My name is Jessica Rossman. I attended PSU for piano performance for three years where I received jury recognition once, jury honors almost every semester and highest honors in my department for the concerto competition (then decided that a degree in performance was never going to land a job for me). Now I transfered to LHU to attend a smaller school and earn my degree in Music Education instead. This is my first year as a music education major and I love it. I teach piano currently at Music One downtown Lock Haven and have five years of teaching experience between Robert M. Sides in State College, CLC (a charter school where I taught piano and music composition and theory), and now at Music One.
I have plenty of experience accompanying. When I was younger I did a lot of theater on the Mississippi Gulf Coast where I was not only an actor, but would accompany some shows and would accompany friends for auditions. During college I've accompanied many soloist for their juries and recitals. I am mainly a classical pianist and my strong points are reading music. I'm not much of a jazz pianist, but I do have a good strong foundation in music theory and have a very good understanding of chords and chord structures.
I can accompany anybody and can play anything you need, the harder the piece, the more time I will require (just like everybody else). I can do weddings, musicals, accompanying, or if you want lessons feel free to contact me or Music One.
Fees
$ 20.00 Dollars Per Hour
Fees may very depending on time alloted and how much home practice I will need. Most things are going to be $15 an hour, usually only huge classical pieces require a ton of at home practice. You can test me out if you'd like as well for $10. We will just have a meeting of what you need, show me the music, I will tell you what I think and sight read the music for you and you can let me know what you want to do.
Instruments
Piano, Harpsichord, Electronic Keyboard
Specialisms
Early Music, Contemporary Music, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Theatre, Musical Direction
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