Every student who walks into my studio changes how I teach. That's the practical reality of a lesson: what I planned meets what the student actually needs that day, and the second thing usually wins. I teach for curiosity first. I want students asking why, arguing with the information I give them, and occasionally (hopefully) proving me wrong.

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My work as a collaborative pianist shapes all of this. Collaborating teaches you that music is a conversation before it's a product, that you have to listen and anticipate faster than you play, and that your part is only ever part of a bigger picture. I bring that into lessons constantly.

I don't have a single method. I have a set of questions I ask each student; what do you want, what have you already tried, how do you learn, and the answers reshape my approach.

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What I hope students take with them is adaptability: the capacity to keep making music thoughtfully, in whatever conditions they find, connected to the communities and questions that matter to them.

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