Where WestchesterPlays Piano

Eugene's Music & Learning Studio, located at 603 North Main Street in Port Chester, NY, offers private music lessons in-home, in-studio, and online, as well as Early Childhood and group classes in fully equipped studios. Voted Best Music Instructor by Best of Port Chester Awards in 2022, the studio serves families throughout Greenwich and Westchester County. Eugene's offers instruction for all ages and all instruments, from babies in music-and-movement classes to adults returning to music, teaching voice, piano, guitar, drums, strings, winds, and more. Their professional musicians are also caring mentors who customize lessons to fit each student's personality, goals, and learning style. Students shine in supportive recitals, from local showcases to prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall. The studio offers flexible options including in-studio, in-home, or online lessons with easy scheduling, available seven days a week.

Drummer, composer, and piano player offering in-home lessons in the Somers area through PINW. Gregg has been teaching and playing music since graduating from Purchase College with a BFA in Music Composition, after starting out in the Percussion Performance program. His diverse musical background brings a unique perspective to piano instruction, with strengths in composition, jazz, and popular music.

Vassa Shevel is a distinguished pianist, chamber musician, and educator. Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, she won the Cappella Competition at age eleven performing the Bach Double Concerto and began her undergraduate education at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, where she studied with Galina Orlovskaya. Immigrating to the U.S. with her family in 1978, she continued her studies at the New England Conservatory and SUNY Purchase and earned her master's degree at the Juilliard School, where she was a student of Oxana Yablonskaya. She has studied piano with Jacob Maxin, Russell Sherman, Jerome Lowenthal, Gregory Haimovsky, and Karl Schnabel, and chamber music with Yehudi Wyner, Jennifer Langham, Lawrence Lesser, Nancy Cirullo, Paul Doctor, and Robert Levin. A finalist in the Murray Dranoff International Competition, Ms. Shevel has performed at Alice Tully Hall, Symphony Space, Symphony Hall in Boston, and major venues and festivals in Europe. She is the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble, which she founded in 2005 with pianist Inessa Zaretsky to make classical music highly accessible to all New York area residents. She is also a member of the Philadelphia Piano Duo with Claire Belkovsky, Co-Artistic Director of the Phoenix Chamber Music Series in New York, and Co-Artistic Director of the Incontri di Canna Festival in Calabria, Italy. Ms. Shevel is on the piano faculty at the Mannes College of Music at The New School and maintains an active private teaching practice.

Brendan O'Keefe is an experienced piano teacher who has been teaching piano to all ages in Scarsdale, Edgemont, New Rochelle, and Manhattan for decades. He offers in-home piano lessons as well as remote lessons via Zoom, Google Meet, or Skype, providing flexibility for students with busy schedules. Brendan's teaching approach is patient and individualized, focusing on each student's unique goals and learning style. He works with students of all levels, from beginners to advanced players, covering a wide range of musical styles. His decades of experience have made him a trusted piano instructor in the Westchester community.