Project Piano Initiative

Fall 2018 recruitment open! https://goo.gl/forms/6wXTBr73jXplrmKE3

Meet the Teacher:
Nivita is a junior studying Computer Science. She is involved with the South Asian Feminism(s) Alliance group on campus, as well as in the activist world with No Red Tape. She also volunteers weekly at a local soup kitchen, through Columbia's Community Lunch Soup Kitchen. She loves to teach, because she believes that teaching is just another form of learning; while teaching and working with younger students, she has often found herself learning just as much as her students do. Aside from the Project Piano Initiative, she also works PS 76 as a teacher for their after-school program.

Reminder! All Project Piano and DDC volunteers need Protection of Minors training re-certification every 2 years. Trainings THIS FRIDAY and NEXT FRIDAY from 11am-noon in 306 Lerner.

We're taking Fall 2017 teachers!
New teacher signup: https://goo.gl/forms/NAxfp4ba90KFfiPj1
New teacher scheduling: https://goo.gl/forms/dUdVW7lysdRaO4vt2

That's a wrap on summer lessons! A big thank you to Stephanie, Kai, and Christina for teaching this summer--and a big shout out for Kayla, Alexis and Maria for helping coordinate the program!! See you in the fall! (2 students not pictured)

Lessons start tomorrow! 1:30!

Meet the Teacher: Kai Feliciano is a rising sophomore studying Neuroscience from Manila, Philippines. She has worked with multiple youth empowerment non-profits in Manila, and is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of CodePhil. Her passions include teaching, songwriting, and dogs!

New teachers and teachers for the fall--there is a POM training going on in 306 Lerner this Friday at 11:30AM! Remember, POM certification is only good for 2 years.

Meet the Teacher: Christina Lee is an incoming freshman at Columbia College and a prospective neuroscience and behavior major. She has been playing the piano since she was four, and her favorite composers are Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Bach.

Meet the Teacher: Amy started the Project Piano Initiative in the summer of 2016 to bring together the DDC students and Columbia’s musically talented undergrad and graduate students. She’s aware of the clunkiness of the program’s abbreviation, but she nonetheless has high hopes for the program’s students and teachers! In her other time, she is a part of the Double Discovery Student Organization board, plays too much Chopin, and is studying through the Biomedical Engineering curriculum at Columbia!

Meet the Teacher: Stephanie Borgani CC'19 hails from São Paulo, Brazil. She's at Columbia studying Russian and Jazz Studies, and also plays in MPP ensembles as a pianist and vocalist. She enjoys watching the sun rise while programming for WKCR, and her favorite music includes, but is not limited to, Soviet cartoon soundtracks and Wayne Shorter. When fully rested, she's a fan of subways, sarcasm, and pickles, and she hopes to someday experience the famed 8-hour practice routine.

We will shortly be posting a Meet the Piano Teacher series soon--keep a lookout! Also, if you haven't already, please remember to RSVP for the Yankees game tomorrow.