Kristin Schaffner Piano Studio

It can also serve as a wonderful creative and emotional outlet, build confidence and discipline, and bring the JOY of music into your home! Kristin's methodology stems from a culmination of her experiences teaching Music Together, a research based early childhood music program, and teaching for the Beginning Piano Program at Carnegie Mellon University. Students learn technique, rhythm, note-readin

g, solfege (ear-training), and artistry through a variety of exercises and pieces. Students will typically use a Beginning Piano Method such as "The Music Tree" by Francis Clark, or "Piano Adventures" by Faber and Faber, along with supplementary repetoire to reinforce the concepts they are learning. Kristin also has a strong background in Dalcroze Eurythmics, a method of learning music that uses movement, ear-training, and improvisation, and she uses Dalcroze exercises to get to the core of her students musical ability and strengthen areas where they need to advance. Kristin Schaffner is a gifted pianist and teacher who has been teaching in the Pittsburgh area since 2003. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Masters of Music in Piano Performance with a Certificate in Piano Pedagogy from Carnegie Mellon University. Kristin is currently the group piano instructor for the Beginning Piano Program and the Carnegie Mellon Preparatory School, where she has also been teaching private lessons for over ten years.