Nov. 3, 2025

The Sound of Gold with guest The Art of Piano Playing

The Sound of Gold with guest The Art of Piano Playing

An interview with the Dina Paolucci, President of the music school, The Art of Piano Playing. We get to chat and learn how piano music teachers are influencing the public school systems in Florida and in New York The Sound of Gold is broadcast live...

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Season 1

An interview with the Dina Paolucci,
President of the music school, The Art of Piano Playing.
We get to chat and learn how piano music teachers are influencing the public school systems in Florida and in New York

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Hi, welcome to the Sound of Gold. If you've been

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here before, welcome back. If you're new, then welcome as well.

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I do the show for you, and I do the

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show for musicians and music venues, music teachers, music schools.

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And my passion and my heart felt purpose for doing

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this is I want to be the voice to keep

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music alive. Music is so important in our lives. It

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is so important. Everywhere we go we hear music, even

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if it's not like the radio music. When you're outside,

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you hear a breeze, you hear the birds singing. It's

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they're different sounds, and to me, that's music. More So,

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focusing on instruments and playing music is even more important

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because it's not only beautiful to hear, but as a

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musician and as a teacher to teach music. It's a craft,

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it's a trade, and it is something that we grow

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with and it's you know, it's not like making a

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peanut butter sandwich, like you have the brand, you have

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the peanut breas to the jelly. You put it together

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and it's done, and you know you have your sandwich.

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With music, there's just there's more than just the peanut butter,

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jelly and bread. There's so much. There's so much layers,

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so many layers in music to learn and it's never ending.

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It's a lifetime commitment to learn and as a human

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being to begin with and adding music to that, it's

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just like a step above just I don't know, to

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me being a musician, being a musician, just learning more

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and learning more about music fills my soul. And you know,

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with that said, and I do teach. I teach piano.

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I think it's so important, especially in today's day and

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age and as we're moving forward in the years to come,

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generations looking forward, we want to keep music alive. We

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want to keep music alive in studios, we want to

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keep music alive at music venues. And I'm not going

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to give away my age, but it's fun playing it's

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fun being out there, it's fun teaching. However, the younger

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generations are the ones we want to focus on. They

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are the ones that we want to help develop and

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grow into musicians that we want to continue to listen to.

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So in order to do that, we need to keep

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it alive. As a teacher, as a professional, we want

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to we want not incorporate, but we want to inspire, right,

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we want to inspire each other. We want to inspire generations,

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you know, younger than us, and we want to make

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an impact. So with that being said, I want to

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I want to focus a little bit more on the

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public school systems today on my show. And I want to,

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or I already did. I invited the president of the

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Art of Piano Playing to our show today and Diana,

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are you backstage? Are you here with us?

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I'm here, Hello, Hi, Hi, welcome, thank you, and thanks

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for having me.

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So so they are piano playing well. First off, even

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before I always love to introduce my guests, because you've

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taken the time out.

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I want to know you.

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I want to like, what is your your journey to playing?

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I know you play piano or you teach piano. What

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began your journey to to bring us to where you

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are today, because there's so much we have to talk about, saying,

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there's so much to share. So if you would be

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so kind.

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Sure, sure, I would say. It's rather a long story.

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You know.

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My background goes back to northern Russia. My parents are

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from Ukraine, but they immigrated, you know in the times

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of the USSR to north of Russia. That's where I

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was born and where I grew up. And I went

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to a music school there. You know, the Russian music

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education consists of three steps. So I started around actually

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studied late, I would say, you know, unlike a modern trend,

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you know where you can see students playing three and

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four and five, you know, like little buzzards. I was

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pretty well aware of what I was doing, you know,

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at the age of almost nine, and I was dreaming

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living under the piano literally, you know, I was smelling

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the keys.

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I love the wooden smell of the keys.

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You know.

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I had an upright there.

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And yeah, and so I attended the music school, you

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know for seven years. Then I went on a couple

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of hours you know, away from the place where I

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grew up to study in the music college for four years.

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So this was already another serious.

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Step towards you know, more professional education because I realized.

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That I am I am bit by the bug, you know.

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Oh it took.

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It's really My parents showed me a tape of a

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very famous musician. It was a pianist. His name is

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Fataslav Richter. It's a Russian pianist and composer of old days.

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Saw him sitting in front of this gorgeous grand piano

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in a quiet, you know atmosphere of a beautiful hole

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filled with people that are like amazed, and they're looking

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at him and then waiting for him to say the word,

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you know, musical word on the piano. By studying with

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the first note, that was it. I'm still having chills.

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Like what about this?

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So once I saw that magic happening on stage right

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in front of me, that was it.

