About

fostering a Love of Music

I’m all about cultivating a life-long love of music and creating a musical community where learning music is engaging, rewarding, and fun. What sparks me? Helping my student’s develop their own inner trust in their musicianship, witnessing them becoming well-rounded, competent, confident, and self-reliant musicians, and ultimately, when the time is right, stepping aside to watch them soar free.

creativity first – Music is an Art

I believe music should be a creative outlet, an art, so in addition to learning the basics of reading and playing music (musical fluency, theory), my students also learn the creative side of making music: how to create their own music (composition), take a song and make it their own (arranging), play along with other musicians (accompaniment), and to sit down at the instrument and just play according to their mood (improvisation). These are the skills of a well-rounded musician.

learning as a joyful experience

I strongly value personal growth, learning, excellence, positivity, and creativity, and I hope to inspire these values in my students. My goal is for students to feel challenged, but rarely frustrated. I believe in the concept of “easy plus one”, or scaffolding, to make learning feel easy. Music lessons should be an enjoyable experience! What do I consistently hear from studio parents? “I wish piano was taught this way when I was a kid!” My favorite feedback from a studio parent is that my program “fosters a love of music.”

learn from an experienced piano teacher

All lessons and classes are taught by me, Linda Bernardi, online from the comfort of your own home! I’m trained in the Simply Music piano method and have been teaching piano for more than twelve years now (and playing the piano for longer than I care to admit – I started lessons at the age of five). Students will not be lost in a large music school, nor will you or your child be shuffled from one teacher to the next. Instead, your child will receive my consistent, personal coaching and support. It will take years to master the piano, so the student-teacher relationship is extremely important. I hope to provide a nourishing lesson environment, a safe container, where we can all work together to develop the openness and trust necessary for learning to flourish throughout our years together.