Our Teaching Philosophy has been formed during our 22 years of teaching in Conservatories and Music colleges in Russia, as well as during our 6 years tenure at Miami and Dayton Universities in the USA.  After moving to California in a Spring of 1996, we decided to open our own Piano school, and to incorporate all accumulated knowledge and experience from our professional life as teachers and performers.   However, we still decided to invest more time and funds, and to learn in depth, what does it take to start piano lessons with very young children, age 3-4 - a new for us experience.   This is when Viktor went to study a world - known Suzuki approach for a few month in 1996.  After becoming a Certified Suzuki teacher, and passing all what he had learned to Anna, we felt that we are ready for our School, we are ready to start with young kids, and our Teaching  Philosophy and Method for children has been shaped and formed.

              Our Teaching Method is a combination of the best features of Russian Teaching techniques and  Suzuki Teaching method, with strong emphasis on frequent performances (please look at our "Events" page).

We are Performance Oriented School !

We strongly believe that performance activities are very important part of our kid's musical education.   Every performance on  stage boosts our student's confidence, gives them an extra incentive and the goal to practice, rewords them with applauses, presents, compliments, and joy of shearing music with others.  

WE ARE MUSIC SCHOOL!
WE TEACH MUSIC WITH FOCUSES ON PIANO AND VIOLIN. 
We know how to do it, and we are proud of what we do!

          WE ARE MUSIC SCHOOL!  WE TEACH MUSIC - WITH FOCUSES ON PIANO AND VIOLIN!  WE ARE GOOD AT WHAT WE KNOW, AND WE TEACH ONLY WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED OURSELVES!

All the teachers of our School undergo through thorough and extensive Preparatory Teaching period before actually starting lessons with kids. During this period they get acquainted in depth with the special features of the method we have developed. Their results speak for themselves - all our students from every studio pass an Annual National test, we have Competition winners from almost every studio, students from every studio participate in our Honors Recitals 3-4 times a year, we have a very low drop off rate.

                                                 Our Teaching Philosophy is based on a strong belief that: 

EVERY  CHILD  CAN  AND  SHOULD  LEARN  MUSIC, as much as every child can and should learn Math, Language, Science, History, etc.

Music lessons should be an inevitable part of every child's daily educational schedule - no more, but also no less important than any other school's subject!

In our Russian School of Music we try to teach Music as an Art. Not only piano or violin, with its technique, fingering and proper phrasing, but Music as a complete package.  We teach our kids, that Music is an interpretation of how we see life through the Art -  a beautiful gift which must be shared.

   We don't pledge to create a concert pianist or violinist from every student studying with us. We can only promise that as Music becomes a part of our student's daily discipline, education and development, their lives will be more interesting, richer, and more colorful.

WE BELIEVE OUR STUDENTS WILL BE BETTER HUMANS OVER ALL!