Nancy Matlin Current Schedule

If you yearn to experience the joy of playing piano, but you don’t want years of weekly lessons, this short course is for you. In just a few hours you can learn enough secrets of the trade to make piano playing a part of your life.

How is it done? Typical piano lessons teach you note reading, but piano professionals use chords. You will learn all the chords needed to play any pop song in this one session: any song. any style, any key. And you’ll get a healthy dose of insider secrets.

If you already know your way around a keyboard a little, you know enough to enroll in this workshop.

Here’s Nancy’s upcoming schedule for Instant Piano (For Hopelessly Busy People). Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Despite what you may have heard to the contrary, anyone can learn to play by ear. This workshop shows you the inside secrets professional piano players use (but never reveal).

You’ll learn how to pick tunes right out of your head. You’ll learn how to get songs off the radio (think of the money you’ll save in sheet music). You’ll even learn how to transpose. This workshop goes beyond mere “ear training.” You’ll get information found nowhere else, and you’ll be picking out tunes by ear — with both hands — from the very first day.

Open to all musicians (not just piano players) who have a basic understanding of chord theory. Beginners should take Instant Piano as a prerequisite.

Here’s Nancy’s upcoming schedule for Instant Piano by Ear. Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Spark the holiday spirit! Spend a fun-filled session learning the easy way to play Christmas carols, hymns and your favorite pop songs with both hands using chords. Learn to accompany for sing-alongs and even play solos — all in time for this holiday season. It’s easy, fun, and musically "correct." You’ll need prior treble clef reading skills and minimal piano playing experience.

Here’s Nancy’s upcoming schedule for Holiday Songs. Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Ever want to play a musical instrument but never had a lesson? Have you already tried and failed? Frustrated by music notation? Don¹t know a half note from a half step? Don't know Middle C from Middle Earth? Then this course is for you.

Here you will quickly learn all the basic reading skills you need for playing and reading music. It¹s an ideal introduction to the music theory you will need to play any instrument. You¹ll also learn the fundamentals of the piano keyboard. Designed for the complete beginner, this course is essential if you have no musical background and wish to take the Instant Piano workshop later. It¹s also a great jump start if you wish to continue with traditional music lessons some day.

Here’s Nancy’s upcoming schedule for Music Reading for Total Beginners. Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Play your blues away! This hands-on workshop introduces beginners and experts alike to the uniquely American piano form known as the blues. For beginners it’s a low-stress introduction to piano playing. For those who already play traditional piano this workshop sets the stage for learning many different styles including rock, gospel, jazz, boogie-woogie, and improvising techniques. Learn the secrets of the blues’ unique scale, form, rhythm, and improvisation. And free yourself from sheet music. No prerequisite.

Here’s Nancy’s upcoming schedule for Instant Blues and Boogie Piano. Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Nancy Matlin teaches private and group lessons in her studio in Concord, California. Nancy has a comprehensive career teaching piano and music starting when she was in high school and continuing throughout her life. She has experience teaching in public education, private piano, and musical groups; accompanying vocalists, instrumentalists, choirs, glee clubs, and church congregations; and producing talent shows and musicals. Nancy was selected by the Providence Public School System to prepare the children for performances of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Nancy Matlin has a complete music education and continues to study and utilize the latest methods and techniques for learning to play the piano. Her studies at UCLA include a degree in Music, graduate studies in music education, and teaching credentials. Nancy has taken graduate studies in Music Therapy and Piano Pedagogy at the University of Minnesota. She is an active member of California Music Teachers Association. Nancy teaches students of all ages and specializes in making music become an integral part of the student's life.