Music Musings
Carols for a Family Christmas
Four illustrated collections of traditional Christmas Carols spanning the first few years of piano study in one volume. New beginners will quickly learn the first one-note-at-a-time PRIMER arrangements. Progress to different carols each year, as you make...
In a Composer’s Garden
In a Composer’s Garden Composing music is a highly specialized creative process, very similar to growing a garden. It is a wonderful, challenging journey, with a beginning, a middle and an end. When we finish, there is a satisfying reward. Most people have some...
The Piano Lesson: Like Preparing a Delicious Meal
Qualities of a Great Piano Lesson What are the qualities of a great piano lesson? There are many opinions on this. So to begin, let’s think of it this way—what would you need, and like to have available in your kitchen, in order to prepare a delicious meal for your...
What’s So Great About Piano Lessons?
Most of us enjoy music! There are soooo many different styles—something for everyone, right? It’s a natural instinct, shared by every culture under the sun, to want to make your own music, too. So besides imitation, or random efforts, how can we get good at making...
Laura Davis
Studio Owner
Teaching piano
for over 30 years
Laura studied piano and music history at the University of Redlands, and music ministry and song arranging at Portland Bible College. From 2009 to 2016, Laura studied regularly with international concert pianist and Van Cliburn Competition finalist Mark Westcott, a renowned master teacher.
Other instruments
she has played
Include organ, violin, French horn, and tympani. As a member of the William Hall Chorale in Los Angeles, she sang in the LA Music Center and Hollywood Bowl. More recently, Laura sang five seasons in Portland's “Singing Christmas Tree” at the Keller Auditorium.
Christmas carol books
Her 4 graded books of Carols for a Family Christmas contain a wealth of traditional carols, arranged for piano students in their first years of lessons (Primer through Level Three or Four). Carols for a Family Christmas, North American Carols for a Family Christmas, Traditional British Carols for a Family Christmas, and European Carols for a Family Christmas are available on Amazon.
Equally adept working with children and adults
She has produced, directed and accompanied several Christmas musicals for churches and Christian schools. Her background in music ministry, choir directing, and community theater enriches all her current endeavors. Laura’s piano students perform in two recitals a year, plus optional OMTA festivals, competitions and exams.
