Recently relocating home to England after some years based as a successful performer and teacher in New York City, Michelle is an experienced pianist and teacher.Michelle is the ideal choice for a cocktail or event pianist. As well as having an enormous and constantly expanding repertoire of jazz, brazilian, blues, motown and pop tunes, she is also an amazing improviser noted for her creativity, toe tapping groove and versatility as well as a sensitivity to surroundings and ability to blend.Michelle is an experienced teacher who believes lessons should be fun with manageable challenges, taking what the student brings to the class and building from there. Obviously there is a larger syllabus happening as Michelle ensures that each of her students grow into thinking musicians who can both read and interpret different styles of music and improvise or create by ear using a growing knowledge of theory, technique, harmony and voicing.