My Qualifications

My Background

• Certificate in Music Performance, Grade 8 Piano (Trinity College London)
• 4 years as a piano performance major (University of California, Irvine; California State University, Sacramento)
• 10 years of private piano lessons
• 10 years of band and ensemble music classes
• Music recitals, music camps, and music performances
• Years of personal study about music pedagogy
• Creation of my own lesson books and teaching materials
• Countless hours of piano playing for my own enjoyment!

My Teaching Experience

• Founder of school: Karin’s Piano Studio
• 6 years full-time piano teaching
• 70 students per week
• Private classes, group classes, workshops, recitals
• 16 years of part-time piano teaching