NORTHSTAR MUSIC SCHOOL
OUR BACKGROUND
Learning a musical instrument is a difficult and emotional journey. NorthStar Music School is the perfect place to build the foundation. We teach students of all ages in a fun and friendly atmosphere.
Benefits of piano playing are incredible. Recent researches shows more evidence of connection between piano playing and healthy body, mind and life.
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The benefits OF PLAYING PIANO
THE PHYSICAL AND mental benefits of playing music have long been recognized. The piano, in particular, has been an unparalleled outlet for those seeking escape, creative expression, and simply fun and joy. Recent years have only seen more evidence of the benefits of piano come to light, linking music making to a healthy body, a healthy mind, and a healthy life.
IMPROVE THE BODY
Even though you’re sitting down, playing the piano is a workout all its own, and offers different physical and physiological advantages to players of all ages. For instance, regular piano playing sharpens fine motor skills and improves hand-eye coordination in the young and developing. Research has shown that piano lessons for older adults have a significant impact on increased levels of Human Growth Hormone, which slows the adverse effects of aging. Bringing music into your life is also proven to reduce anxiety, heart and respiratory rates, cardiac complications, and to lower blood pressure and increase immune response.
SHARPEN THE INTELLECT
Piano practice also boosts cognitive and intellectual abilities, which is to say it makes you smarter and activates similar parts of the brain used in spatial reasoning and math. Studying piano has also been shown to amazingly improve memory — particularly verbal memory — and build good habits like focus and perseverance, diligence and creativity. Children who had a few years of piano study under their belts could remember twenty percent more vocabulary words than their peers. And childhood musicians are better equipped later in life to retain information from speeches and lectures. Playing piano has been shown to increase spatial-temporal ability, which figures heavily in math, science and engineering. Regular music practice at an early age can even make structural changes to the brain that stay with you for the rest of your life, making your brain more efficient both while playing and in extra-musical endeavors.
Children who had a few years of piano study under their belts could remember twenty percent more vocabulary words than their peers.
CALM THE MIND
Studies show that time spent at the keyboard improves mental health: people who make music experience less anxiety, loneliness, and depression. Playing piano has also been shown to be a great source of stress relief, and provides ample opportunities to bolster self-esteem. It is also a widely used form of therapy for Attention Deficit Disorder.
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Flower Mound, Denton County 75028
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MR. DOLF OH
Piano Teacher
Piano lessons taught by Prof. Dolf Oh are known for being both popular and memorable. Every lesson taught by Mr. Oh is not only demanding, but also provides great lessons for students to apply in their professional and personal lives.
Mr. Oh is trained as a concert pianist from early age in South Korea and United States. Mr. Oh studied at Graduate School at University of North Texas during the time when famous musicians such as Cindy McTee, Vladimir Viardo, Anshel Brusilow and many others were on faculty or around. Mr. Oh’s major is Piano Performance and his minor is composition. Famous pianists and composers such as Vladimir Viardo, Jack Roberts, Joseph Klein, Cindy McTee were Mr. Oh’s mentors while studying at University of North Texas.
EKATERINA CHERNAYA OH (MRS. OH)
Piano Teacher
As an acclaimed and award-winning pianist, Dr. Ekaterina Chernaya Oh enjoys a distinguished career as a concert performer and pedagogue. After early study at the Saratov State Conservatory in Russia, she came to United States for further studies at the University of Wyoming and University of North Texas where she studied with the world- renowned pianist Vladimir Viardo winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and Artist-in-Residence at UNT. Dr. Ekaterina Chernaya has delighted audiences in a wide array of venues. She has appeared at the Rachmaninov Hall Moscow Conservatory, Skryabin Museum, Saratov State Conservatory Hall. She has performed as a soloist with the UNT Wind Symphony and the Saratov Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in Russia. Dr. Ekaterina Chernaya Oh remains in demand not only as a soloist,but also in chamber music and vocal collaboration. Her teaching experience includes: Austin College, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, University of North Texas, University of Wyoming and Saratov State Conservatory in Russia. She has been a prizewinner in many competitions, including International Piano Competition - San Jose, California. Dr. Ekaterina Chernaya Oh holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Saratov State Conservatory in Russia and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of North Texas. Her major teachers were Vladimir Viardo, Harold Heiberg, Theresa Bogard, Anatoly Skripay.
