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An overview Keyboard Encounters

Ages of students: 10 to Adult
Course length: Approximately one year
Class schedule: One class per week

Keyboard Encounters™ is an innovative course of piano-style instruction for older children and adults where tradition and technology meet in harmony. With emphasis on "hands-on" learning supported by the Yamaha Clavinova® digital piano, Keyboard Encounters provides an ideal setting in which to develop your musical creativity.

Here are a few of the things you will learn:

Musical Note The piano pieces you've always dreamed of playing! Music in all styles, including pop, classical, country, blues and jazz.
Musical Note Fingerobics™ – Special exercises that develop finger dexterity.
Musical Note Music reading, notation and theory.
Musical Note Ensemble playing – Group musical experiences that help develop your own playing skills
Musical Note How to plan and evaluate.

Keyboard Encounters students are grouped according to age, musical background and goals. This flexible course can be entered at any level, depending on previous musical experience. Your teacher has been trained by Yamaha to work with students of various ages and playing abilities and help you decide which level to join.



School Locations

State City School-Address Phone
AZ Glendale Washburn Piano Company
6394 West Bell Road
(623)412-3399
AZ Mesa Herman & Sons Piano Merchants
45 East Southern Avenue
(480)429-6994
AZ Phoenix Herman & Sons Piano Merchants
2002 East Camelback
(480)429-6994
AZ Scottsdale Herman & Sons Piano Merchants
15600 North Scottsdale Road
(480)990-8800
CA Alameda Starland Music Center
1631 Park St.
(510)523-4797
CA Arcadia Waltrip's Music
1271 S. Baldwin Avenue, # K
(626)447-7434
CA Fresno Fresno Piano
4254 North Fresno Street
(559)226-0793
CA Irvine Irvine Yamaha Music Center
4620 Barranca Parkway
(949)559-5440
CA Los Angeles Los Angeles Yamaha Music School
PO Box 36099
(323)933-2544
CA Pleasant Hill F.A.M.E. Yamaha Music Center
670 Gregory Lane, Suite B
(925)939-9960
CA San Diego Greene Music Company
9466 Black Mountain Rd. Suite 110
(858)621-2222
CA San Marcos Greene Music Company
1122 Los Vallecitos
(760)736-8200
CA Santa Maria Owens Music Company
201 East Main Street
(805)922-4551
CO Fort Collins Natural Piano Center
3500 South College Avenue
(970)226-4035
FL Altamonte Springs Piano Distributors
520 West SR 436, #1140
(407)682-1778
FL Brandon Piano Distributors
231 Brandon Town Center Drive
(813)662-1215
FL Clearwater Piano Distributors
6170 Ulmerton Road
(727)532-9926
FL Fort Walton Beach Playground Music Center
99 Eglin Parkway NE, Unit 1B
(850)243-2514
FL Melbourne Piano Distributors
223 East New Haven Avenue
(321)725-6770
FL Orlando Piano Distributors
8114 South Orange Blossom Trail
(407)857-4957
GA Dunwoody Atlanta Yamaha Music School
5509 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
(770)394-1727
GA Lilburn Atlanta Yamaha Music School
4100 Five Forks Trickum Road, Suite B
(770)979-2887
GA Macon Georgia Music
2107 Eisenhower Pkwy.
(478)741-4595
HI Honolulu ABC Music
461 Cooke Street
(808)593-2575
HI Honolulu Hawaii Yamaha Music School
2851 East Manoa Road #1-200
(808)988-9973
IA Des Moines Critchett Piano & Organ Company
5501 Douglas Avenue
(515)278-1000
IN Carmel Meridian Music Company
12725 Old Meridian Street
(317)575-9588
KS Overland Park Schmitt Music Company
7316 West 119th Street
(913)663-4756
LA Alexandria Red River Music, Inc.
5731 Jackson Street
(318)443-6365
MD Marriottsville Columbia Keyboard Arts
11255 Dovedale Court
(410)442-8051
MS Jackson Jackson Yamaha Music School
911 Bay Ridge Drive
(601)944-1440
MT Billings Eckroth Music
922 Grand Avenue
(406)252-2604
MT Kalispell Jones Music Education Center
1320 2nd Avenue, East
(406)257-5884
NC Colfax Piano & Organ Distributors of Greensboro
8420 Norcross Road
(336)996-2139
NE Scottsbluff Music & More
1814 Broadway
(308)632-7750
NH Portsmouth Darrell's Music Hall
1976 Woodbury Avenue
(603)436-1001
NJ Paramus Bergen Yamaha Music School
Bergen Mall
(201)291-0400
NJ Paramus Frank & Camille's Keyboard Center
144 Route 4 East
(201)291-1212
NV Henderson Southern Nevada Music Company
350 North Stephanie Road
(702)795-4646
NV Las Vegas Southern Nevada Music Company
1881 Rainbow Blvd.
(702)795-4646
NY East Syracuse Syracuse Artist Pianos
5780 Celi Drive
(315)446-5660
NY Horseheads Fletcher's Piano & Organ
3300 Chambers Road
(607)739-1559
NY Latham Artist Pianos, LTD.
603 Watervliet-Shaker Road
(518)783-1695
NY Poughkeepsie Vincitore's Yamaha Music School
South Hills Mall
(845)297-3797
OH Lorain Driscol Music Company
445 Broadway
(440)244-1979
OH Richmond Heights Lentine's Music
468 Richmond Road
(216)691-2700
TX Beaumont Baldwin Piano & Organ Center
33 North 11th Street
(409)833-1472
TX Cedar Hill Brook Mays Music Company
707 North Highway 67
(972)291-3513
TX Corpus Christi The Piano Gallery
4432 South Padre Island Drive
(361)851-0400
TX Houston Brook Mays PianoMax
7670 FM 1960 West
(281)890-6975
TX Houston Brook Mays PianoMax
3133 Southwest Freeway
(713)942-8484
TX Katy Brook Mays Organ Company, Inc
20225 Katy Freeway
(281)492-9791
TX San Antonio Jensen's Yamaha Music School
2241 NW Military Hwy. Suite 202-B
(210)366-5048
TX Stafford Fort Bend Music Center
12919 Southwest Freeway Suite 160
(281)494-5887
UT South Jordan Piano Gallery
10888 South 300 West
(801)553-2678
VA Fredericksburg Fredericksburg Yamaha Music School
15 Mt. Vernon Avenue
(540)371-4526
WA Bellevue Washburn Piano
10635 NE 8th
(425)643-2564
WA Olympia Clinton's Music House of Olympia
146 Plymouth Street N.W.
(360)352-7224
WA Tukwila Washburn Piano
17312 Southcenter Parkway
(206)575-1023