Phong Le

Phong Le

Contact: phong@oclef.com

Teaching Philosophy

I develop independent piano students.  My lessons are 15 minutes each, and students are required to attend Monday to Friday.   Each lesson focuses on one or two layers of musicality.  The goal of my projects is to show how students are able to synthesize complexity by cognitive compression.  
I like coming up with new techniques to accelerate student learning.  Teaching students how to think analytically and how to memorize piano music without rote practice are two areas of special interest to me.  You will never see me play the piano in lessons.  I believe mimicking is the worst strategy for students to learn anything creative.
6
Projects
10
Presentations

Projects

Learning Melody
Begin Melody
Fixing Intervallic Reading
Review Anchor Note
Annotate Movements
Recognize Melody Flow
Melody Flow
Learning Alberti Bass
Begin Coordination
Annotating Melody for Memorization
Review Page 1
Memorize in Phrases
Basics of Memorization
Begin Page 2
Review Melody For Section A
Fix Fingering
Annotate Movement Patterns
Coordinating
Review A Section
Recognize Driver Hand/Passenger Hand
Fast Learning Strategy
The Importance Of Memorization
Complete A Section
Review Measures 1-23
Learn Measures 24-31
Memorizing A Section
Memorizing A Section 2
Memorizing A Section 3
Starting B Section
Complete B Section
Fix Coordination
Dry Run Entire Composition
Comparing Variations to Memorize
Practice For Memorization
Practice Backward By Section
What to Brute Force Memorize
Strategic Memorization
Practice For Memorization 2
Review Landmarks To Brute Force Memorize
Practice Backward
Fix Octave
Review Landmarks for A Section
Practice A Section
Comparing Variations
Progressive Memory Practice Strategy
Practice For Memorization 3
Dry Run
Review Mistakes in Harmony
Practice From Memory
Practice With No Music
Identify Memory Gap
Identify Difficult Movement
Review Points To Brute Force Memorize
Review
Discuss Progress of Enchanted Moments
Stage 2 Student
Review Sonatina
Preview Bach Prelude
Melodic Ideas
Starting Phrasing and Interpretation
Understanding Sonata Form
Conducting and Cleaning the RH
Conducting and Refining the LH
Conducting and checking the development
Checking the RH | Making a Practice Plan for Correcting Mistakes
Following up on the previous day's practice plan
Reviewing recital repertoire | Checking problem spots | Choreography

Jayanth Panneerselvam

Sonatina in C, Opus 20, No. 1

25 lessons (Project In Progress)
Oct 28, 2025 - Dec 06, 2025
Repertoire
Intervallic Reading Day 1
Hand Position Using Diagram
Verify Hand Position
Grand Staff & Finger Number
Intervallic Reading and Playing
Fix Hand Stability
Second Song
Third Song
Fourth Song
Fifth Song
Coordination
Intervallic Reading Day 2
Setup Second Camera
Alouette
Shoo, Fly
Finger Coordination
Yankee Doodle
The Muffin Man
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
London Bridge
The Wheel On The Bus
Ode To Joy
Intervallic Reading Day 3
Morning
Bridal Chorus
London Symphony
Horn Call
Trumpet Voluntary
A Little Night Music
Shepherd's Song
Introduction To Notes & Hand Position
Introduction To Notes
Mnemonic
Calculate Hand Position
Firefly
Calculate Hand Position and Play Little River
Calculating Initial Hand Position
Little River
Sailing In The Sun
Ferris Wheel
Mexican Jumping Beans
The Haunted Mouse
Approaching New Music
Classical Dance
Young Hunter
Skipping In Space
Half-Time Show
The Lonely Pine
Li'l Liza Jane
C's Rock
Moving Hand Position Intervallically
C's Rocks!
Mozart's Five Names
Paper Airplane
The Juggler
Multiple Ways To Calculate Hand Position
Traffic Jam 2nds
This Is Not Jingle Bells
Calculate Hand Movement By Direction and Intervals
Kites In The Sky
Training Eye-Finger Coordination
A Mixed-Up Song
Flute Of The Andes
Runaway Rabbit
Rain Forest
Lightly Row
Developing Independence
Forest Drum
No Moon Tonight
Grumpy Old Troll
Introduction To Sharps and Flats
Introduction To Sharps
Merlin's Wand
Russian Sailor Dance
Introduction To Flats
Super Secret Agent
Party Song
Boogie on Broadway
Review Sharps and Flats
Boogle On Broadway
Introduction to Triads
Reading and Playing With Reduced Finger Numbers
Better Eye-Finger Coordination
Start Piano Adventures Performance 1
Developing Lesson Routine
Introduction to Melody & Harmony
Calculating Diad Intervals
Reading Enharmonic Notes
Learning Piano Songs By Reading Only 2 Notes
Reading Hand Position Movements
Introduction To Coordination
Start Piano Adventures Lesson 2A
Introduction To 8th Note Rhythm Set
Playing in Parallel

Tessa Vu

Early Stage 1

26 lessons (Project Complete)
Aug 06, 2025 - Sep 25, 2025
Foundation