Piano Lessons For Children

Piano Lessons for Kids that are lively and engaging!

The Baker Piano Studio curriculum is designed to carefully coordinate with parents who are dedicated to the advancement of their children’s artistic growth.

The curriculum is directed at achieving a high level of performance capability rather than being merely a passing hobby.

This requires not only daily dedication from the student but in equal measure parental support to ensure that the home environment is supportive of that effort.

At the Baker Piano Studio located near Lincoln Center in New York City, I make a point of keeping piano lessons both engaging and lively while providing the highest level of professional guidance for your child's musical education. 

Classical and contemporary musical styles are explored for the sake of variety. Students learn to cultivate a relaxed and expressive approach to making music at the keyboard.

Both the Faber Piano Adventure series and the ABRSM series are utilized for early grades. At the intermediate level, compositions primarily from the classical piano literature form the core of the curriculum.

Beginning Piano Lessons

Learning to play the piano is much more than a hobby – when a child learns how to focus energy and attention to achieving musical goals they acquire a self-mastery that can be applied to all aspects of their life.

  • We had a wonderful experience at Baker Piano Studio. My now 8 year old simply loved his teacher, Mr. Baker, and always looked forward to his classes. Mr. Baker is extremely patient with kids and deals with them in a fun way so that the lessons and subsequent practice at home never turns out to be stressing. Not only that - he was kind enough to help a naive person like me find a good piano and also refer a great teacher in the town where we are now relocating to. I am so glad we found him and through his lessons my child developed the love for playing piano. We are definitely going to miss him.

    Rashmi Jha

  • Our daughter looks forward to her piano lessons as the high point in her week. Jonathan’s approach is balanced and thorough, and I now know that her education would be incomplete without her music lessons. Interesting compositions are always selected, but Jonathan is attentive to making sure that Jennifer is developing real musicianship as well.

    Katherine Lawhead

  • David started piano lessons with Mr. Baker four years ago, and he is now playing pieces by Bach and Mozart, but also contemporary music with impressive command. I think it has been very good for our son because his acquired skill at the piano is something he takes pride in. Mr. Baker's approach to music study has taught our son good study habits, and I think that has made all the difference.

    Michael Adelski

Beginning piano lessons encompass:

  • Good posture and hand position

  • Reading music notation

  • Sight reading

  • Repertoire

  • Rhythm and harmony

  • Learning effective practice habits

As skills in reading music and technical ability develop, students are then able to explore more challenging pieces of the repertoire with a confident and flexible technique. Students are provided with short-term goals that lead to long-term improvement. 

Students are shown how to practice in an effective manner, and leave the lesson invigorated, knowing exactly how to prepare for the next lesson.

To avoid the trauma children routinely experience from formal piano recitals I instead host piano duet sessions for students of similar grade levels when possible. This more convivial and instructive setting provides a more positive social environment for the student.

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Festivals & Competitions

Music festivals and competitions are made available when the student reaches the appropriate technical level.

Because the parent’s support and encouragement is essential, I require parents to be supportive of their child’s efforts.

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  • We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

    Aristotle