Dr Connie Huang, Lrsm, Cert--Attend Pptc, Dmd Huang

I have been teaching piano for 32 years, privately and also at an independent secondary school in Cambridge, UK. My primary aim is to make piano lessons as enjoyable as possible and make it flexible according what you would like to learn. Some people want to learn many styles of music; others want to focus on a specific type. I can teach a range of music from classical (Baroque , Classical, Romantic, French impressionistic, ragtime, some jazz, Contemporary) to improvisation, pop, Asian pop, Anime, Film and TV themes, musicals and Christian modern, Hymns, worship music. I can teach piano duets (4-hands one piano), concertos and ensembles.

I have designed my own teaching methodology based on neuroscience, which I call, "Everything you want to learn for a new piano piece, you learned in Reception. " This is applicable to absolute beginners through professional level.

I teach in-person in Cambridge, UK or online to anywhere. I am natively fluent in English (American and British) and Mandarin Chinese (with which I have taught online lessons)

It is up to the student (along with the family and me ) to choose music for Graded exams, completely non-Graded works or a mixture of Graded and non-Graded music. Some students may choose to enter competitions and masterclasses with a renowned Concert Pianist with whom I have connections. Other students learn piano for sheer enjoyment. My aim is to help you in whatever direction you want for piano.

All of this is based on a firm foundation I teach of technique (scales, chromatic scales, arpeggios, broken chords, octaves, proper chord techniques) and various touch styles to suit different areas of the work.

I incorporate music theory within teaching the different periods of works. I also teach historical background for the eras and their differences, as well as show how to analyze the forms of the music, which helps with memorization.

Rarely, do I assign exercises or studies, unless they sound very musical and are enjoyable. (Moskowski, Chopin are examples, or specific ones that either I designed or have been passed down from my mentors e.g., finger independence, forearm-rotation, certain kinds of touch, etc.) The other occasion that I assign exercises are to be used immediately for a skill in the piece they are working on , so they can understand the purpose for it and not get bored with exercises.

I have designed my own system for ease of reading music based an analogy to the floors of a building.

In summary, all the elements in the lessons are to culminate in enjoyable expressions of music to express all the kinds of emotions you will have over a lifetime.