Peter is available to teach in the greater Ottawa area. He's fully qualified to teach classical piano up to Conservatory Grade Nine.

learn to play by ear

Peter's particular talent is teaching improvised music — jazz, blues, rock, and so on.

He designed and taught a course for adults in "Piano Playing By Ear" for the Ottawa Board of Education, Continuing Education department, from 1990 to 1998.

He also designed and taught a Popular Piano course for children for the Ottawa Board of Education, Extracurricular Creative Arts department, from 1992 to 1998.

He has introduced literally hundreds of private students to playing by ear as well as assisting more advanced players.

teaching experience

playing jazz and blues keyboards for 35 years
teaching classical piano since 1975
teaching improvised piano styles (jazz, blues, pop) since 1983

television appearance

Peter Brown is interviewed by CTV's Eric Longley about the nature of jazz improvisation, June 28, 2008.

View the video.

Peter Brown's CJOH interview (.mp4 format)

contact

Contact Peter for rates and times available.