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I got myself.

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Through you know school, and nobody really had to insist

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on me practicing. I was doing it for hours and hours,

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and that's that's how I got through all my schools,

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you know, after the four year of college, after a

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lot of heavy competitions you know, abroad and domestic, after

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a lot of scholarships.

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And mayor awards.

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You know, I went on to study in Moscow. That's

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where I went to. It's I would say legendary school.

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You know, it's Agnessonnissence Music Academy. So there was two

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rivals at Moscow. There are you know, the Moscow Conservatory

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by Tchikovsky and the Naissance Academy. That's where I spent

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another five years of studying. So a lot of studying,

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a lot of competitions, a lot of practice rooms.

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Yes, So that's that's what brought me eventually to the

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United States where where I went to Eastman School of

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Music and I completed my it's an I guess considered

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second master's degree of years. So more more practice, more collaborations,

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you know, being around a lot of pretty famous musicians,

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you know, collaborating with them, per forming. It was it

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was amazing, just an amazing journey.

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You know, I'm honored to know you. There's so much

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I don't I didn't know.

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Thank You's so wonderful.

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So what I have so many questions. What I had

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mentioned before you got on was being the voice and

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being an inspiration in the public school system and for

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our listeners who are listening the reason why I said that,

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and I'm I feel silly, but I'm gonna say, Dina,

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you are one of your like I mean, I'm my

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own boss, but you're also one of my bosses because

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I teach. I work with you to teach in the

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public school systems, and there's been so much, I think,

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in so many ways taken away from this public school

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systems that you have. You are the president of the

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Art of Piano Playing. Tell us a little bit about

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how you came upon creating that. And I know it's

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not only here in Florida, but it is here in Florida,

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but it is also in New York as well, So

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I'm asking us once.

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Yes, it is in New York indeed, and I'm right

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now in New York. Actually it's pretty child, That's why

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I'm wearing the sweater.

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Yes.

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So it started around twoenty twelve and started with a studio.

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I was always passionate about teaching, and I knew it's

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very important, you know, to pass on your passion and

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your education and your experience to the other generations you

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know of children. And it's basically started with my overgrowing

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studio that I couldn't handle anymore, you know, when you

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become a popular teacher, you know, and the students love

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you and you do recitals with them. It just overgrew

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pretty quickly, and that's how it ended up in more

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of a school setting. And then I started to, you know, think,

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why is the piano class, why does the piano class

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should be limited to just a private class just to

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select few, where all children should be you know, privileged

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to be able to read those symbols on the page,

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you know, not just a few that actually take private classes.

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So that's where I got an idea that, you know,

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maybe it's time to bring music to schools where children are,

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you know, because not everybody can't afford right a private

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piano class or have time to travel to the teacher

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or time after school. So it only made made sense,

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you know, to go into a school.

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So that's that's how it started.

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Started with a couple of schools, you know, and then

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we just grew in New York City and now we're

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in Pumbach County.

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Yes, which is wonderful. And you know it, I know

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a little bit about like overseas, and I have family

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in Europe, and I know, like my cousin's a piano player,

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and I know I've learned of friends in like England,

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and there's different it's a different approach when it comes

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to the schooling for music, and it's not the same

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as it is in America, or at least how I

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was raised. I had my you know, the private teachers,

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and I didn't. It wasn't something. It wasn't an option

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in the public school system. So I love that it

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is an option now. And in what ways, uh, somehow

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we got connected over the years, And in what ways

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do you kind of advertise doing the public school system

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to get attention for families to sign up.

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So first of all, I want to come in. I'm

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very happy with man and I look forward to, you know,

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collaborating even more. But the way the way we do it,

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So we we approached school and h you know, we

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sign a contract and we advertise we bring flyers to schools. Actually,

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so those flyers, we call them back back flyers, So

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they go into teacher's mailboxes and then they end up

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in folders going home with the students. So I imagine

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that once a student comes home after the classes, you know,

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their parents check the folder and they see how a

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little flyer, you know, advertising, So that's that's how they

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sign up and then you.

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Have Okay, so here, Palm Beach County in New York,

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do you have are you in New York City? I

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mean for our listeners, I don't know, people are tuning

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in from everywhere. So for both New York and Florida.

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Tell us how if our listeners want to connect or

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maybe you know, want to make make it possible for

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their children to sign up.

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Okay, yes, that would be great.

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So yes, So it's in New York City, it's in Manhattan,

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Queens and Brooklyn. And in order to sign up, they

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can go on our website. They I can, if I

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am allowed to say the website or it will be

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it's it's art. It's w w W dot art of

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Piano Playing dot com. And they can always give us

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a call. And if let's say, their school does not

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offer a similar class, you know, they can always raise

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our awareness and then we will approach the school and

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you know, try to see if we can set it

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up in their school.

