Fontana Piano Studio

His professional level ability at the piano seeps into the lessons, and it is clear that he has the technical, theoretical, and musical skills to optimally prepare his students for every level of examination.

He has taught her to give life to her music by pointing out the nuances of each piece.

There is a holistic quality to his teaching - piano lessons are a vehicle for exploring self-expression and self-confidence, and that work amplifies the quality and depth of his students' performances.

He always has a clear and penetrating understanding of the music at hand, what its overarching structure and essential musical idea is, as well as how to make progress towards being able to bring those elements out in my playing.

In short, I highly recommend Nick for music lessons and would like to thank him for all his effort to make music a special part of my children's life.

We did end up hiring a nice instructor, just to avoid losing the progress we had made, but it wasn’t the right fit, and my daughter started to lose interest and wanted to drop piano altogether

Music is more than just learning to play the keys on the piano but more importantly how the principles of discipline and perseverance plays into our daily lives.

He also strives to make the learning experience a fun one (ask about his Halloween recitals) and is very kind and patient with his students while not hesitating to give students a gentle push when they need it.

It took singleminded, long term investment - in managing his own physical relationship to music-making, in building stellar musicianship, and in developing a truly effective, age-appropriate pedagogy that enables him to address others’ varied goals and issues.

My son has been able to reach his goals of advancing in the OMTA syllabus certification exams and is working on preparing for his level 10 exam this year.