Doris Merritt is a professional musician, dedicated piano instructor and celebrated author. Doris has been teaching piano for over 40 years. In that time, she has developed a new way of teaching her students to read music, play and understand chords and chord progressions, jazz, play from fake sheets, improvise, compose and play by ear. Her goal has always been to teach them how to have fun playing the piano. Often when a student comes to the studio for their first lesson, they'll hesitantly ask if they're "too old to learn" (with ages ranging from their 20s to their 80s).
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Music keeps your mind challenged, and can improve your mental abilities and physical well being as well as bring you years of pleasure and a sense of accomplishment. It's a great way to unwind after a stressful day. The love and joy of music truly is a wonderful gift, so respect it, use it and reap the benefits.
Over the course of her years of teaching, Doris has discovered a number of unique approaches to piano instruction, which have been drawn from (and validated with) her experience with many hundreds of students and their individual challenges and triumphs. She's called the result "The Merritt Method".
Doris has recorded several albums over the course of her long career in music. Her CD entitled, Do What You Love, is still available in limited quantities and can be ordered below. Doris Merritt performs piano and Roger Johns is featured throughout, on bass. The cost of the CD is $12, which includes applicable taxes, and includes shipping to US addresses.
Billed as "An Evening of Jazz and Gershwin with Doris Merritt". She was joined by her long-time friend and bassist, Roger Johns. The first half of the program traced the influence of jazz on the evolution of popular music from World War II through the 1970s. The concert's second half was devoted to the legendary music of George Gershwin. You can play/view the video directly above.
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