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Oh, I love it, And what what feedback? You've been

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doing this for a while now. Actually, let me go back.

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So in Palm Beach County. Do you have the same

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contact information as as you would in New York. It's

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just one website, so either New York or Florida.

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one is for New York, but you know they are

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both right in front of me, so it goes to

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the same place. We We're happy to receive a call

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on any number, whether it's New York or so.

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For the time I've been working at some of the

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public schools for our listeners to know. When we teach

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at the public schools, it's usually from my experience, you know,

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one class, one teacher and then as many as how

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many twelve students would you.

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it's we keep try to keep it small just so

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every student can get you know, equal attention and time

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with one instructor. And we also provide instruments for the

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class and headphones so they can work individually and you know,

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practice their assignments. And also materials are provided. So we

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always say just bring yourselves. You don't to bring anything

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to the class and everybody's welcome, you know, beginners, students

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that have been, you know, doing this for a while.

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can they know how to handle multi level uh student

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groups at the same time.

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Now, what what okay, So the students, I'm going to

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kind of pretend a little bit that I don't know

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so because I want our listeners to know more. So

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we have we have a class. Right, Let's say I'm

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teaching the class, I have ten students, and then the

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materials that there is okay, they don't have to bring anything.

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What would your suggestion be though, if you have if

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you're let's say, teaching the student not just the black

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and white keys and the names of the notes, if

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you're starting to develop, maybe teaching a song or teaching

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you know, how to practice that, and maybe they don't

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have an instrument at home yet, or maybe they have

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an instrument, but you're not sending them home with any

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type of material because you know their brain is doing

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ten different things and sometimes you come back the next

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week and you're doing the same lesson. So I'm not

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sure if I'm asking the question correctly, but how what

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would you recommend as far as having a student follow

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up at home. We know what you just taught them,

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but they have nothing to look.

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At right, right, So what we do actually, when somebody

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signed ups for the class, we send them a welcome email.

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With a whole packet. We do have attachments there.

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out over the years that works in that kind of

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setting that covers beginners, and once students finish the ABC

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stage of songs and they ready to read music quation

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and start learning you know, the trouble clap and class

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and the notation, little by little, we switched them usually

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to the Piano Adventures by Favor, which is a fantastic method. Yes,

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so we attached the link for that so parents can

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maybe purchase a book, you know, and eventually buy maybe

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a keyboard for the house practice. We always do recommend

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that because obviously, you know, if you practice, if you

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solidify what you learn in class, your progress is faster.

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Yes. I remember specifically, one of one of the boys

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who stood out the most at the end of the class,

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and it's usually the ones that give you the hardest

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time at the end of the class. The whole class.

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He didn't seem like he was. He was in his

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own world, doing his own thing. And then the end

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he goes, I need to give me one of these books.

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He says, I don't know. Maybe I don't know if

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it's maybe more emphasis on the parents printing out the

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work for the kids so they have that to go

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home to so they're not I just it just seems

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like some of the kids have been not everybody's on

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the same page.

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Right, right, Well, we try to, you know, cover everybody.

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We send an email with all the attachments and we

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even follow up with the text, so please go see

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your email, you know, but you know, everybody has a

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business life, so things happen. So we do remind, you know,

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after a couple of sessions that hey, you know, we

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sent you an email, get the materials.

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But they're definitely no, it's all right.

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There's definitely always room for improvements, right, how to carry

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and relaze certain information to the parents to make sure

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they do learn, they do progress.

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Excuse me, I do want to mention that for our

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listeners is that when we have these classes, they're not

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like a year long. They are only a few weeks.

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In Pump Beach County. So in New York it's a

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little different, and I will cover New York as well.

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I'll start with pump Beach Counties. So we do it

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Trimesters usually, So we start at the on the last

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week of August, because as we know, you know, Floridians

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started going to school earlier, around you know, August ten

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twelve usually, and we give them a couple of weeks

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to get into the swing of things, and then we

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start you know, our we call piano club classes at

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the end of August, and they'll run until December. So

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it's usually on average about ten ten eleven sessions, right,

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depending on the holidays and the calendar. Then the next

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one is from January to March. I'm sorry, December. I

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made a mistake, So it's August. It ends just before Thanksgiving.

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This is our current session actually that we are running

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right now, so it will end before the Thanksgiving. And

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then the second one is from December to February. And

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then the class one is March through May. And so

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what I always say, you know, that's just enough, you

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know classes, good amount of classes that gives let's say

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a beginner are good understanding of what this is all about.

