William S.

While I have always loved performing, having played over 20 full recitals on organ and piano, I only recently discovered a passion for teaching. You'd make such a great piano teacher!" was something I heard often in college. During four years as a performance major, I spent many wonderful nights coaching my friends in the recital hall or practice rooms. My excitement for the piano is contagious, and I want to share it with others, particularly young people who are just starting out in music. So many young students treat piano lessons as a burden and a chore--not because they want to, but because their teacher treats it the same way. I believe music teaching is suffering from a lack of passion. As a youngster, I had several piano teachers who had no enthusiasm for helping me, and that held me back for many years. I only experienced the joy music brings and made huge progress after I began studying with Dr. Karin Edwards. She showed me the power a good teacher has to influence students, and now I want to help others in the same way. My first real teaching experience came last year, when I began teaching a 15 year old organ student. That experience confirmed to me that I have a calling to music teaching.