Alice Peterson has been a private piano teacher since January 2000. Her varied experience includes developing and teaching classical music workshops for children, teaching home school music, daycare music and movement classes and teaching private lessons at Greater Portland Christian School. In 2009 she created a group recreational piano program for adults which lasted until 2020. Sharing music at retirement homes and accompanying a worship band are among her current musical adventures.
The focus of her current studio, the JOY IN MUSIC Piano Studio, is adult learning through private lessons. Many of her students started as total beginners; others are refreshing their skills after some years away. Alice sees music as a gift from God meant for all, not only for specialists, and delights in helping people develop confidence and discover the joy in making music. It's not a race, it's a journey is her favorite phrase.
Alice started piano study at age eight, continuing into adulthood. She returned to college as an adult specifically for music education and later trained in Recreational Music Making (RMM) for adults over several years through national conferences.
RMM distinctives include a relaxed atmosphere with emphasis on your goals; teachers as guides and partners; and a focus on finding joy in the process.
Alice teaches year round. Her approach is to encourage JOY in making music, to teach the sequential SKILLS necessary to play music, and inspire CONFIDENCE in approaching music. Alice supplements her formal education through personal study and through regional and national piano pedagogy conferences. She is a member of the Maine Music Teachers' Association and the Music Teachers' National Association, and a founder of the Southern Maine Music Teachers' Association.
You may contact Alice at alicejpeterson@yahoo.com
or by texting or calling (207)210-4214.
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