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Gnosis Arts piano teachers conduct initial consultations with students |
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Gnosis Arts piano teachers conduct initial consultations with students |
At Gnosis Arts, we offer private piano lessons, music theory instruction, composition lessons, and much more. Our NJ piano teachers are talented musicians with a love and passion for teaching music.
There are many aspects to quality music instruction. Our piano teaching methods include:
While instructional strategies are bound by the music teacher and the school system in his or her area, our piano teaching methods rely heavily on one of many instructional methodologies that emerged in recent generations and developed rapidly during the latter half of the 20th Century:
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) was a prominent Hungarian music educator and composer that stressed the benefits of physical instruction and response to music. Although not really an educational method, his teachings reside within a fun, educational framework built on a solid grasp of basic music theory and music notation in various verbal and written forms. Kodaly's primary goal was to instill a lifelong love of music in his students and felt that it was the duty of the child's school to provide this vital element of education. Some of Kodaly's trademark teaching methods include the use of solfege as well as the entire body to understand tempo, time and rhythm.
The Orff Schulwerk is considered an "approach" to music education. It is named after the contemporary German composer Carl Orff, who wrote the famous "Carmina Burana." Orff's method begins with a student's innate abilities to engage in rudimentary forms of music, using basic rhythms and melodies. Orff considers the whole body a percussive instrument and students are lead to develop their music abilities in a way that parallels the development of western music. The approach encourages improvisation and discourages adult pressures and mechanical drill, fostering student self-discovery. Carl Orff developed a special group of instruments, including modifications of the glockenspiel, xylophone, metallophone, drum, and other percussion instruments to accommodate curricular requirements.
The Suzuki method was developed by Shinichi Suzuki in Japan shortly after WWII, and it uses music education to enrich the lives and character of its students. The movement rests on the double premise that "all children can be well educated" in music, and that learning to play music at a high level also involves learning certain character traits or virtues which make a person's soul more beautiful. The primary method for achieving this is centered around creating the same environment for learning music that a person has for learning their native language. This 'ideal' environment includes love, high-quality examples, praise, and a time-table set by the student's developmental readiness for learning a particular technique. While the Suzuki Method is quite popular internationally, within Japan its influence is less significant than the Yamaha Method, founded by Genichi Kawakami in association with the Yamaha Music Foundation.
Gnosis Arts instructors use a combination of these well-proven piano and instrumental teaching pedagogies with their students. We try to take what is best from all musical education methods and carve out tailored, customized music curricula that respect the unique individuality of each student.
There are many additional benefits of musical activity in the training young children, as well as older children and teenagers. The brain learns to organize better and perform several tasks at the same time, by practicing the many facets involved in playing a musical instrument. Personal benefits achieved include confidence, self-esteem, and a sense of accomplishment. Music shapes and molds the character with self-assurance and stability; and has the added bonus of public performance, which helps to conquer the fear of getting up in front of people.[citation needed] Furthermore, learning a musical instrument fosters positive habits such as focus, mental discipline, perseverance, and enables the expression of feelings.
In short, music teaches virtue, tolerance, kindness; it teaches us about other languages and cultures. It stimulates the higher functioning of the brain, reduces stress, and improves socialization. Our instructors understand these things, and seek to be not merely teachers, but mentors who serve as constant sources of inspiration and encouragement
Contact our NJ piano teachers today to arrange an initial consultation.
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"Gnosis" is a Greek word meaning "insight" or "knowledge." From Socrates to St. Paul, Michaelangelo to Mozart, the world's finest artists, musicians, poets and philosophers used the term to refer to wisdom gained from lived experience. Gnosis epitomizes the art of living, the highest inner truths disclosed to humanity through art, music, poetry and spirituality.
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Eric Bryant founded GNOSIS ARTS Music & Writing Services in 2007. He is a professional musician, published writer and jazz composer who has performed nationally in Texas, California and New Jersey. He has 21 years professional musical experience, and his musical styles include classical, jazz and gospel.
Mr. Bryant holds degrees in Philosophy and Comparative Religion from The University of Texas at Austin. He has done intensive studies in Christian theology, Continental European Philosophy and Jungian psychology. His studies have taken him to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. He is currently an Internet Marketing copywriter and consultant in New Providence, New Jersey.
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