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It gets their feet wet, you know, and if they

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like to continue, let's say after ten to twelve classes,

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they can finish right at the let's say ideal conditions.

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Let's say this is a fantastic group. They all behave,

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they all pay attention, they all practice at home. So

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I would say in ten to twelve classes, they should

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be able to finish the ABC the pre notation type

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stage right of the curriculum. And after that, so for

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the next session, the next trimester, they should be able

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to start reading music notation so they can continue. And

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a lot of students, do you know, they just follow

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from one trimester to the other. So, you see, we

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enroll a new group because we do want you know,

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all students to try this class, or at least as

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many as possible. Again, because the number of seats are

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limited to only you know, a to ten students, so

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we want you know, as many children as possible to

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try this class to see if they like it or not.

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But we do see a lot of students just follow us,

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you know, from trimester to trimester. But then eventually, you know,

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they realize that, okay, they learned a certain certain amount

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of basics and they say, well, now I want to

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do a private piano class, you know, with.

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That teacher that was teaching the group class. We get

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that a lot.

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What what age do you start with? Sorry about that.

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That's okay.

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So usually we say that the class is best suited

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for grades one through five. In schools where we are

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able to open up two days, we usually separate, you know,

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grades two to five on one day and the second

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day we open up to kindergarteners and first graders. So

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we group them more together because it's more ideal, you know,

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development wise and you know, level wise, it's it's best

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if you know, they're grouped like that.

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Okay, and then at the end of the year, is

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there any like recital?

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So what we do actually, we used to do some schools,

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we used to do open classes where we would invite

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parents to observe the class. This year we actually changed

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the to a video update. We do a couple of

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video updates throughout the session. But we realized that, you know,

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not everybody can come. Unfortunately, you know, because during the

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day it's afternoon, people work, and some students get upset

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because some parents would come and you know, have that

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proud moment, you know, and take videos and photos, and

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some students would get upset that their parents didn't make it.

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And in some cases, you know, we don't want to

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traumatize anybody because some children get little nervous. You know,

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parents are here, like where have they been the whole session?

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You know, they started to show up at the end,

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so they get nervous. So we decided not to you know,

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intervene into the school life too much and just focus on,

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you know, sending video updates, which parents seem to.

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Love, yes, and then they're not as nervous, like.

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You said, exactly exactly.

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And we do we do offer recitals, but that's for

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private students. Actually one is coming up on December thirteenth,

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so it's going to happen.

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Yes, yes, in New York.

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Are here in Florida.

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So it's it's in Pombeach. Yes, okay, yes, we do

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recitals in New York too. This year, were skipping one.

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We're doing one in a summer.

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Are we allowed to say where the recital is or

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is it private?

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No, we can say it it's.

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I forgot the name of the church. It's it always

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happens in the same one, but I never remember the name.

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It's Exit seventy one and if anybody's interested, I don't

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know if we can run it as a text somewhere

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as a comment, but it's open to public actually on

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December thirteenth at one thirty am PM PM, yes PM,

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not am.

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No too early.

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And so I'm getting a little off topic, but is

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that Are there a lot of performers for their recital

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or do you just have specific private students that are

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doing that.

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It's open to anybody, you know.

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We sometimes get approached even by students that don't really

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belong to our school, that don't study with one of

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our teachers, and we say, sure, we want to give

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an opportunity to anybody. And you know, usually it would

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be a student of a teacher that does not do recitals.

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So they do want to participate in something, you know,

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because they look forward to it. You know, they practice

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hard all year and this is something that gives them,

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you know, stimulus to to look forward to, you know,

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and have that proud moment and you know, play for

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their friends and family.

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We also give them a little present at the end.

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Of the recital, take a common photo, you know, in

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front of the piano.

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It's it's it's fun. It's a lot of fun for

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our listeners.

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What would be for students that have not taken piano yet,

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or that have not been introduced to a music instrument,

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but they're not they're a little afraid maybe to step

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into the world. What would you what would be your

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words of inspiration to encourage, you know, students to come

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forward and try.

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Mm hmmm, that's a good question, I would say, you know,

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for me, it's stemmed out of inspiration by my family.

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So I guess who knows better than the parents, right,

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they know their child the best, like what they like,

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maybe what kind of songs? What would be that little

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key for that particular child.

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Right. So I've had.

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You know, numerous students over the years, and it all

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worked very different for each of them. So some some

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you know, girls that I was akin with, they love

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Disney songs and I love singing. So a parent buying

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them a karaoke microphone did it?

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You know?

