Laura Martin

I am a music teacher, pianist, songwriter. I've been teaching music for a long time (almost for 30 years!). Why? Because I love music and I love to teach. My mission statement: get you to enjoy music while learning. The best moments in my work are when the students realize that they can play/sing something that they couldn't do before. I love their expressions at that moment. I started playing music when I was 7: the recorder, the classical guitar, a double keyboard organ that I used to learn how to play the piano by myself. Later on, I started with official piano lessons and ended with my BA in piano. I studied piano with Lydia Rendon, Anatoli Povzoun and Yuri Ananiev. While my piano BA was based on classical music, I enjoy playing and singing other styles such as rock, musicals, easy-listening, evergreens, jazz. During my piano lessons, you can learn theory, and composition, play classical music and know the differences between different periods, play pop, jazz, and rock, and learn how to read lead sheets. I adapt songs you like to your skills so you can start playing your favorite music from the first day. During my singing lessons, you can learn how to use your "instrument" (your voice) properly: breathing, posture, pitch, resonance, agility, vocal range, and riffs. And how to apply that to any kind of songs you are interested in. My teaching experience includes: private lessons, private studios in Madrid (Spain) and School of Rock (Wexford, PA),