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418 Main Avenue, Brookings, SD 57006Monday to Thursday: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.Fall lessons start in early September(605) 555-0106

Teachers

Three teachers, and the days each one teaches

You work with one teacher each week. Here is who teaches what, and when each is in the building.

  • Donatella Ferrante, owner and piano teacher, seated at an upright piano

    Donatella Ferrante

    Owner. Piano, for adults and returning students

    Donatella opened Etude for people who put the piano down years ago, and she still teaches most evenings. She starts from what you remember and what you would like to play. In the building Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, afternoons and evenings.

  • Stephon Pate, piano and music theory teacher, seated in a wheelchair at a grand piano

    Stephon Pate

    Piano and music theory, teens and adults

    Stephon teaches piano and music theory to teens and adults, and hosts the informal adult evening. He likes a student to understand why a piece works as well as how it goes. In the building Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

  • Sarika Vohra, piano teacher for young beginners, seated at an upright piano

    Sarika Vohra

    Piano, for young beginners

    Sarika teaches piano to students from age six, and to their parents when they ask. She keeps a lesson to one idea at a time, and a parent is welcome to sit in. In the building Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, and Saturday morning.

Meet a teacher

A placement visit puts you in a room with one of us.