Hannah Greiner

B.Sc (UBC), ARCT (RCM)

Born in New Westminster, BC, Hannah first began piano lessons at 4. When she began learning piano pedagogy, she discovered her passion in life – teaching music! She enjoys sharing her love of music with her students in patient and creative ways, and continues to strive to learn how to motivate and inspire her students.

Hannah has been teaching piano for over 8 years, and her students have received First Class Honours with Distinction in RCM Examinations.

She believes that to become a better teacher, she must continue to learn, and has recently begun learning how to play the harp.

Hobbies: attending concerts, reading, playing WOW and Nintendo Wii

Musical influences: Serena Ryder, Alicia Keys, William Joseph, Chopin

Favourite food: Noodles

Least favourite food: Fennel

Favourite music: Muse

Favourite song: Butterflies and Hurricanes

Favourite movie: Up

Favouirite movie music: Hanna, Ratatouille

Favourite musical theatre/opera: La Boheme

Best quote from your teacher: Try again

Favourite quote: A dwarf sitting on the shoulders of the giant may see even further than the giant

Favourite book: LOTR

Best thing about teaching at ABC: getting to share music together!

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Hannah’s Homework August 3 – 9, 2016

Dear Piano Explorers and Parents

Maria

Raindrops: Good work so far with one finger in each hand. Listen for a short, light sound (like very small raindrops). Now, use all 5 fingers.

You can ask Maria to play a key on the piano (you name the key and she finds it as quickly as she can). Remember the two black keys = garage, and three black keys = house.

If you have an iPad or iPhone at home, download “Noteworks” and “Piano Maestro”

Tanishq:

Piano Maestro: download this on your iPad, and start sight reading some of the songs.

Technique: Practice the different types of arpeggios (with different patterns of white and black keys). Figure out the most efficient way to play these hands together (no finger 1 on the black keys except for the pattern with ALL black keys)

The Avalanche: On the first page, slow down in bar 13-16. Continue to practice the first page. When playing chords, look at what notes stay the same and what notes move up or down.

Positively Swinging: Play slow enough that you can play the rhythm accurately. Don’t forget the staccatos.

Prayer: Continue to work on this and I will hear it next week.

Madeleine:

Lightly Row: NEW. Hold the tied notes in the LH. Can you play this without writing down note names?

Keep playing your top 5 songs as a warmup.

Alyssa M

It was nice to meet you today! I look forward to our lessons in August!

Technique: B Major and Db major scales. Triads: look at the different patterns of white and black keys and mark down the ones that are more challenging for you.

Masquerade: practice up bar 32

Sonatina in F Major: Play the first section, learn the RH part. Be careful about the B flats.

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