EXPERIENCED :: IMPASSIONED :: COMMITTED
In-Person Piano Lessons: The Music School Advantage
With more resources available than ever before, there are many ways to learn the piano other than taking piano lessons. Some people watch videos online; others take private lessons at their home; others buy books and learning materials and try their best that way.
Taking piano lessons at a music school provides so much more than these options.
In this article, let’s take a look at three main points that explain how piano lessons at MiFa offer elements of the music education experience that other options simply don’t provide. This article isn’t about the benefits of music education (we’ve covered that elsewhere: see How Music & Art Affect Your Kid’s Development, for example), but rather the benefits of the style of education that we at MiFa offer our students and how they line up with our school motto of EXPERIENCED::IMPASSIONED::COMMITTED.
1. Competency in Piano Lessons
This first point may be the most obvious. Our experienced instructors are trained to give the highest quality of piano lessons to students.
Learning independently, especially online, can confuse the beginning music student. Information online is often vague, contradictory, and so general that it’s not useful. Studying from books alone can be intimidating, too—not to mention boring.
The teachers at MiFa, however, know how to individulize lessons to keep students engaged in the highest quality of educational training. With years of experience with teaching, playing and enjoying music, our instructors see on a daily basis how the piano lessons they give result in student success. In-person lessons take the guesswork out of finding an individual learning path for yourself or your child because the high degree of competency our teachers have ensure that MiFa music students not only realize their goals but enjoy the process along the way.
Taking piano lessons at MiFa takes the guesswork out of selecting and committing to a music curriculum.
2. Commitment to Piano Lessons
So much of education relies upon a connection between the teacher and the student. A professional and healthy relationship between a teacher and a student is mutually inspiring: while the student aims to learn from the teacher’s expertise, the teacher also learns from the experience of teaching. With music, the process of learning as well as teaching is often a process of discovery.
The fact is, with the right teacher, students have an easier time committing themselves to practice and progress in music. A teacher gives assignments and tests to a student not to make unnecessary work for the learner but to help the student be accountable for his or her own growth. Having an expert guide you along the way of learning music can really help stay motivated and committed.
Furthermore, as this article from the Royal Conservatory of Music argues, assessment by teachers in an educational context truly help the application and retention of knowledge. Homework, exercises, tests and recitals are chances for students to really demonstrate mastery over their subject, as well as to cement that knowledge for future use.
Music schools such as ours include many opportunities to consolidate musical experience and keep committed to further development.
3. Community Mindset for Piano Lessons
This is the most important point, and what we at MiFa are most impassioned about: the importance of community.
A music school like MiFa is a community of teachers and students who are all helping each other enjoy and learn more about music. After all, music is a social activity: just ask any working professional musician. Music is best when played, shared, and enjoyed with others.
At MiFa, you’ll have the opportunity to meet, play with, and be inspired by other musicians at any level of skill or ability. Piano lessons can be so much more than just “work”; they are chances to engage with music at a personal and satisfying level, and even more than that, they are necessary steps to take to truly enjoying and benefiting from music. The good news is that with a community mindset, lessons are part of the joy of discovering new talents and capabilities you didn’t know you had.
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