Piano Lessons for Beginners

If you’d like to find a piano teacher it may not be obvious where to begin your search. Below are a few places that may help you in finding a piano teacher.

Phone Book – The most obvious of choices is to simply open up the phone book. Under the yellow pages look for piano instructors, musicians, or music. If you can’t find any piano teachers listed in these categories simply call up music stores in the area who should have referrals available for you. It is best to get as many names and numbers as you can so that you may interview each one, most likely via phone, to see if they meet your criteria. If you’d like a list of interview questions to ask piano teachers click here.

Music Associations – If you can’t find a good candidate on this website or the yellow pages try looking under local associations. Many larger cities have their own piano teachers associations so use your favorite search engine to look up “your city piano teacher association” to find possible results. Or try music teachers national association at www.mtna.org.

The Internet- There are many websites devoted to finding piano teachers. Simply google piano teachers along with your area to find teachers in your area. Also check out http://www.freepianostuff.com/piano_teachers.html for an online directory.

Local Colleges – Another great place to search is local colleges or universities. College music professors sometimes take on students from outside their college curriculum or may know of other teachers who are interested in taking on students.

Referrals – If you know of anyone who already plays the piano or has friends who have taken lessons consider asking them for a referral. A referral is a great way to discover a piano teacher and also may make the interview less intensive because you’ve already gained information about the teacher through a friend.