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The Delight of teaching piano in the El Cerrito Hills (with photos)

In the old days, I commuted by Amtrak from Central CA to the East Bay, chugging along the scenic route with my digital camera pressed against the train window. A few awesome seascapes managed to squeak through the bumpy ride, and these were memorialized by photographic import to my soundtracks, then posted to YOU TUBE. Others were sent to East Coast friends in pretty frames.

Since moving to Berkeley last September, I continued my 5-year stint in El Cerrito as a piano teacher, and sustained the habit of taking photos on and off public transit.

So every Wednesday, following my 'Y' gym workout on Allston Way, I grab the #7 bus to the El Cerrito Hills, snapping images along the way. (attached)

Once settled into an awesome, acoustically brilliant space with cathedral high ceilings, I sneak one or two images of my musical sweetheart, a Baldwin grand. (From a  distance, it joins the greater family of Steinway pianos that are squeezed into my Berkeley apartment)

To top things off in my acoustical palace, I place a small camcorder on a colorful table and film a lesson or two. (Students are sent copies to reinforce goals for follow-up practicing)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREhK8f7jD0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYBZD19pb00

The ambiance is heaven sent, and I'm eternally grateful to have pupils who love the piano as I do.




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