John Spradling Piano Studio

When you come to John Spradling Piano Studio for lessons, you receive expert instruction from a skillful pianist, a private teacher of piano and music theory and vocal and chamber music coach. I began teaching private piano lessons in 1971 during a graduate assistantship at the Indiana University School of Music.

You'll discover the endless joys of music when you take lessons at John Spradling Piano Studio. In my studio, you'll receive training from a truly distinguished pianist and instructor. My high degree in training and experience includes decades of performances and a record of successful students who have won competitions and been awarded scholarships.

You're thinking about coming back to your piano. I'm really glad! The first thing I'll share with you is that a few years after receiving my master's degree at Juilliard - a serious education, right?

When I returned to piano practice and to music as a profession, I had been gone long enough to have built up rust and residue on my "equipment" and to have saved up a considerable backlog of doubts and fears about my ability to reclaim any amount of what I previously attained.

The content below addresses questions that often arise about lessons at John Spradling Piano Studio. If you have additional questions, please contact me. Now is the best time. Patterns often suggest many people make the decision to begin at the end of a school year or just before school starts, but any time is good.

I believe it is essential for any music teacher to perform. Music is created or re-created via sound through time, and as such, will be heard by others. Furthermore, the fact that it is ordered, and meant to be "attractive" in some way, ensures it will be deliberately listened to as opposed to existing as background noise in an elevator.