08/17/2018
Every week, except in the summer, for 12 years this wonderful girl has come to my piano studio to study and create music! She is heading to college, and I am going to miss her so much! It has been a privilege and joy to teach her! I asked Sarah to share what her lesson experience with me has been like, and she wrote the following:
“ I was lucky enough to have Mrs. Hubbard as my piano teacher from the beginning—all the way from first grade until I graduated highschool—and I could not have asked for a better teacher. In my lessons with her, I have been able to try a variety of playing styles from classical to blues to improv, and I believe being exposed to so many different genres has expanded my abilities as a musician. In addition, because Mrs. Hubbard incorporated music theory into my lessons from the very beginning, I can anticipate college theory classes being fairly easy. :)
I think my favorite thing about having Mrs. Hubbard as my piano teacher was that she wanted me to cover a lot of styles and composers, rather than master two or three pieces in a year. My last three years or so of lessons, she let me decide a lot of what I wanted to play, and helped me play it to the best of my ability. She made suggestions about recital and exam pieces, but the final decision was always mine, and I really appreciated the freedom she gave me to explore. Thanks to lessons with Mrs. Hubbard, playing the piano is something I love and can’t imagine life without. “