Piano education, refined.

Music is a gift—for life!  Our piano studio seeks to help students of all ages discover their full musical potential with creative, high quality music teaching. Lessons are tailored to each individual student, fostering confidence and enjoyment in music-making, something that lasts a lifetime.

Week of November 18 - Regular Lesson Week. Everyone played so well at the Recital 🎉! Concerto Competition this weekend!

PRACTICE CHALLENGE is over! Results to be announced soon. Fill out the chart for a chance at a prize! You can mark the box for every 10+ minutes you spend with MASHAR (Metronome, Accents, Staccatos, Hands Alone, and Rhythms)!

Piano Pals are assigned! Let’s get our creative juices flowing!

Concerto Recital: November 17 - well done to all of our performers! It was an excellent chance for a first performance. The audience was very appreciative, so perform for others as often as possible between now and the event!

OMTA Concerto Competition: November 23, one day only. Everyone is working hard on their concerti - keep it going!

Fall Master Lessons with Dr. Rolim: Excellent feedback from Dr. Rolim, and good job to all students for performing pieces well from memory!

Seattle International Bach Festival: Application and video submission deadline is 10/28!

First Group Class Update - Group lesson/Performance Class … Everyone performed successfully, after the summer break. There was a good discussion on performing from memory under pressure, repertoire talk, and theory. More information under “Group Lessons”!

Check out Anoova and Simone’s project - “KEYS TO CONNECTION”! See “News” for more information and how to join.

Spring 2024 Newsletter is online! Click “Newsletter” in the menu above to see it. Congratulations on an amazing Piano Year! Also, students have all successfully completed their National Guild Auditions, preparing a 10 or 15-piece memorized program - what a huge accomplishment! Please share your music with as many people as you can - what a gift 🎁🎶.

Senior Recital June 15: Sky Lin! Congratulations on an amazing performance on both piano and cello! See “News” for photos and more info.

Spring Studio Recital, June 8 . Our year-end celebration of our students’ many accomplishments concluded with a fantastic recital of great music!

Senior Recital - Justin Chung: Well-done, what a beautiful recital! See Events for more details!

National Guild - Congratulations! ALL students completed the NATIONAL level of 10 memorized pieces - WOWOWOW! And ALL students received a SUPERIOR OR SUPERIOR PLUS rating - HOORAY 🎉! So proud of everyone’s hard work and practice. Way to go!

Daughters of the American Revolution 250 Exhibit at the Historic Schmidt House! April 14. See photos of our students playing background music for this historic event on a beautiful 5’7” Steinway. More information under “News” and here: https://www.olymusicteachers.org/daughters-of-the-revolution

Teachers’ Recital April 20 @ Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. We had a good size crowd to cheer on the teachers! Donations will go to fund our OMTA Programs and Scholarships.

District IV Honor Recital: May 5, 3pm @ Centralia Church of the Nazarene. Winners and Alternates of the State Honor Recital Competitions in District IV (Olympia, Thurston, Mason, Grays Harbor, and surrounding chapters) will be presented in a recital, followed by a cookie reception. The two winners from the Olympia Chapter are our own Chloe and Anoova! All are welcome!

WSMTA Honors Competition Results: Congratulations to Chloe and Anoova, our State Representatives! Two winners from OMTA were selected to go to the State Conference in June to represent our region. Well done!

Master Lessons with Dr. Rolim - What a great weekend of Master Lessons with Dr. Ronaldo Rolim! We were lucky to have him come down to Olympia to spend a couple days with our students. Please keep the lesson notes in your minds as you practice!

Feb. 13, Allen/Cho Duo in Concert at St. Martins Noon Recital Series!

OAPC, CWU: Nov. 10-13. This Washington State Outstanding Artist Piano Competition features some of the best young pianists in the state! Best wishes to Anoova!

OCO Concert Oct. 29 with Ramona & Hannah, duo-pianists! They performed Saint-Saens “Carnival of the Animals” with the OCO and Maestro Carlson!

Ramona & Friends were featured at the Governor’s Mansion Chamber Series, Oct. 23! SOLD OUT

Olympia Symphony Concert with YA Winner, Chloe! A triumphant debut with the OSO with Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. See “News” for more information and photos!

WSMTA Conference, Winthrop: June 26-28. A refreshing and educational time for the piano teachers - lots of classes, recitals and meeting old and new colleagues! See “News” for more details.

Alexander performs at WSMTA Convention, June 28 @ 11am, Sun Mountain Lodge (Winthrop). This recital features winners and alternate of the Honors Competitions around the state. More info and photos under “News”. Congratulations!

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HONOR RECITAL WINNERS: Chloe, Sky, and Judson! ALTERNATES: Grant and Judah! Honorable Mentions: Justin, Alexander, Josie, Grace! See “News” and www.olymusicteachers.org for more details! Congratulations!

March Group Lessons: Students performed their 2 MAP pieces (from memory) for each other - and got to “be the Visiting Artist”! For our April Group Lessons - get ready for Scale Olympics with our Technique Challenge!

Seong-jin Cho Concert at Benaroya! See photos and more details on “News”.

Stonewell Senior Care - Performance Opportunity: this is a senior facility not far from here. They love and appreciate music and need someone every Friday afternoon to play the piano. Let me know if you would like to play for these lovely seniors! Thanks to Landon, Sky, Alexander, Chloe, Max, and others for sharing their music and talents already. Hope everyone can take part in this!