She knew that inherently,” said Carol Comfort, a fellow piano teacher who shared her studio.Ĭomfort was part of a second generation of music teachers Epperson helped foster. All the research that comes out for brain research, she knew that. “She imparted such common-sense knowledge. Let’s do it again’ - with a smile on her face.” “I watched her repeatedly say to my girls, ‘That was great. “Her incredible patience with students,” was how Epperson should be remembered, Bowen said. She showed compassion and love to her students and gave little instructions in short bursts.īowen saw that is how Epperson taught Bowen’s daughters, Maddy and Molly. Writer Dan Coyle interviewed Epperson for his book about how people learn and the masters who teach them, “The Talent Code.” Epperson was like other master coaches Coyle wrote about. At Etude Studio, with a methodology of dedication tempered with praise, she taught generations of students.
She had taught from home and in 1982 bought a little building next to what’s now the Homer Council on the Arts backing up to Woodard Creek on Pioneer Avenue. It was as a piano teacher, though, that Epperson became best known. She had the life of a homesteading woman, and then when the kids were grown up, she shifted and became much more involved in the community,” said her friend, Ken Castner.Įpperson worked for the city of Homer from its incorporation in April 1964, eventually becoming city treasurer for 18 years. They homesteaded in Happy Valley, Ninilchik and eventually on Epperson Knob on the North Fork, Anchor Point, before moving closer to town on West Hill Road. With their two children, Terry and Dean, they moved to the lower Kenai Peninsula in 1954. Costco, in the Fall and up until Christmas, usually carriers a few models of weighted key, keyboards.įinally if you have any questions at all about purchasing a piano or keyboard, please feel to ask me, I will do my best to help you find an instrument suitable for your musical journeys.Epperson met her husband, Jack, at the Standard Rubber Factory in Los Angeles during World War II. Also Best Buy in the Diamond Mall, has a music section with keyboards, they will price match some items also. If you are looking for a new keyboard, check Mammoth Music by the Diamond Mall, they will price match, so make sure to check the online price of the keyboard you want. I recommend tuning/maintenance on an annual basis, so as to keep your piano sounding good and running properly. If you are looking for a first time piano, look for one that has been maintained and tuned regularly, this will mean less of a cost to you at your first piano maintenance/tuning appointment. In addition you will need a stand, and bench so as to maintain a proper piano position while playing and practicing. Most instruments will have all 88 keys, this is also nice. This is very important for muscle and tone and development, as piano is a percussion/string instrument.
For beginners looking for a first time keyboard, suitable for piano lessons, I recommend purchasing one with weighted or hammer action keys. If you are looking for a used piano or keyboard, check craigslist. Any instrument listed on these websites, she can get for you. She currently has Steinway, Boston, Essex, and Yamaha piano’s available($4,000+), uprights and grands, and also sells the Yamaha Clavinova digital piano ($2,000+).
Trish Allen, owns and operates the Alaska Steinway Gallery by appointment, out of a small location in Government Hill, 820 E. If you are looking for a new instrument in Anchorage, Alaska, there currently is only one piano dealer. Where to buy a piano or keyboard in Anchorage, Alaska?
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