Ellen Jaco Current Schedule

If you yearn to experience the joy of playing piano, but you don’t want years of weekly lessons, this short course is for you. In just a few hours you can learn enough secrets of the trade to make piano playing a part of your life.

How is it done? Typical piano lessons teach you note reading, but piano professionals use chords. You will learn all the chords needed to play any pop song in this one session: any song. any style, any key. And you’ll get a healthy dose of insider secrets.

If you already know your way around a keyboard a little, you know enough to enroll in this workshop.

Here’s Ellan’s upcoming schedule for Instant Piano (For Hopelessly Busy People). Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Spark the holiday spirit! Spend a fun-filled morning learning the easy way to play Christmas carols, hymns and your favorite pop songs with both hands using chords. Learn to accompany for sing-alongs and even play solos — all in time for this holiday season. It’s easy, fun, and musically "correct." You’ll need prior treble clef reading skills and minimal piano playing experience. (Total beginners should take the Instant Piano class.)

Here’s Ellen’s upcoming schedule for Holiday Songs. Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Ever want to play a musical instrument but never had a lesson? Have you already tried and failed? Frustrated by music notation? Don¹t know a half note from a half step? Then this course is for you.

Here you will quickly learn all the basic reading skills you need for playing and reading music. It¹s an ideal introduction to the music theory you will need to play any instrument. You¹ll also learn the fundamentals of the piano keyboard. Designed for the complete beginner, this course is essential if you have no musical background and wish to take the Instant Piano workshop later. It¹s also a great jump start if you wish to continue with traditional music lessons some day.

Here’s Ellen’s upcoming schedule for Music Reading for Total Beginners. Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Despite what you may have heard to the contrary, anyone can learn to play by ear. This workshop shows you the inside secrets professional piano players use (but never reveal).

You’ll learn how to pick tunes right out of your head. You’ll learn how to get songs off the radio (think of the money you’ll save in sheet music). You’ll even learn how to transpose. This workshop goes beyond mere “ear training.” You’ll get information found nowhere else, and you’ll be picking out tunes by ear — with both hands — from the very first day.

Open to all musicians (not just piano players) who have a basic understanding of chord theory. Beginners should take Instant Piano as a prerequisite.

Here’s Ellan’s upcoming schedule for Instant Piano by Ear. Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Play your blues away! This hands-on workshop introduces beginners and experts alike to the uniquely American piano form known as the blues. For beginners it’s a low-stress introduction to piano playing. For those who already play traditional piano this workshop sets the stage for learning many different styles including rock, gospel, jazz, boogie-woogie, and improvising techniques. Learn the secrets of the blues’ unique scale, form, rhythm, and improvisation. And free yourself from sheet music. No prerequisite.

Here’s Ellen’s upcoming schedule for Instant Blues and Boogie Piano. Call the number listed for exact times, costs, and registration information.

Ellen’s background includes a Masters of Music degree from the University of Nebraska and many years experience teaching public school music and private piano. She now devotes her time to teaching private Suzuki piano to children and teaching workshops to adults. She receives great satisfaction from being able to provide people with the very information that they are looking for with piano instruction.