Katherine Sorenson

Special interest in young and intermediate students, and in their development through improvisation and composition.
Private teaching in Dartmouth, Halifax, and Chester Basin
 since coming to Nova Scotia in 1972.   Also, teaching
as a student at Eastman School of Music (BM & MA)
 while studying with Frank Glazer and Eugene List.
Able to find the creative bug and make it fly.
 
Phone: 275-5441  Fax: 273-2011   email: ksorenson@eastlink.ca

Sorensons'  Piano Studio
Private Piano Instruction
By Jack Sorenson & Katherine Sorenson.
Now accepting private students for the school year.

Wide range of styles and repertoire for possible study,
including Royal Conservatory and Festival levels,
theory & history, composition and improvisation.

Average fees. No charge for exploratory session.

 Jack Sorenson

Special interest in intermediate, advanced, and adult students 
who seek new levels of perception and confident musicianship.
Able to instruct for university and ARCT qualification.
Many years teaching privately and at college and university.
Five years in recording and radio production.

A huge fund of patience, understanding, and imagination.
A problem-solver and trouble-shooter.
(If you have problems, I probably can fix them.)

A specialist in perception and attention,
and in training the nervous system
 for greatest sensitivity and ease of control.
 
Member: Canadian University Music Society, Canadian Federation
of Music Teachers, and Halifax Chapter of Nova Scotia Registered
Music Teachers Association.   BA, MA, PhD.

Also:  An Unusual & Valuable  Offering
The Art of "Potent Practicing"
A series of "Efficient Practicing" workshops by Jack Sorenson
for intermediate and advanced piano students.
Also, private and class sessions for teachers.

The purpose is to get more from your practice time by proper
and creative use of your perception and attention.

           -- You will be introduced to how to "play your nervous system."
           -- You will learn how to achieve greater control of your brain, ears, 
                     and body.
           -- You will learn how to avoid the all-too-common time-wasters.
           -- You will learn how to quickly develop your musical        
                     understanding and expressive vitality.
 

SORENSONS' PIANO STUDIO
With an excellent grand piano and a Yamaha Electronic P-80.

5375 Highway #3 - Box 24, Chester Basin B0J 1K0.
45 minutes from Halifax and Valley, Exit 9 off 103.

EARTH to
PIANO PLAYER!

Break free
of Fixed
Hand Positions,
and then
tune into
your own sense
for Gravity
and its Control.

...  Now, that's
real control:
when
your own
reactions
are free
to control
themselves.

Practicing
What is it, anyway?

Practice = Perfect
If you know how to practice!

"Purposeful Practicing"
A short introduction.