Happy Thanksgiving!!

Just wanted to say HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of my piano students!! You are a great group of kiddos! I am SO thankful to have you!!! Keep practicing and have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving day with your families!!!

3 OPENINGS!!!!

Hi all!! I have 3 openings for Piano Lessons!!! If you or somebody you know would like to learn how to play piano, give me a call or shoot me an e-mail!!!! Hurry up before the spots are filled!!!!

Allie Anderson

Meet Allie Anderson!! Today was her first lesson and she did an OUTSTANDING job!! She already played her very first song with very little assistance from me!! Way to go Allie!! So proud of you! I am sure your mom was proud of you too!!

Christian Gomez

Here is my little 4 year old Christian Gomez! I finally got a picture of him! He is doing super good! He is past the black key beginners lessons and on to the white key beginners lessons!! He is doing very well!!!

Kali Bowers

This is Kali Bowers! She is one of my newest students! She is doing AWESOME! She played her very first song at her SECOND lesson! I am very proud of her! She is learning so quickly! Keep up the great work Kali!!

Nikoli Harper

I have a few new students!!! But...I keep forgetting to take pictures!! Sorry!! Here is one of the new students! Meet Nikoli Harper! He is a third grader at Neihardt Elementary and one of my son Jake's best buds! He had a GREAT start on the Piano!! He will move fast, I am sure of it!! Welcome Nikoli!!!

SPOTS ARE FILLED!!!

My 4 spots are filled!! Stay tuned for more updates and pictures of the new students!!!

4 spots available

I have FOUR spots available RIGHT NOW!!! Hurry up before those spots fill up!!!! I have Monday and Thursday evenings open and Monday and Friday days open!!!

HURRY BEFORE THEY FILL!!!!!!

Major Filleman

Major...my youngest child...what a ham!!! No I am not teaching him yet...but he listens intently as I teach the others. And he LOVES to "play" the piano...he just doesn't know what he is doing on it! Give him three years!!

MaKenna Filleman

MaKenna, my only girl. She is a natural on the piano as well. I haven't worked with her for very long because she is only four, but she is learning VERY quickly...just like all of the four year olds I have started with! SO PROUD OF YOU KENNA! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

Cam Filleman

Cam...my oldest...who I have worked with the longest. Bless his heart. He does a great job...but he would rather be playing the violin, therefore he doesn't work very hard on the piano. He is learning though. It doesn't come as easy to him, but he is learning and trying! GO CAM!!!

Jake Filleman

Jake is a natural. He truly is. He may not like to play piano all the time...at times he does...but he is a natural at it. He has "beat" and he does great!! WAY TO GO JAKE!!!

Jacob Horner

This is little Jacob Horner. He is only four years old and is doing amazingly well!! He has a gift....now if we can just stay focused! :-) In all seriousness...he does a GREAT job and I am VERY proud of him and thrilled with his progress!!! WAY TO GO!

Hallie Horner

This is Hallie at the piano! She is doing SO great! I am very proud of her and the progress that she has made in such a short amount of time!!! YOU GO GIRL!!!!

Four Year old hands

Four year old hands are SO little....they have a hard time reaching all of the keys on the piano...but with determination they do! I have more four year olds than I do any other age, and believe it or not, they sometimes do better than the older kids!! This is the first year I have taken anyone under the age of 5. They are all doing remarkably well! So well, I decided to start my OWN four year old and she is doing very well too!! I comend all of the four year olds I have and their parents. It takes a lot of hard work and determination on all of their parts....but they plug away and keep at it! KUDOS to all of you!!! Keep up the GREAT work!!!!

I don't want to leave out the older kids! They are doing remarkably well also! I am very proud of all of my students! They couldn't do it without you parents either!! You are an integral part of their learning!! SO PROUD OF EVERYONE!!!

We will have to think about doing a recital sometime in the fall! Wouldn't that be fun?

Congratulations to Christian Gomez, he has a new baby sister by the name of Michaela!! She is such a peanut!! Very sweet! Congrats to mom and dad as well!!! :-)

Love and hugs!
Ms. Tonya

Christian Gomez

Christian is my newest student! He is only 4 years old and he is very eager to learn this new instrument called PIANO! He is doing excellent! I look forward to continue teaching him!!! He has been a true joy!! Thanks for making your first lesson so much fun Christian!!!

Hallie and Jacob Horner

Hallie and Jacob Horner are my newest students!! WELCOME Hallie and Jacob!! I am SO happy to have the opportunity to teach you a wonderful new instrument!! I really enjoyed getting to know Hallie and Jacob tonight! They did exceptionally well! I am very impressed! Hallie is 6 and Jacob is only 4 and is excelling already!!

Looking forward to our next meeting!

Pleasantly Piano by Tonya Filleman

BEGINNING PIANO LESSONS
Where: 6012 S. 149th St.
When: Mon, Wed, Fri Days
Tue, Thu evenings
Cost: $15 per half hour, per person
$25 registration fee includes books and first lesson.
Contact Info: 733-2369
jtfilleman@cox.net
Sessions open now!

I am a mother of 4, ages 15 months to 10 years. I have played piano since I was 5 years old. I am a percussionist as well, set, snare, bass, quads, cymbals, bells, etc. Competed in marching bands as well as drum corps. Music has always been a great love of my life and a huge part of my life!

Music CAN make a child smarter!

Causal Link Between Music and Intelligence

Over the decades, classroom teachers have noted that their top academic students are often those children who are studying music performance (piano instruction and band). However, until the past decade there has been little research to prove a causal link between music and intelligence. At this point, however, developmental neurobiologists and research psychologists have provided us with insight into the music performance/intellectual development link.

This new body of research suggests that music training at an early age can develop the neural connections in the brain that are necessary for understanding complex mathematical and scientific concepts. This research shows an important link between musical training and other cognitive abilities, particularly spatial abilities and abstract reasoning. In no other subject area is a child called upon to make four or five decisions per second and to act on them continuously for long stretches of time.

Also Consider the Following Benefits For Your Child

Cooperation: In today’s business world, cooperation with coworkers is necessary for success. The old “pyramid model” of top-down isolated decision-making has passed. Today’s workers need to be able to cooperate to achieve common goals. Music instruction is marked by cooperation, not competition. By playing music together, children learn that cooperation is a means to an end, a social skill that can be applied to other goals.

Beauty: Music brings joy and beauty into our children’s lives. While we cannot give empirical or “scientific” evidence that our children benefit from the joy of creation and the lifelong ability to bring the beauty of music into their lives, we know instinctively that our children do benefit. How many times have you wished that your own parents had brought music into your life, or how many times have you been thankful that your parents did give you the gift of music?

Self-Esteem: The ability to play an instrument makes you special. You can give joy to others. You receive a great deal of recognition from your family and peers. You have the knowledge that you set out to master a complex skill and you succeeded. All of these experiences build self-esteem and a “can do” positive attitude toward yourself and the world.

Affective Skills: Educating children in music puts them in touch with their feelings, and through their feelings, themselves. Being in touch with oneself, being capable of solitude and enjoying one’s own company for a time, and being moved to feel what one would not otherwise feel are benefits that are familiar to all who participate in music. These “affective” or emotional benefits enrich the quality of your child’s life.
-Omaha School of Music