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Above: voice students and sisters Sophia and Olivia perform a duet for this summer’s past “remote recital.”
MUSIC EDUCATION
Welcome to Maryland Music Studio! Due to the current COVID pandemic, all of our music lessons are now online. Using a variety of platforms, including Zoom and Skype, we are finding that online lessons offer a different pace and perspective from in-person lessons. Delia is providing accompaniment and practice tracks to support voice students, while Piotr will instruct you how to best position your laptop or computer for the best keyboard viewing during piano lessons. What’s definitely not missing in these online lessons? The same personal instruction, inspiration, laughs and smiles as we had in-person!
Whether you are interested in playing piano, singing, learning guitar, or just brushing up your musical theory, you can contact us to try out an online lesson today.
A BRIEF HISTORY
After decades of institutional teaching, we started our private music studio in our house in Rockville ten years ago. Since then, we have met and worked with so many wonderful people! From complete beginners to seasoned professionals, our students continue to inspire and surprise us as they grow in their musical journeys. While some of our students play or sing simply for their own pleasure, others perform in school plays, talent shows, and choruses, and still others have gone on to conservatories and to playing major concerts!
We welcome all levels and ages. We teach classical as well as American contemporary styles, such as pop, jazz, and more.
PERFORMANCES
Above: Eric, age 18, in his performance video from this summer’s “remote recital.”
Students are encouraged to perform in at least one studio recital per year.
What is your dream? Perhaps we can help you to sharpen your technique and hone your artistic expression. Give us a call now at 202-236-4725. We can’t wait for you to get started!
Cordially,
Delia and Piotr Zielinski
I am a mature adult who had some music experience in 2009, but none on the piano and with voice. Piotr and Delia have taken me from zero to competent. I sing in several choruses and just last night someone suggested I try out for a “higher level” chorus. I can play a Bach prelude to one of his Partitas which I am told is not easy. I have become more self-confident and even have performed.
Delia and Piotr are amazing teachers. They know what music fits you well and teach it well. They also make recitals so much fun!
Delia has been a huge help to me. Her lighthearted cooperative approach is relaxing and a real pleasure. Yesterday was different. It was serious business, as we worked hard on “If I Loved You” from Carousel. Suddenly I flung my shyness aside. Hey maybe I really can handle a solo after all! Yea!!!
I’ve been taking voice lessons from Delia for almost two years, and in that time I think I’ve improved dramatically as a singer. I started as a complete beginner, not really knowing what to expect, mostly assuming that raw talent was a prerequisite to have a nice singing voice. It sounds silly now, but I really underestimated the technique and functional training required to sing. That’s good news for me, because technique you can practice and improve, even if you’re not born with raw talent :).
Delia is great at explaining the technical aspects of singing and isolating problem areas either in a particular range of your voice or a part of a song. I learn something new at each lesson and feel that I make real progress, yet it’s a relaxing and fun environment. For me, it’s a time where I can de-stress, and think of nothing else except singing and music. I look forward to it each week.
Our daughter has been taking voice lessons from Ms. Delia for about three years. Ms. Delia has been wonderful. Most importantly she gives daughter focus – practice is useful, not random. She also reads daughter well – gives a balance between compliment, suggestion, and criticism that daughter interprets very well; a little banter for relaxation, but not so much that we feel that time is being wasted.
We’ve been amazed at the amount of confidence daughter has developed, largely as a result of Ms. Delia’s lessons. She’s gone from not wanting anyone hear her sing to giving recitals and even volunteering to sing at family events.