Kickstart your child’s classical piano studies. Piano Buds in a Pod offer group classes in music and art appreciation for young listeners, group piano classes, and individual piano class for all beginners to advanced levels, including classical piano training for the Associate Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) in the heart of New York–Upper East Side. Group piano programs are thoughtfully designed to introduce students to fundamental concepts in classical music performance
Alexandra Minoza, founder of Piano Buds in a Pod, is a professional pianist and holds a Master of Music in Advanced Performance (Piano) from the Royal College of Music in London, where she was awarded the Polani Award scholarship, a Bachelor of Music in Performance (Piano) from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in the National University of Singapore, where she was awarded a full-scholarship sponsored by Singtel, and a High School Diploma from the Philippine High School for the Arts as a government scholar. She taught early-childhood music education, Suzuki Piano Method, and prepared students for ABRSM examination and Trinity College London examinations in Singapore and at KM Music Conservatory, whose founder is Grammy award-winner music producer and music composer A.R. Rahman in Chennai, India.
Her 2023-2024 concert engagements included performances with Keerthana Sriram, who performed Mozart's Voi che sapete from The Marriage of Figaro at the American Virtuoso International Music Competition and Schubert's Lachen und Weinen at the American Protégé International Music Competition in Carnegie Hall; Prarthana Sriram, who performed Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball at the American Protégé International Music Competition in Carnegie Hall; and Dhanya Mayuran, who performed Christina Perri's A Thousand Years at the American Protégé International Music Competition winners' recital in Carnegie Hall. Additionally, she performed a musical story featuring Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf arranged for one narrator, two violins, one viola, and one piano at Earth & Me in Astoria, Queens. She also gave a violin and piano recital, performing Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 8, Bruch's Violin Concerto Op. 26, Dvorak-Kreisler's Slavonic Fantasia in B minor, and Paganini's Cantabile. She currently lives in New York City.
Alexandra's upcoming concert is with a young violinist from Singapore, who will be performing at Carnegie Hall on June 16, 2024.
Carnegie Hall debut of violinist Beckett Chua at the American Protégé Winners Recital at the Weill Recital Hall Carnegie Hall on June 16, 2024. Beckett studies with violist Pham Thi Thu Thuy in Singapore.
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Baby Beethoven are early-childhood music classes (baby and me class / mommy & daddy and me class) crafted to spark your child's growing imagination through music, movement, and dramatic play. Over the course of 12-weeks with varied themes, students will explore the core concepts of performing classical music within pretend play while keeping a steady beat, playing rhythm instruments, dancing to orchestral music, looking at art, singing the solfège, and exploring the piano along with your cuddly buddy, Beethoven Bear.
Class duration is 45 mins with a class capacity of 8 students.
Piano Pioneers is a group piano program for beginner level. You will explore the keyboard basics, reading on the grand staff, increasing finger dexterity, playing solo repertoire, and performing in our piano studio. Whether you plan to play your favorite piece, or take an ABRSM piano exam, pieces are at the heart of your piano education. After all, playing an instrument is all about exploring, performing, and learning through repertoire. Class duration is 45 mins with a capacity of 4 students.
Group Piano Lessons: 16-weekly classes for $600 ($37.50/1-class)
Individual piano class is a one-on-one piano instruction for all beginners to ABRSM Gr.1 to 5. You will 1 weekly class, Individual piano class. Whether you plan to play your favorite piece, or take an ABRSM exam, pieces are at the heart of your piano education. After all, playing the piano is all about learning through repertoire. Class duration is 30 minutes or 45 minutes.
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