When I had my own children I realized I needed to know more…
Why this highly educated and trained music professional turned to Musikgarten

Ellen Johansen Music Studio
East Hampton, NY

As a professional concert pianist with training from Juilliard and the Music Department at Hofstra, I knew more than enough about music to teach private piano lessons.

However, I discovered the children coming to me for lessons were not well prepared. I spent a lot of time trying to catch them up on their listening abilities. As I had my own children, I wanted to find a way to help them get a better start.

Musikgarten provided the training to help me understand how children learn music and develop their bodies to be ready to play an instrument. I was able to incorporate Musikgarten into my own studio. Now I have a studio with 80 children and still have time to practice 30 hours a week for my paying performances.