Piano lessons at the Simon Boyar School of Drums and Percussion!!!
It's true...piano is the ultimate percussion instrument and we are very excited to offer lessons! Like all lessons at the Simon Boyar School of Drums and Percussion we provide the opportunity to study with a professional musician. Our piano instructor's are serious about teaching our students and having fun doing it. Students will learn fudamentals, reading, technique, and ear training which every student beginning to advanced will study.
Meet Our Instructors!
Dolores Beck
Manhattan School of Music, BM degree, French horn major NYU/SUNY New Paltz, BS, Music Therapy major Music Academy of the West and Tanglewood Teaching piano privately for over 60 years. Music therapy specialist with Aspbergers, ADD, ADHD and emotionally challenged children of all ages. Performed with: American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center, American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall and various Broadway Shows. Dolores loves teaching classic rock, jazz, improvisation as well as the classical repertoire. Dolores uses a variety of materials and creates her own arrangements so each student experiences a curriculum unique to them. Lessons are available for all ages and levels. Reach out today to schedule a trial lesson with Dolores!
Greg Germann
Greg Germann has been playing drums all over the world for the past 15 years and he has become one of the most respected and consistent performers on the music scene today. National tours include broadway shows “Aladdin”, “Wicked", “Grease,” and “Finding Neverland” along with a year traveling with the Big Apple Circus. He has performed with artists such as Ben Vereen, Sir Roland Hanna, Antonio Hart, Clifton Davis, John Davidson, Jimmy Heath, and Jeb Patton as well as many others. Growing up in Deer Park, Long Island he studied with Bob Leto, who used to make him sit in at the local jazz club Sonny’s Place often as a teenager. During his high school years, he attended Manhattan School of Music Prepatory division and he attended Queens college in 1995, where he studied classical percussion with Michael Lipsey and jazz with Clarence Penn, Alvester Garnett, Carl Allen, and Tommy Igoe. He has also served on the faculty at Queens College Aaron Copeland School of Music. His debut album Tales of Time features Donny Mccaslin (tenor sax) Luis Perdomo (piano), Yasushi Nakamura (bass), Chelsea Forgenie (vocals) and is being produced by his mentor and teacher Clarence Penn. This album features Greg as a bandleader and solo artist with influences ranging from Bach to Joe Henderson and Radiohead.