Unleash Your Inner Mozart with Simply Music
You/ your child will . . .
Learn to play classical, popular, blues, jazz
Learn 50 songs in your first year of lessons
Discover the thrill of performance
Gain confidence and transform your life
“All human beings, without exception, are deeply, naturally, profoundly musical.”
— Neil Moore, Simply Music Creator
Lessons
Play-a-Story
Entry level, ages 4 to 6. This fantastic program by Inner Musician utilizes the abundance of imagination present in young children. The program combines storytelling with motivic improvisation to cultivate a creative and thoughtful relationship with the piano. Students will participate in drawing and movement to promote expressivity and further connect imagination with sound.
Simply Music
Entry level, ages 6 to 100. The revolutionary Australian-developed program that has students of all ages—kids, teens, adults and seniors—playing quality music from multiple genres—classical, pop, blues, jazz, and accompaniment—immediately, from their very first lessons. Simply Music contrasts traditional methods by fully absorbing students in a tactile, visual, and aural learning experience.
Beyond
Intermediate and beyond. Students will enjoy an adaptive lesson framework that equips them with the tools needed to effectively navigate the modern music forum, whilst remaining malleable to their unique interests and goals as individual musicians. Areas of investigation will include theory and composition, improvisation, technique, performance, and collaboration.
Lessons are currently offered online via Zoom, and in person at Chris’s cottage in Echo Park, CA.
Get Started
Your first step is to attend a Free Introductory Session (via Zoom) where you’ll learn more about the programs as well as participate in a teaching demonstration (learn a piece of music). You’ll also learn about lesson structure, fees, curriculum, and scheduling. The session is designed for parents and adult students.
* New intro session dates coming soon! Enrollment occurs twice per year, in late summer and winter.
** Free Introductory Session for entry level programs only. For intermediate and beyond, inquire here.
“Ava went from rigid, inflexible fingers to playing two different Beethoven songs in three months. We could not have found a more perfect teacher for her than Chris!”
Kera K, Parent
“Chris is smart, funny, personable, compassionate, patient, adorable and a great all-around teacher. . . A fantastically fun way to learn piano without the frustrations that many of us remember.”
Lowell Widmer, Student
“An innovative, unconventional method . . . My daughter is now playing all kinds of things (blues, accompaniment, even her own compositions) in a very short time! It has been a very bright spot for her each week and she actually *wants* to practice. I can't recommend Chris enough!”
Elisabeth Williams, parent
“Our daughter has been taking lessons with Chris for 4 months. We’ve been very happy with her engagement and progress. Chris is patient, encourages creativity, and is enthusiastic in her lessons. Looking forward to continuing through 2021.”
Jonathan DeRoche, Parent
Immediately once we started to work (play, really) with Chris, my kid started practicing piano. Daily. Without. Being. Asked. They LOVE their time with Chris who is super encouraging. My kid has started their own compositions and IMPROV, which Chris nurtures while offering cool insights and techniques. Our piano player feels like Chris is a really cool friend and this is a testament to Chris's presence, energy, mastery, and engagement. That they already have a repertoire of songs after a few months which makes my player feel competent and proud. My kid wants to go far in music with their now destined career in video game music composition and that has everything to do with their time with Chris.
Randi Buckley, Parent
“So happy to see so many people loving and learning piano with Chris!
Thank you, Chris for bringing such happy energy and music into our home!”
Michele Cervantes, Parent
Discover how the piano can transform your life.
How I got here
I began my journey into teaching at a Montessori school in Westlake Village, CA, where I served as assistant to the music director. Her method synthesized aspects of the Kindermusik, Musikgarden, Dalcroze Eurythmics, and Orff teaching methods. It was incredible to witness her ability to fully engage her students’ imaginations through improvisation and story. I was groomed in her method in order to take over the program upon her departure in 2012. During my residency I taught embodied music and rhythm to classes of twenty-five-plus students and also offered smaller group lessons in piano, voice, and percussion.
Since graduating from California Institute of the Arts in 2016, I have worked at several piano teaching institutions including most recently, Palisades Music School where I gained fluency teaching the prominent Australian piano method, Simply Music.
Composer // Performer
I am very fortunate to have enjoyed an expansive career as a vocalist, drummer, and keyboardist. I have performed in pop, rock, and heavy metal bands, large African and Balinese ensembles, Choirs, chamber music groups, and barbershop quartets. I have composed and conducted music for orchestra, opera, and film.
I am a collaborator at heart, and I strive to bring that spirit to my work both on and off the stage. While attending CalArts, I co-founded the music collective DEDCAT Society with the mission to support local artists and musicians through the curation of multimedia performance events.
Philosophy
Chris Prophet is a passionate music educator who believes that learning to play an instrument should be a fun and engaging experience from the beginning. Chris’ teaching methodology incorporates a variety of musical genres, improvisation, and compositional techniques to instill a sense of excitement and wonderment in his students from their very first lessons.
Palisades Music School
2019 - 2020
Riko Method School of Piano
2019
Montessori One
2012 – 2013
B.F.A., Composition
California Institute of the Arts - 2016
Embark on your journey
Contact
info@musicwithchris.com