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Early Stage 1 develops the foundational skills of piano. This includes finding hand position, coordinating eye and finger, reading note intervals on grand staff. This project will use Hal Leonard Piano Adventures Book 1. By the end of Early Stage 1, student will be ready to prepare for and pass Certificate of Merit Preparatory Level.

August 2025 (Age: 10)
Early Stage 1
26 lessons
Certificate of Merit is a standardized test given by Music Teacher Association of California. It consists of four components: repertoire, scales & techniques, sight reading and theory. This project focuses on preparing Tessa Vu to pass repertoire and scales & techniques.

September 2025 (Age: 10)
Certificate Of Merit Preparatory Level
26 lessons
A Mid Stage 1 student has mastered finding hand position and reading intervallically. Mid Stage 1 focus on playing notes in groups either as rhythm sets or as fingering sequences.

November 2025 (Age: 10)
Mid Stage 1
18 lessons
Introductory Performance Seminar teaches students how to learn and prepare repertoire for performance. This is a 10 weeks course, and each week the student learns and performs one new composition. The time limitation forces the teacher and student to focus on developing an efficient learning process.

January 2026 (Age: 11)
Introductory Performance Seminar 1
18 lessons
Sight Reading is a component of most standardized tests. Here, I teach Tessa properly approach Prep Level sight reading quizzes.

January 2026
Sight Reading Preparatory
1 lesson

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