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Then then they wanted private classes, you know, they wanted

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to study, and I'm sure if it was offered in

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their school, they would run into it, you know, they

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would join another student of mine loved Russian music. He

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loved Romaninov and before even his fingers started to run,

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I gave him as a gift for his tenth birthday

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a huge portrait of Rockmaninoff that he put in his bathroom.

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That was it. That was like he was bid by

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the bug right there.

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You know he went to Juilliard, you know so and story, yes.

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So, I've learned over the years, when families are involved

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with the practicing with the student, not so much with

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the student, but encouraging and being a support in the

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music world, especially when there's alreating out very young, it's

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so important that the families are more involved. And then

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I want your feedback on this too. But then I

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also have me personally had students that they're playing because

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00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:15.480
mom said that for them to play, but they have

472
00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:18.359
no interest at all, and they don't even practice or

473
00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:22.839
give the time of day to do anything. Because for me,

474
00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:26.720
I've learned, if the child is into it and wants

475
00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:31.279
to learn the instrument and wants to move forward, no

476
00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:34.000
matter what their age is, they tell you right. And

477
00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:38.640
then as they get older, they grow more Again, this

478
00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.880
is my experience. And then the kids that are not

479
00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:43.519
you know that they're doing it for the parents. They're

480
00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:46.920
just not going to learn the same way. Yes, you

481
00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.599
have the same experience.

482
00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:53.160
Yes, yes, and I agree with you that, you know,

483
00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:57.039
the bar and involvement and the family support, it's definitely

484
00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:59.839
very important. Yes, it's definitely you know all that it

485
00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:02.519
encouragement and celebrating.

486
00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.079
Even small results.

487
00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:07.519
You know, it gives them, you know, that excitement about

488
00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.400
what they're doing.

489
00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.799
You know.

490
00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:13.079
So that's why you know we do videos and recitals

491
00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.759
to support them.

492
00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:16.000
It's it's hard.

493
00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:17.880
I would say, I don't know what I would do,

494
00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:20.799
you know, honestly, in a lot of my colleagues and

495
00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:23.480
a lot of my friends that with conservatories, you know,

496
00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:27.000
and their teachers. Now, I don't know what I would

497
00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:29.359
do in the world of all these you know, social

498
00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:32.799
media and technology around me. You know, we didn't have anything,

499
00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:36.160
you know, I grew up without a phone, even a

500
00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:38.240
home phone. You know, we didn't have a phone home

501
00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:42.559
you know, a computer, forget about it. So there's a

502
00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:44.880
lot of distractions they have to fight these days. You know,

503
00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:50.000
a lot of immediate gratitude, right you press the buttons there,

504
00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:54.079
you know, and any other instrument. It's it's a lot

505
00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:56.839
of dedication. It's a lot of patients. It's a lot

506
00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:00.200
of it's a lot of patients, right, yes, not an

507
00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.720
immediate result and a lot of scale backs. Right, one

508
00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:07.240
day you practice and you sound fantastic. The next day,

509
00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:12.480
what happened? Right, you have to start over. So it's

510
00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:16.200
it's it's hard, you know, it's hard. So yeah, I

511
00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:20.759
guess you know, children that if if if you feel

512
00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:23.559
like it's their thing, you know, they need to really

513
00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:26.079
give it a good try with the support of the family.

514
00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:29.559
And for some maybe it's it's not just not their thing,

515
00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:33.519
maybe they're good at something else, right, right, So it's

516
00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:36.519
I would say, try, right, So parents do the right thing.

517
00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:38.839
I got to give kudos to the parents. They try.

518
00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:43.400
They give them sports, you know, they try swimming, tennis

519
00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:47.920
and music and see what where they're at, right, and

520
00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:51.839
then determine what, you know, what they want to invest

521
00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.319
their time into an effort.

522
00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:58.039
Absolutely, and yes, it's it's it's a funny thing as

523
00:30:58.039 --> 00:31:00.279
a I mean, my daughter's grown up, but it's a

524
00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:04.480
funny thing being being a parent because we think, you know,

525
00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:06.960
we're going to make the decisions for them and they're

526
00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.960
going to do this, this and this. But really like

527
00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:12.359
they have The children have their even so young, they

528
00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:15.000
have their own kind of idea of what they like

529
00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:17.240
and what they don't like. So it's almost like you

530
00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.799
have to give in to Okay, you know, you like,

531
00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:23.559
this is what you like, you know, so and support

532
00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:27.279
that in that And you also said something so important

533
00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:31.480
in today's the children of today are growing up with

534
00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:36.839
so much distraction. I mean, even as adults, with the

535
00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:40.880
technology and all that is available, it is so distracting.

