Piano Teacher

Jean Trungove

Piano/Keyboard and Theory Lessons

I provide an initial and ongoing diagnosis and correction (where necessary) of a student’s technical needs to enable them to achieve their performance goals.
Students are then shown how to develop:
• A keyboard technique that uses the natural weight of the fingers and arms for tone production, which allows greater mobility, speed and depth of tone due to the reduction of tension in the hands.
• An excellent understanding of musical styles and how to attain those styles physically.
• The ability to perform using traditional notation and lead sheets and/or song sheets with only chords.
• The ability to improvise, subsequently leading to writing their own musical compositions.
• A sound understanding of music theory, which is applied to real performance needs.
Students will be prepared for exams as required. I have previously worked with a number of the main examining bodies, including the AMEB, ABRSM, ANZCA and the VCE.

Jean Trungove

I am a fully registered teacher, both VIT and VMTA, with thirty years teaching experience, both in the classroom and studio, at both primary and secondary levels, at girls’, boys’ and co-educational schools. This experience has included both setting up and administering an instrumental music program and teaching private VCE piano and AMEB singing students. I am energetic and enthusiastic and apply the latest thinking (which I keep updated by professional development) in voice/piano and classroom teaching in my lessons. I am skilled at motivating all ages and will teach anything from Bach to Boogie.

Qualifications -

• MVMTA

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