The Balanced Pianist presents a variety of short, intensive programs for small groups of pianists, high school age and above, amateur and professional. In The Balanced Pianist programs, pianists improve their practice, performance, and teaching skills while growing to enjoy all these activities more.

• Technique: Through training in Dorothy Taubman's Approach to Piano Technique, pianists learn to move freely through their natural best alignment and movements, thus avoiding tension and injury.
• Mindset: Through work on developing the mental attitudes we need for successful practice and performance, participants learn to practice in a state of contented concentration and perform in a state of excited concentration, thus avoiding unnecessary and counterproductive self-doubt and fear. We use Performance Success by Don Greene, Ph.D. and other resources for this work.
• Communication: Through work in the Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles systems, participants learn to teach themselves and their students in the way they learn best, thus avoiding awkward and tense miscommunication.
• Musicianship: By refining musical interpretation, participants learn to express the music more fully, thus avoiding the frustration of stifled expression.
• Wellbeing: Through daily scheduled yoga, Alexander work, Aston-Patterning, or exercise, participants clear their heads and broaden their scope of movement.

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