Piano

See website for biographical information: http://teresamccollough.com/

My website is www.phyllisplotkinpiano.com if you really want an in-depth look at my philosophy about my teaching, methods and goals for my students.
But, I'll say here, that each student is very different in how they learn, and I try to adapt what I do according to their age, interest and needs.

If the student is young, I like the parents to be part of what's going on, so they can help their child at home.

ONDINE YOUNG (violin/viola) is currently teaching at Crowden/CCMC, St. David's, Tehiyah, and other local schools, and has recently been choir director, chamber-music coach and musicianship instructor at the Crowden School of Music and a conductor for the San Francisco Boys' Chorus. Previously, she headed the choral program at the University of San Diego. Ondine completed a doctoral degree at the University of Southern California, studying Choral Conducting and Early Music Performance.

I have played and taught clarinet in the Bay Area since 1974. I actively perform in chamber concerts and recitals. I teach piano at Ohlone College. I enjoy working with students. I have no method, but I try to determine the talents and needs of each individual and to address them.

I am an active performer and teacher with a large class of private students as well as students at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Practical piano instruction geared to students musical tastes and interests. Very flexible teacher: in terms of what is taught (student's desired focus of skills) and timing (lessons to suit students practicing availability). Have taken adult students from not knowing how to read music to being able to play simple 2-handed pop pieces in 9 months (including understanding scales and chords/harmony). Only asked for 5 minutes/day ;-).

Uniquely trained in education as well as music; able to utilize additional training to help with overcoming stagefright and other challenges.

As a pianist my most valuable contribution probably comes from the Schnabel family. I studied with Karl Ulrich Schnabel for many years. I also studied with Ivan Moravec from whom I learned much about shaping melodic lines, as well as a love for Czech music. I am very interested in the cultural context of music - the world where composer lived and wrote - and try to share this enthusiasm with students.

Lauren Cony received her B.A. in Piano from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and a M.M. from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has studied under Sharon Mann, Paul Hersh, Pola Baytelman, and Laurette Goldberg on harpsichord. As an avid chamber musician, she has performed in the US, Canada, and Europe, and has collaborated with such distinguished artists as clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. She teaches at the SF Conservatory and the SF Community Music Center, and maintains a busy private studio.