536
00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:43.359
It's almost like I'll make a joke of like, you

537
00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:46.240
know the dog that watches the squirrel outside. You know,

538
00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:50.079
it's like here's the bone. Oh wait, there's a squirrel. Yes,

539
00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:55.079
there's so much distraction for the kids. So I love

540
00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:58.079
the fact that you've made this possible in the public

541
00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:02.960
school systems and two states. I hope that you get

542
00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:05.400
to be in other states as well, because it's so

543
00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:09.799
important to focus this discipline, because that's really what any

544
00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:14.480
instrument is to learn is it's it's a discipline, and

545
00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:17.480
it's it's almost like you need to make an agenda

546
00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:21.559
for your practice time, but it's a discipline, yes, And

547
00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:25.079
it's just so much harder in our day and age,

548
00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:29.920
where there is so much to be distracted by, So

549
00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:33.480
how do we how do we make that How do

550
00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:38.079
we inspire and motivate younger generations to stick with an

551
00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:41.680
instrument and play. We want to make it fun, right,

552
00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:49.640
The books are fabulous and there is so much to teach. Uh,

553
00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:53.640
it comes down to us the discipline and the focus. Yes,

554
00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:56.200
and we don't want we don't want to lose that

555
00:32:56.279 --> 00:33:00.680
for the next generations to come, because definitely, yeah, how

556
00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.680
do we keep it alive?

557
00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:06.880
It definitely helps, you know, with overall school performance, even attention,

558
00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:09.960
and it develops that part of the brain, right, they

559
00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:14.079
all the creativity. So but I think really you know,

560
00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:19.359
to to inspire them and support them is really to

561
00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:22.000
find the key for each child, you know, and we

562
00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:26.039
do have fantastic teachers that do that. They have a

563
00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:31.200
lot of experience and they see, you know, see child

564
00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:34.839
and they know what key to pick.

565
00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:39.000
You know, yes, yes, And and in the classroom setting

566
00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:42.200
you said it also, you know, each child is at

567
00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.920
a different level. So when you have a teacher show

568
00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.920
up and then meet the kids where they're at, it's

569
00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:50.400
almost like a little bit of a juggle. But then

570
00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:54.400
the ones you develop more of a relationship with understanding

571
00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:57.480
where the child is, then you can kind of work

572
00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:01.519
with them. It's it actually does take a little bit

573
00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:05.079
of extra time to kind of meet everybody's needs because

574
00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:07.000
not everybody's at the same level.

575
00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:11.639
So you know, I have to I'm sorry, I have

576
00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:15.599
to mention that actually most students, most of the time,

577
00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:19.639
they're all beginners, so that makes it easier. Sometimes we

578
00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:23.039
do get students that, you know, already know a little

579
00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.239
bit about it, so they we don't want to throw

580
00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:27.480
them back obviously, we want to build on that. So

581
00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:31.000
we do specifically ask parents, please let us know if

582
00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:33.679
your child already knows, you know, maybe how to play

583
00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:38.559
some songs or they read music notations, so just so

584
00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:41.440
we preserve that experience and built on top of it.

585
00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:44.800
But you know, most of the time, I would say

586
00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:48.920
ninety five percent of time, they're all beginners.

587
00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:51.840
And for our listeners, could you please share with us.

588
00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:55.199
Is it during the day? Is it after school? Is

589
00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:57.880
it for an hour? Two hours?

590
00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:02.239
So usually it's it's it depends, So in New York

591
00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:06.280
it's forty five minute classes, and it is generally it's

592
00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:10.400
after they complete their day at school. So in Bombage

593
00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:13.920
County it's typically between two ten and three ten. So

594
00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:16.679
once they you know, once the bell rings right at

595
00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:20.280
two o'clock, they get dismissed and then they go to

596
00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:23.360
you know, to find out a piano teacher in the school.

597
00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:27.039
It happens right on premises if somebody doesn't know, so

598
00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:30.440
they don't have to be brought anywhere. It's very convenient,

599
00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:34.000
as we say, so we come straight to the schools.

600
00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:37.320
Okay, and so it's about for you almost, Well, Pambage

601
00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:42.880
County is an hour's class, yes, and then so the

602
00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:47.639
parents are emailed the let's say the booklet or the

603
00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:50.719
program of what the children will be learning within the

604
00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:57.159
three or each semester. Yes, let's say this semester's ending,

605
00:35:57.239 --> 00:36:02.280
then we have the next semester of piano club. Well,

606
00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:07.400
the parents have the same favor book information or they

607
00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.559
send something new.

608
00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:14.400
Are you talking about a student continuing from one trimester

609
00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:18.280
to another, or it's you're talking about a new student.

