Wholistic Piano Lessons
for adults

in Studio at Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia or by Zoom

especially for busy corporate or business women who crave a more soulful life
or empty nest women wondering what to do with your new freedom

Would you love a soulful experience of playing the piano?
Would you love to express yourself creatively at the piano?
Would you love to experience absolutely delicious feelings in your heart as you play the piano?

Play the music you love!

Wholistic Piano with Pamela is Perfect for …
* If you are either an absolute beginner or almost beginner or your previous lessons were as a child and that was a very long time ago
* If your desire is to play for your own satisfaction only, to meet your own needs without reference to anyone or anything else.
* Women 35+ who value their quality of life and are looking for ways to actively improve it
* Women who value music, soulful experiences, creativity, spiritual connection
* Women who know their personal growth matters to them and they will learn & grow so much more with encouraging support
* Women who would love an experienced piano teacher/coach/mentor who is older with worldly life experience
* Women seeking a structured program of learning and discovery with milestones, and tailored to their needs

Wholistic Piano with Pamela cares about…
* Celebrating your achievements and milestones as you develop your new identity at your pace
* Women taking ownership of themselves
* Women having quality of life, wherever they are
* Women strengthening their trust in themselves, listening to their own voice
* Asking you questions to seek to understand you, or to identify your understanding (evocative teaching) rather than always telling you the information (directive teaching). Meeting you where you are matters
* Walking alongside you as you grow in confidence as a musician
* Being a Custodian of a soulful cultured way of life including the piano – playing for yourself or loved ones – beautiful sensual feeling gentle  spacious nurturing of self-expression and nourished with the richness of choices
* Valuing our musical skills and knowing their potential for loving care of ourselves and others and our planetary home
* The power of music to make a difference in our own life as well as in the life of people and planet

You’ll see or experience ….
* Session 1 – the first of many simple nurturing foundations will be in place – making friends with your piano, and more
* Session 2 – you will have an easy practise and listening habit to grow, and more
* Session 3 – we envision your musical future, and visit your vision often as you grow into it, and more
* Exhaling as your life becomes more satisfying and soulful and easy
* You will be shown the language and love of music. How to read the music, choreography of the hands (Taubmann Technique) interpretation of the music, strategies for developing your practise, ownership of your practise, care of yourself and your body/piano, grow your musical vocabulary, composers and their time line and styles to help you discover the music you love to play and listen to, the elements of music and what they mean and how to use them in your day to day self-care, shown the language of the music score and how to follow along as you listen to master pianists interpret the music-a great source of inspiration, guided to grow your collection of music scores to play called your repertoire.
* You are a good fit for Wholistic Piano with Pamela if your desire is to play for your own enjoyment. For you, it’s NOT about impressing anyone but yourself. It IS about making your time at the piano an enriching sanctuary. Piano exams are not offered.
* Two to four years – this is generally the amount of time you can expect it to take to be able to read music scores you love fluently enough to play most of the heart-achingly beautiful and swoon music that make life so much richer.  It depends on how much time and attention you give your learning and how easily you integrate. Walking, swimming and yoga are very helpful for this. Imagine playing Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’ slow movement or ‘Fur Elise’, or the popular songs from your teenage years, or to improvise your feelings at the piano, or even movie soundtracks. The oboe theme to ‘The Mission’?  The main theme to ‘Out of Africa’ with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford? Perhaps an Adele or Ed Sheeran or Leonard Cohen song? The choices are pretty much endless. It’s about what you would love.

What you’ll love about this …
* the way you will feel deeply listened to and heard and acknowledged
* your heart burstingly full with the endless plethora of musical choices you could play and listen to for the whole of your life
* the convenience of lessons on Saturday or Sunday morning
* the choice of in Studio ( and the parking is easy ) or via Zoom
* the convenience of simply coming to the lessons and your new music is ready for you to easily pay for with eftpos
* if you choose online lessons the convenience of the new music simply arriving in the post. No schlepping required.
* the Program meets you exactly where you are
* it’s so comfortable soulful and nourishing and kindly guides you to musical mastery
* it is about music within your whole life and blending them beautifully
* it’s so musical spiritual and creative
* the way you feel deeply heard
* your life becomes softer and more heart-centred  “What would you love”
* your whole life is more and more peaceful

Here’s what my piano students have said…

“This is what I’ve been hoping for” LB

“Pamela is very patient, calm and accepting. I feel motivated to practise and really look forward to learning more and improving. You bet I’ll be continuing on! Oh, and thank you for a magical concert experience” S R

“It’s my fortune to learn with you. Thank you very much for your warm encouragement and creative teaching, which lets me enjoy playing every day” JF

“I can’t tell you how much I am enjoying playing my new piano. I play whenever I have a spare minute, and now I’m working my schedule to make more of those minutes!  I can’t get enough.  It’s wonderful – thank you for encouraging this passion.  I love it” KL

“How can you put into words the meaning of what you are doing? What it means to me, that I’m being taught by Pamela to listen to my inner voice, to feel the music, to trust my instincts.” MR

“I am a 26yr old full-time working woman. I had learnt piano through childhood and high school and gone through the rigors of music exams. Probably like many other adults when school and university ended I found that I had no way of furthering my interest in music particularly after moving to Sydney.  I desperately needed some inspiration to help me have control over my hobby and learning for fun rather than the chore it was to play when I was younger.  Then I met Pamela.  She understood right away where I was at, that I needed a mentor to build up my confidence again and to give me ideas of what is out there in the music world so that I can choose what to play rather than be told to.  She also told me how I could do something social with my music.  After a year or 2 with Pamela I feel very confident with my skills in using music for pleasure and to enrich my soul.  At this stage in my life and learning needs I really benefited from Pamela’s holistic style of teaching i.e. looking at everything going on in your life and your internal motivations and adapting her teaching style to suit these needs.  In the end music should always be about providing pleasure enjoyment & inspiration to your life and now I can appreciate my piano  playing as an activity which provides this for me.”  Emily

“It’s one thing to have the knowledge, but they’ve got to be able to impart it! Thank you, for teaching me. It’s always a joy to me that I  consistently LEARN at every lesson.”  JJS

“I’m so happy with the progress I am making, and that I write and perform my own songs with such a confident piano accompaniment”. JJS

“I felt, after spending quite a bit of time playing alone, much more inspired to play well. I find myself more focused and confident as a musician. I don’t feel as isolated from other musicians and ‘the music world’ and I am more determined to improve my playing.” MC

“Work/life balance is being achieved for the first time in years! Playing the piano again after such a long gap has been amazing. I feel empowered.” Marcia R 

“You have a beautiful gentle manner and I appreciate your insights” RD

“Knock on effects for lifestyle is significant. Music is a great hobby to focus on. It’s a great way to unwind after a hectic day in the corporate jungle, and it keeps you away from other ‘hobbies’ that are less beneficial.” D McK

“I learnt more with you in half an hour than I did in an eight week course elsewhere” Tony

“Learning music with Pamela has been a most satisfying experience. Pamela’s technical ability, combined with her knowledge and understanding in other areas of teaching has inspired a passion for learning, playing and experiencing music in a way that I have not experienced before. Her patience, and understanding of the human experience has made possible a creative learning environment, where the material presented has provided the opportunity to explore the relationship between music and other areas of the arts, in a way that has enriched the musical experience.  I would happily recommend Pamela to anyone wanting to widen his or her musical horizons.” PP

“Thank you for inspiring me to play again.” H I