Welcome to my piano studio!
Hello there and welcome!
I am Shelly Davis and I offer customized piano lessons for children in the East Texas area.
This website is designed to help future students get more acquainted with me and my studio.
More importantly, it is designed to keep current students informed about studio happenings and practice incentives.
Tips for a successful online lesson
Please set up your device on a side table or stand to one side of the piano or keyboard at an angle that shows their hands. I like to watch my students’ hands when they play.
Try to have everything set up and all music ready to go before your lesson begins. I don’t mind waiting but that gives you less playing time.
Have a pencil handy. You will be writing your own assignment reminders.
Remember, these will be VIDEO lessons – I can see you! Please maintain a proper dress code.
Why piano?
Playing the piano is an activity that is so simple anyone can enjoy it. No matter how big or small, anyone can press the piano keys to make beautiful music.
At the same time, learning to make music is an extremely complex endeavor. Learning the musical notation, coordinating eyes and hands, navigating the piano geography, understanding the nuances of musical expression all take a high degree of concentration.
For this reason, many parents want their children to learn to play the piano. Along the way, children also cultivate wonderful life skills such as public performance, self discipline, setting and achieving goals, just to name a few.
Meet the Teacher
Shelly Davis, NCTM
I began learning to play piano at my father’s request when I was in kindergarten and continued lessons through high school and college. I even continue lessons for myself from time to time now! (You never stop learning!)
My studio started in 1990 and I have loved teaching and learning from my students ever since. To keep my performance skills challenged and in good condition, I often accompany other musicians for local schools and churches. This helps me remember and appreciate what my students deal with when they perform for other people.
In addition to teaching private lessons, I also enjoy producing a weekly podcast designed specifically for piano parents.
Click any link below to listen or visit www.PianoParentPodcast.com to search for topics that interest you.
Piano Parent Podcast
- PPP 357: Teacher Chat with Becki Laurent and Clinton Pratt: Artful Dodges in Piano LessonsWhat’s your best deflection technique? Sometimes I’ll answer a question with another question to avoid giving an uncomfortable answer. What’s your piano kid’s best deflection technique? Do they try to memorize all their music to avoid sight reading? Do they blame the metronome when they aren’t able to play along with it? Learn some common […]
- PPP 356: The Groundhog Day of Piano LessonsDo you ever feel like you’re living the same piano lesson week after week? Listen to today’s show to learn some reasons why music is re-assigned at the lesson and how you can help your piano kid keep moving forward. Listen to the full episode here Resources mentioned in today’s show History of Groundhog Day […]
- PPP 355: Take Inventory of Your 168-Hour WeekListen to the full episode here 24 hours each day, 7 days every week. We all have 168 hours each week. If we’re not careful, those hours will get filled with other people’s agendas. Now is the time to take inventory of your schedule and make time for the things that are important to you. […]
Piano Mania Smackdown!
So much of piano study is done one-on-one between the student and teacher. It’s fun to get together with other piano students for a little friendly competition and good, clean fun (sprinkled with games that reinforce music theory…..shhhh).
Every July, SDPS competes in the Piano Mania Smackdown against our rival studio, led by my good friend and fellow piano teacher, Stephanie Johnson. Last summer we took home the trophy! Way to go, blue team!
Texas Piano Convention
Texas Music Teachers Association hosts its annual convention every June. The convention is full of rejuvenating lectures and workshops offered by world-renowned teachers and musicians which educate and encourage music teachers.
In addition to the teacher activities, the convention offers a wide variety of musical events and activities for students. Students may present music projects, perform in the All-Star Festival, jam with the Digital Keyboard Orchestra, perform with their piano team in the grand ensemble concerts, as well as volunteer as convention pages.
Students are also recognized for achievement in music theory, publication articles, original composition, and more.
Just minutes away from Tyler
My home studio is located in Whitehouse, Texas, just a few miles south of Tyler.
Lessons are offered Monday – Friday.
Teaching hours
Monday - 2:30 - 7:30
Tuesday - 3:30 - 7:00
Wednesday - 1:30 - 7:00
Thursday - 3:30 - 7:00
Friday: 2:30 - 6:00
We are here
104 South Rainbow, Whitehouse, Texas 75791
Phone: 903-520-6465
Email: shellylovespiano@gmail.com