610
00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:21.519
I would say just the class itself. The class ends,

611
00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:24.679
and then a new class begins. Sometimes go into the

612
00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:26.800
new class. So do they start with a new book

613
00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:28.000
or it's kind of the same.

614
00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:33.000
They continue and then the same book. Let's say, because

615
00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:36.519
if they started to read music notation in a previous trimester.

616
00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:40.039
We want them to continue with that same book, or

617
00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:42.360
maybe if they're just about to finish it, we'll give

618
00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.280
them the next level.

619
00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:47.800
Okay, all right, that's good to know. All right, so

620
00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:50.159
tell us again how we get in touch with you?

621
00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:51.679
So for our listeners out.

622
00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:56.599
There, sure, so, it's our website. You can go on

623
00:36:56.639 --> 00:37:01.320
our website which is www Dad part of piano plane

624
00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:04.159
dot com. You can also give us a call. Our

625
00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:08.400
number is six four six two two one seven five

626
00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:12.440
one eight. That's for New York City or in Pumach

627
00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:16.920
County it's five six one eight seven six zero two

628
00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.840
ninety three.

629
00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:21.880
Thank you. What what are your I don't know if

630
00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:25.519
aspirations is the right word to use that. Are you

631
00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:30.000
looking to expand maybe into different counties.

632
00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:32.800
Yeah, we are looking into it.

633
00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:35.800
Yes, it's it's a lot of work, you know, in

634
00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:40.480
to maintain and run everything, but hopefully one day. Yes,

635
00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:44.239
we're looking to expand into other schools. We all lottle

636
00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:46.719
bit more children to benefit from these classes.

637
00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:50.199
Yes, I love that you're keeping music alive, and I

638
00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:53.079
love that you know piano. I know as one of

639
00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:56.800
your teachers. We have for our listeners to know, we

640
00:37:56.880 --> 00:38:00.840
bring the keyboards to the to the school, we bring

641
00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:06.360
their roll up keyboards. They're easy to use, they're easy

642
00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:10.159
for the teachers to handle because we have a card

643
00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:13.519
that we bring it and bring it with us and

644
00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:15.559
we set up for the children so the children, as

645
00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:19.320
you said, don't need anything ride the keyboards, the roll

646
00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:20.159
up keyboards.

647
00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:24.119
Right in some schools, we actually do have digital keyboards

648
00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:28.559
that we leave on premises. This is again only regarding

649
00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:32.000
Bumbach County, New York. They're all digital keyboards and they're

650
00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:35.239
already at schools. Seems like there's a little bit of

651
00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:38.599
a difference between the school board in Bumbach and New York.

652
00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:42.639
We're hoping that one one day, you know, Bumbach will

653
00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:47.000
allow us to leave, you know, digital keyboards at schools

654
00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:50.719
so we don't have to carry our roll ups, you know.

655
00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:55.039
But it must be some security purposes, you know that

656
00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:58.800
they don't allow the digital keyboards in some schools.

657
00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:04.239
Not sure, but one thing hopefully. Yeah, but they seem

658
00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:05.239
to work fantastic.

659
00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:09.000
They teach all the basics and you know, they work

660
00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.519
very well.

661
00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:14.280
So backpack flyers right in the public school systems are

662
00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:17.280
they provided Let's say the first week of school. Would

663
00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:19.480
you say in the public school system.

664
00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:23.000
About that, Yes, yes, we want them to go home

665
00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:26.079
with you know that information. And you know, by the

666
00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:29.400
time we start classes, we run a registration. We give

667
00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:33.079
usually parents about two weeks to sign up, so we

668
00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:33.719
have time.

669
00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:38.039
Yeah, and for our listeners that might be just joining.

670
00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:43.880
Now this goes you mentioned earlier, first grade to fifth grade, correct,

671
00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:48.840
and then depending on different levels, we just make it

672
00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.920
work as a group.

673
00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:53.480
Yes, yes, and again in schools that give us two

674
00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:56.400
days of class, which is you know, we're very thankful

675
00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:59.800
if we can come in an extra day. We try

676
00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:03.280
to separate in that situation because it's more ideal, you know,

677
00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:07.679
to group grades two through five on Monday and kindergarten

678
00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:10.880
and first grade, so that gives opens up this class

679
00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:13.199
to a kindergarten because they can take it too.

680
00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.559
It's well suited.

681
00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:17.480
Our curriculum is well suited for kindergartens as well.

682
00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:20.719
Nice Now for our teachers out there, if they want

683
00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:25.199
to connect with you and teaching the public school system,

684
00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:30.280
which I will also say before have you answer you

685
00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:32.920
because as a teacher, you become a part of the

686
00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:35.880
public school system, you have to go through the process

687
00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:39.840
of you know the different I d the different.

