Benefits of Lessons and CNCM

Benefits of Taking Piano Lessons

The study of piano helps to:

Raise confidence and self-esteem
Create a sense of achievement
Develop hand-eye coordination
Enhance reading ability
Build perseverance and self-discipline
Create good time management and organizational skills
Build good listening skills

Benefits of CNCM

♪ The CNCM curriculum builds harmonization, transposition, vocalization and improvisational skills right from Grade 1 – students become functional musicians
♪   Provides goals and motivation to reaching those goals
♪   Provides pride of accomplishment
♪   Builds confidence
♪   CNCM offers four streams of piano performance examinations – Star Performance (ideal for beginning students), Popular, full performance, workshop (see below)
♪   Coaching classes are great for students (especially adults) who would like to prepare a couple of pieces and have an informal discussion with an examiner
♪   Examinations are done in a recital format – students can share their achievements with family and friends
♪   Students can prepare a traditional or theme exam
♪   They can include popular music
♪   Students receive certificates for each examination completed
♪   Students develop good oral speaking skills, performance etiquette and creativity through the development of posters and programs
♪   Teacher can choose repertoire from any source (not restricted to a syllabus) – allows the teacher to tailor the curriculum to the students likes and interests
♪   Students will prepare an additional work – another piano solo no more than one grade lower, an ensemble work, vocal solo, work on a second instrument, original work
♪   Encore selection may be up to two grades lower and must be a piano solo