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Hello: My name is Sharon Dehmer and I am the
President of Long Island Piano Lessons. |
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I would now
like to tell you more about myself: |
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As a
youngster, one Christmas my parents' bought my sister and I a piano. I was full of excitement and joy |
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that
they were willing to let me have a great opportunity to learn to play such an
amazing instrument. |
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The
piano teacher that taught me for many years gave me high hopes in learning
the piano and |
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I came to
understand quickly how she really wanted me to progress through her
teachings. |
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As I
became better and better, she became happier and happier. We both benefited from her teaching. |
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As I grew
in my love for the piano, it became more of a need and less of a want to play
the best I could. |
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It became a
life-long endeavor to make progress and perfect each and every song I played. |
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In
my twenties, I began playing for Christmas programs in my church. Then as I |
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progressed,
friends and relatives requested that I play at their parties, weddings, and
other events as well. |
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During this
time, I fulfilled one of my biggest goals in my piano life and that was to
play at Carnegie |
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Hall. It was one of the best experiences I had
ever had. Nervous yes, but exciting
even more. |
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For many
years, I was not sure which career path to follow. I received my Associates' Degree |
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as a
single parent at SUNY Farmingdale and also received my Health and Life
Insurance licenses. Neither |
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of which
fulfilled a need/desire for my future.
Many relatives and friends kept on advising me to teach the piano |
but I found it to
more of a hobby then a career. |
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I
began to observe and admire my daughter's piano teacher and how she truly
enjoyed teaching. Then at the |
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end
of the lesson, how accomplished they both felt, teacher and student
alike. Soon after, I also met someone
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who owned
their own music business. The more I
spoke to him, the more I could see that this was what I was |
looking for
for so many years. I truly believe
that now I have found the right path for me. |
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I
now continue to play for church and Christmas programs and truly believe it
is time to convey |
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my love for
playing to the next generation. Each
parent and child has their own dreams of seeing |
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their
children play an instrument. In my own opinion, the piano is one of many
instruments that |
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can be
chosen. My daughter now plays both
the piano as well as the cello. |
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Piano
is also a good mechanism for learning math and reading for school. It involves keeping time, numbers, |
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and giving
full attention to reading each note correctly and with sensitivity. |
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I
now have 15 students under my wing and am continuing to grow. Each one has their own dreams and |
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desires in
what they would like to accomplish. |
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Each
student needs to be molded and shaped to their own perfection. I promise that
I |
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will
make my every effort to get them to where they want to be. My commitment to all who join me, is to |
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make
every effort to help get my students to get to the level they want to be
at. As a teacher, this is truly |
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my deepest |
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endeavor -
to make each student achieve more than they think they possibly can as long
as we both do our |
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parts and
work together. |
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