Gallery

A showcase of students, recitals, lessons, and awards

plus a few cats, too!

Annika having fun practicing She's using her special rock collection to play a game of counting correct repetitions of her practice!	Allison, 1st place winner! at the MMTA 2018 Judged Festival, in her age 7-10 division, performing Sheftel's Nocturne.	Jessica, 2nd place winner! at the 2018 MMTA Judged Festival, in her age 13-16 division, performing Debussy's Arabesque No.1.
Ananya, 2nd place winner! at the MMTA 2018 Judged Festival, in her 15-18 age Division, performing Debussy's Clair De Lune.	Group Lesson games! playing note name speed games with puzzle erasures	Cocone & Annika at the 2018 Junior 1 NEPTA Recital.
Cocone - monkey practice Use a Barrel of Monkeys for counting correct repeats during practice!	December 2017 Recital at Indian Hill Music	Piano & Guitar Recital 2017 A few students of Will & Heather Riley at the Spring 2017 Recital
Indian Hill Spring Recital 2017	Puzzle Erasures Fun note naming games!	Jessica 2nd Place! at MMTA Judged Festival 2017
Sarafina 3rd Place! at MMTA Judged Festival 2017	Estella 3rd Place! at MMTA Judged Festival 2017	Winners Recital 2017 for the Indian Hill Piano Competition 2017
Indian Hill Competition Winners! Jessica, Sarafina & Ameesha were selected winners and performed at the Competition Winners' Recital 2017.	Chinese Recital 2017 at Indian Hill, to celebrate the Chinese/Lunar New Year, students performed traditional Chinese folk songs and other music by Chinese composers.	Veronica & Sarafina In traditional dress for the Chinese New Year Recital 2017
Halloween Piano & Guitar Party 2016 Costumes, candy and a concert!	Omri the magician at the Halloween Party 2016	Nur the Butterfly at the Halloween Party 2016
Aidan the Squid (minus costume) at the Halloween Party 2017	Spooky music performances at the Halloween Party 2016	Cocone & Puzzle Erasure Notes
Sarafina - 1st Place 2016 MMTA Judged Festival	Ananya @ Carnegie Hall 2015 Winner's Recital for the Protege International Piano Competition, in Weil Hall, Carnegie Hall, NYC	Estella & me after the 2015 December Recital
2015 Studio Recital A few of the students who performed at Johnson Strings Recital Hall, Newton, MA	Who's helping me practice? Timber loves music! He especially loves to watch all the hammers and dampers move inside.	Pian-Olympics winners! so many medals ... Megan was the Grand Champion winner (holding the trophy)!
Pian-Olympics awards! Everyone competed in "events" for practicing, memorizing, and lesson scores.	2015 June Recital @ Indian Hill A great bunch of students!	Amelia - Senior Recital 2015 Amelia & me. It was a truly beautiful performance!
Amelia - Senior Recital 2015 Graduating after 10 years in my studio!	Studio Masterclass 2015 With our wonderfully talented guest teacher, Houry Schmeizl! What a memorable afternoon.	Ananya - Honorable Mention 2015 MMTA Bay State Competition
Sananda - Highest Score! She got the highest score for her level in the state of Massachusetts!	Amelia - 1st Place 2015 MMTA Judged Festival	Ameesha - 2nd Place 2015 MMTA Judged Festival
Jessica - Honorable Mention 2015 MMTA Judged Festival	Sarafina - Honorable Mention 2015 MMTA Judged Festival	Carnegie Hall performance! My 15 year old student, Lee, won the American Protege Piano Competition and performed Haydn in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in NYC, May 2014.
Practice Challenge Gold! The twins, Tyler & Josh, show off their Gold medals	Josh monkeying around In the lesson, using the practice toy, Barrel of Monkeys, for repetition practice. He got 10x correct!	Pippa a.k.a. Studio Manager - She's supervising all the administrative work!
Postcards from Spain Concert With my husband, Will Riley, after our recital at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2012.	Postcards from Spain My performance included pieces by Debussy and Granados	Highest Score in Massachusetts! Sananda received the HIGHEST score for her Level 3 RCM piano exam in the whole state of Massachusetts, in 2013. Congratulations!!
Studio Recital 2013	3 talented girls! Ananya, Ameesha & Sananda love piano, and I love teaching them! They're showing off the medals they won in the Practice Challenge.	Nothing to be sorry about, there! One of my students came to his lesson with this shirt, and I just had to take a picture.
Practice Challenge helper My cat, Babette, loves helping during lessons! Here, she's supervising stickers and the chart during Practice Challenge.	Halloween Piano Party 2011 As you can see, we dress up in costumes. Everyone enjoys performing Halloween themed music, and then we play games and have yummy desserts!	Rebecca & Miriam Two wonderful adult students, who enjoyed performing duets.
Technician in training Uh, oh - she's not supposed to be in there!	Avril Allard & Me At our Bach Double-Keyboard Concerto performance	Conductor, Bruce Hangen & me At the Bach Double-Keyboard Concerto concert.