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Welcome home! I’m glad that you are visiting this site to learn about piano lessons for your child. Exploring and researching constitutes the first step in finding out about the many options you have to enrich your child’s life. Because of this, I hope you find all of the information that you need. If you do not, please contact me at suekranzpiano@gmail.com, or (919)697-8131 to ask any questions. I hope to answer them and fill in any details as you consider this important decision.

Music lessons, and piano lessons, in particular, help a child grow in ways that foster cooperation and discipline. Music acts as a group activity or an individual one, or both! We hold within us an innate response to music. Just watch the babies and young children move and groove whenever they hear it. This natural response makes it easy to begin lessons, and all in all, practice makes the lessons work.

Children respond differently. For example, some children follow a schedule and find motivation to improve as quickly as possible. Other children find it more challenging to engage, once the material gets a little more difficult. All children succeed if their personal goals are known and acknowledged, focusing on what motivates the child and brings them joy. That process for the teacher takes time and interaction. The mini-lesson at my home that I require for new students allows for the initial contact to see if the fit works for the student, the parent, and me.

Read more about me to evaluate whether you think I could be a good fit as a piano teacher for your child.

Piano Lessons Near Hillsborough

Piano lessons near Hillsborough are offered to children and adults. In a rural and peaceful setting, I teach students of any age and experience to play the piano and to enjoy the process of making music.
Introductory lesson – $10 for a twenty minute lesson
Cost – $97 per month for a half hour lesson (no extra charge for months with five weeks)
Books – can be purchased through Amazon
Ask about a sibling discount.

About Me

Early Years

About me, I began taking piano lessons at the age of 8, after picking out tunes for years on the piano. A piano teacher my parents knew advised them to waiting until I could read fluently to ensure later success. While that can be true for some children, it was not true for me.  Many children read well enough or have the skills to begin reading before the age of 7 or 8. Highly motivated, I continued to play through middle and high school for studio recitals, I completed Guild Auditions and played a full solo length recital as a high school senior. I also accompanied many school and church choirs.

College and Graduate School

In college, I completed a Music Education degree that included a Degree With Recital. I prepared the same as a piano major would have for the performance I graduating with a BME from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. After graduation, I taught music classes and gave piano lessons at a private school. In graduate school at the University of Miami, Florida, where I earned an MM degree,  I continued taking lessons, expanding my experience of teaching music to younger children. In both of these degrees, I participated in excellent vocal ensembles. I again accompanied vocalists, instrumentalists, and choirs.

Professional Experience

I taught music in Maryland, Virginia, and Florida to ages as young as two and half (Montessori) all the way through college. I accompanied All County Chorus in Maryland, as well as many other chorus concerts and solo competitions.  More recently, I pursued a Primary certificate in Montessori (AMS). I completed an internship working with primary ages, 2.5 years – 6 years old. This experience broadened my understanding of how children learn, focusing on how to make learning meaningful to a child, based on their individual strengths and challenges.
Music has been a constant thread about me throughout my life, providing a lot of joy, challenge, and connection. Music is a real language, common to every person and every culture. Piano lessons with Sue Kranz is just an extension of my lifelong love and enjoyment of music. Music can enrich the lives of anyone who participates!

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Contact me

Contact me for more information about lessons and with any questions you might have. I require an introductory 20 minute lesson for $10. We can discover together what works best for your child (and you!). The lesson will give you and your child (and you!) a meaningful musical experience to help in your decision making process. Lessons cost $97 per month for a single individual, regardless of number of weeks in the month (e.g. four Tuesdays for five Tuesdays). I offer lessons on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Contact me for lesson availability

Contact me at (919)697-8131, or suekranzpiano@gmail.com, for further information on music lessons for children, including time availability. I give lessons on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We will connect on your child’s growth and development. We will also discover your goals and expectations around lessons, as well as your child’s.

Goals for lessons

Your child’s goals matter. They will affect the way your child learns and practices, key components of any educational relationship. This will help everyone, parent, teacher, and child, develop appropriate and helpful expectations surrounding the lesson experience based on the child’s interests and motivation. For younger students like kindergarteners, a 30 minute lesson includes games and movement in order to help develop their skills at focusing and attending. I use games, movement and other interactive methods to work with the multiple intelligences of your child. Regardless of age and experience, I will tailor your child’s lessons to your child, specifically. I choose materials based on what I believe to be the best for the individual child, even giving them to opportunity to weigh in on their preferences and desires. Sometimes I will lend materials to the child until I determine what is the best course of action moving forward.

Contact me for location of lessons

Lessons will be held at our home in Cedar Grove, about 7 miles north of Hillsborough. When you visit, you will experience this peaceful setting that provides a place to learn and grow alongside nature in a calm and relaxed environment. I provide you with directions when we set the introductory lesson time for your child and you.