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Study piano with me
Nat S.
I started studying piano with Kristina Lee when I was ten years-old. I was a complete beginner and begged my parents for lessons. I am incredibly thankful to have found Kristina as a teacher. She saw my excitement to learn and helped nurture that spirit in my lessons. She taught me technical fundamentals and how to play with sincere musicianship. She also introduced me to the concept of improvisation, something that would forever change my world. Kristina worked with me by building upon my existing love for music and incorporating what got me excited to play in our lessons. I am now a jazz piano performance major at the University of Washington and continue to use all the skills learned from my time with Kristina Lee.
Rish T.
"Our daughters have been with Kristina for over 5 years and we couldn't be happier. Kristina is a wonderful teacher and she pours her heart and soul into teaching her students. Learning to play the piano well requires consistency in practice, patience, dedication, and hard work. Kristina helps her students understand this from a young age and molds them while ensuring they are having fun. They are not just learning to play the piano but they get full musical training in theory and composition as well. Plus, they acquire life skills that will serve them in the future."
Bee H.
"Kristina goes beyond what is usually taught in the traditional sense; she will determine where a student’s strength and interests lie and will bring out the best in their abilities making it fun and enjoyable, really teaching what hard work and dedication can bring. I have been a pianist for 51 years and have learned many things from Kristina. She is progressive and continues to educate herself with an open heart and mind to pass-on to her students. Music is a never-ending process. Kristina makes your musical journey an amazing, creative experience. She is also a quality human being with great people skills. She generously shares the love of music with her students and all that know her. To say that she is highly recommended is an understatement!"
Join me in the journey
Music is magic.
Music is the bridge that connects hearts.
Music has the power to heal wounds.
Music helps us to remember.
Music reminds us of beauty all around us.
Music restores the dignity of the human soul.
Music inspires our hearts to dream again.
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With love, Kristina Lee
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The Reluctant Teacher
I started teaching piano while I was in high school to be able to pay for my own piano lessons. I continued teaching until I finished my Bachelors in Piano Performance. But shortly after, I quit. And I never wanted to teach piano again. It wasn't until I turned 40 and I had gone through life's joys and sorrows, that I felt a calling back to music and back to teaching.
02
Slums of Beirut
You see, I'm a practical and programmatic person. And I felt that music was a luxury. I wanted to contribute to the world by doing something that was more relevant. My desire to help people took me all the way to the slums of Beirut. I was helping with an after school tutoring program and collecting donations for an organization working with the poorest of the poor in Lebanon. But as it happened many times in my life, I was asked to use my musical skills. I found myself teaching music and forming a children's choir with the children I could barely communicate with.
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Music Saves Lives
And then it happened. As I taught quarter notes and eighth notes and the song Edelweiss from the Sound of Music to the children of the slum, I saw how music empowered them to dream. To think beyond what is. To imagine beyond the necessities of life. To strive for beauty and balance. Then and there I realized that I missed it my entire life - music was the most powerful thing I had to share. It has the power to restore human dignity. Power to move and inspire. One song has the power to heal the hearts of a whole nation.
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