Piianoforte Music Studio

About Me:

Hi! I’m Briita Asmund! (Bree-tuh Az-mund) I am a traveling Piano Teacher based in Richland Washington. I am passionate about playing the piano and it is my life mission to share the love of music others.

My Journey began in 2017 when I first started teaching piano and was still in high school. I only had one student and I was teaching out of my parent’s house. Over the past 10 years I’ve gotten my bachelor’s degree, taught over 50 students and grown my buisiness to over 20 students. I’m an active member of the Tri City MTNA chatper and I gave a presentation on piano games for young children in 2019.

I specialize in teaching younger students under the age of 6. I have had succcess teaching 3 and 4 year olds. I also can teach students of higher levels that are at the end of lesson books or have surpassed lesson books.

My proudest Musical Journey:

Originally when I auditioned to be a piano major at BYU-idaho, it was suggested that I not go into both the musiscianship and piano performance department.

I moved back in with my parents and nearly gave up on my career and education.

I emailed Cynthia vaughn, the owner of Magnolia Music studio and asked if she would consider hiring me.

At first she rejected my request because I did not have a degree in music and I was only 19 years old, but she saw some of my posts on facebook and was inspired by how much passion I had for my work and felt inspired to hire me.

This changed my life. Had I not been hired by Cynthia, I would have given up on my degree and career. Cynthia suggested I take lessons from Patti Robertson who brought my piano playing level up to BYU-idaho standards.

I decided to take courses at CBC and my professor, Bruce Walker, helped bring my music theory, musicianship and music history skills up to passing levels.

When Covid 19 hit and BYU-Idaho offered online courses, I took some classes and realized I was able to pass due to the help of Patti, Cynthia and Bruce. I moved out of my parents house and back to Rexburg and finished my degree.

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My Teaching Philosophy

I believe that every person is unique and should be taught according to their specific learning style and needs.

I do not use the same method book series with all of my students. I take the time to get to know them—how they play and how they learn. At the first lesson I take a guess and give them a book and if it doesn’t work, we swap it out.