entered. Chloe is the Winner! Alexander is an Alternate!

Music Artistry Program (MAP): Another successful year of Adjudications. Good job to everyone!

OCO 2nd Concert with Concerto Competition winners (Chloe!) in Chehalis: Bravo, wonderful concert!

OCO Concert, Sunday, Feb. 19 Featuring our own Chloe, 1st prize winner of the OMTA Concerto Competition, performing the Tchaikovsky 3rd movement. Way to go, Chloe!

ChopinNW Competition in Redmond: Feb. 4 - Congratulations to Chloe - Gold Medalist in her division! See “News” for more details!

Master Lesson with Michael Sheppard, Feb. 5. Kudos to Sky for representing our studio there!

Solo & Ensemble and OSO Young Artist Competition students: Good Job! You’ve all worked very hard and it showed! Chloe is the winner in the Senior Division of the very first OSO Young Artist Competition! More details under “News”.

January 21 and 22: Master Lessons with Dr. Oksana Ejokina from PLU - So happy that many students were able to take advantage of this!

Seong-jin Cho Concert at Benaroya! See photos and more details on “News”.

Three R’s: Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with Robert and Ramona (orchestra)!

Barnes & Noble Play-a-thon: Thank you, students, for sharing your music with our Olympia community!

Congratulations, Concerto Contestants! Josie, Landon, Alexander, Grant, Max, Sky and Chloe. See “News” for more details! Winners will be listed here and at olympiamusicteachers.org. Photos are posted!

Stonewell Senior Care - Performance Opportunity: this is a senior facility not far from here. They love and appreciate music and need someone every Friday afternoon to play the piano. Let me know if you would like to play for these lovely seniors! Thanks to Landon, Sky, Alexander, Chloe, Max, and others for sharing their music and talents already. Hope everyone can take part in this!