688
00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:45.119
Yes, A badge, yes, background check and thinker. Yes, this

689
00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:48.880
is normally what's required, you know to start working with

690
00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:50.599
us in the school setting.

691
00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:56.239
Yeah, and then I know, as a Palmbach County school teacher, Yeah,

692
00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:58.960
I work with you, and then I have my you know,

693
00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:03.679
my certain nutser vacation, but my badge, like you said, yes, yes,

694
00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:08.840
that's very important. And so for people parents listening out there,

695
00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:11.960
you know, you can feel safe with the teachers we

696
00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:15.880
have because they're not just randomly off the street.

697
00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:20.440
Not just nobody's yes, everybody's checked, yes, and educated and

698
00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:24.920
experienced with children, patient and sweet people and very inspiring teachers.

699
00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:27.360
We have a great team. I'm blessed.

700
00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:30.920
Well you're you're wonderful yourself.

701
00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:33.119
So thank you, thank you.

702
00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:36.840
Is there anything else you'd like to share with us?

703
00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:40.280
We have a few minutes. Is there anything else you

704
00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:42.519
don't like to share for our listeners to be to

705
00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:47.280
maybe tune in or you know, have their kids, uh,

706
00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:50.679
maybe ask if their public school system or mention it

707
00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:52.000
if it's not already.

708
00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:55.440
Yes, yes, definitely, yes, So I want to thank all

709
00:41:55.480 --> 00:42:00.400
the parents that given students this wonderful you know, opportunity.

710
00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:01.920
To study music.

711
00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:06.719
We believe as musicians and teachers will believe it's extremely important.

712
00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:13.440
It helps in overall school performance. It teaches discipline and patients,

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especially in you know like covered you know today this

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day and age of technology in the destructions. So I

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want to thank parents for understanding that it is it

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is important. And if you if you know that your

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school does not have this particular class, please let us know.

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You can contact us again. It's www dot Art of

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Piano Playing dot com or by phone numbers six four,

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six two two one seven, five one eight that's for

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New York City and for Pumbage County five six one

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eight seven six zero two nine three. Let us know

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if you would like your school to have this class,

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and we will reach your school and organize it hopefully.

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And like you said, the parents, I mean, if the

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kids are going into aftercare anyway, or the parents are

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picking them up, it's already after school. They don't have

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the parents don't have to take them anywhere, they don't

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have to wait for anybody.

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Very convenient, exactly exactly. Yes.

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So we do have some what we call car writers,

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especially here in Pumbach County. But there's also a good

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amount of students that do go to after after care,

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so they're already at school. So this is very convenient.

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It's like we say, it's in New York City too.

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You don't have to bring your child through the whole town,

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you know, somewhere to meet with the you know in

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either a music studio or you know, teachers. It's very convenient, yes, yes,

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and the costs are different than let's say a cost

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of a private class, and it still gives them an

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idea and they still or in the basics.

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Well, thank you very much, Dina for being with us today.

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The art of piano playing you can find it online.

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And yeah, I mean I mentioned this yesterday, and I

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mentioned this before. I was at an event yesterday, but

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I mentioned it yesterday. I mentioned this at the beginning

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of the show music. Learning music is a gift you

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give yourself, and it's a gift you give your children

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when you invest in them taking lessons, even if it's

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at this level, at the public school system level and

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not private lessons. If we can't, you know, it's more convenient,

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and it's it's accessible. I can say that word right.

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This is accessible and easy.

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So exactly Janie, thank.

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You so much. We will be in much. I will

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talk with you soon and thank you.

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For having me. It was fun.

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Yes, absolutely, thank you for being here. And stay warm

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in New York.

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Thank you, Thank you all right, thank you.

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Will be in touch to you.

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Bye bye bye, ladies and gentlemen.

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For those of you that would like more information, as

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we said, the art of piano playing is easy to

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find online. And yeah, if you haven't thought about it before,

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maybe now is the time to think about it. Kids, grandkids,

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ask them if they're interested in taking some piano lessons

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at your public at their local public school. We make

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it easy or Dina makes it easy for the kids

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to sign up. And other than that, I'm going to

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play a little bit of piano as we finish up

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our show today. Everything is in my world about music.

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There's so much we can do when we learn, We

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learned to focus, and we learn to be just lend

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with learning an instrument. For my listeners, you don't necessarily

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need to have a piano. You can always get a

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keyboard or start off with even a role of keyboard.

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H Thanks for tuning in today. I look forward to

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our show next week. Tune in to find out who

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our guests will be next week. Help music alive in

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our communities and federations to co