Nice afternoon with my piano students!

Today in the afternoon, we had a last lesson and a little home concert with my favorite piano students. It was a chance for them to show off in front of their family members and impress them with their improved skills. Parents, grandparents, uncles and cousins were completely blown away with Mila's and Niki's achievements in music - they are such talented and patient girls! When their mom said, that I inspired them to love the instrument, I felt so proud and happy, as only a teacher (or a parent!) could be. Nothing could be more rewarding, than to see, that your help and guiding can lead children forward into musical development!I am a young and very engaged teacher. I'm learning together with my students - how to find the right way to teach, because every one of them is so unique and requires different approach, how to make things clear and put them in words. I learn from my mistakes and become better with time while listening to their needs and adapting. No effort will pay off, if you're gonna try to imply some methods that you think are right for everyone - there are no general rules, how to learn to play the piano. Of course, you might become good at reading notes and your finger techniques will improve, but will you ever learn to really appreciate the instrument, if you don't enjoy what you play?
Picking piano pieces for my students Mila and Niki, is not easy. I know their tastes in music, so I always try to find something, that they will really like. Mila prefers melodic, minor-scaled pieces, with some chromatic elements, she's a serious and musical 12 years old girl, and 10 years-old Niki likes to play fast and cheerful pieces, just as cheerful and fun, as she is herself. I pick classical songs, that would suit them, and most of the time I pick the right ones! For the summer, Mila got to play the Swan Song and the famous Hungarian Dance, and Niki's songs were - Mozart's Minuet "Don Giovanni" and Curious Story. They were both  happy by this choice!

I am looking forward to having even more students (at the moment I have 5). In the end of this years, right before the Christmas vacations in December, I promised myself to organize a little concert with many families and young students. Somewhere in a culture house or in a nice and cozy cafe where everyone could gather together and enjoy the event. It's my next goal, as a teacher! That, and becoming even better at doing this job. Who knows, maybe some of the girls I'm teaching will want to continue with this and become professional pianists? :)