Welcome to the wonderful world of music! You or your student will have the opportunity to learn and share his or her music with others. The piano curriculum is designed to help you or your student develop lasting musical skills and to give your student a love and appreciation for music. To nurture the artistic spirit and a lifelong love of music in each student through a wide variety of repertoire. To help each student achieve their highest musical potential through performance, technique, theory, sight-reading, music history, ensemble, composition, ear training, and memorization. To have fun while learning the piano!! Mrs. Kennedy will provide a positive and enthusiastic atmosphere for learning and offer performance and enrichment activities. She will continue to further her teaching skills and music knowledge by belonging to professional organizations, attending workshops, reading professional publications, and engaging in other activities leading to professional growth. She will encourage a feeling of success at each student’s individual rate of learning and guide each student towards musical independence with a balanced program of theory, technique, ear-training, sight-reading and performance opportunities. She will make piano as fun and entertaining as possible!