Alla Arutyunyan was born in Armenia and started playing the piano at the age of five. She received a theory and performance degree in Armenia and continued her studies in the United State, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Music at California State University, Northridge. She is a member of the Music Teacher Association of the California as

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A San Francisco Bay Area native, Joey is the manager and music teacher for Piano Play Pasadena. He has extensive training in voice and choral conducting having received his music degree from Loyola Marymount University. Working with local composers, churches, and choirs, Joey joined our Piano Play staff in 2010 and teaches both group and private lessons. He is also

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Nicole Nale is a former student of the Piano Play Music Systems method, studying under the CEO, Sharon Shaheed. She completed the Certificate of Merit program during high school, before going off to study under Dr. Tania Fleischer at Loyola Marymount University. She started her teaching career while earning her Bachelor’s Degree and graduated with a BFA in Instrumental Studies/Piano

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Ms. Pam can’t remember a time before she couldn’t play the piano, or rather, she can’t remember a time before she didn’t have to play the piano, every day, for at least an hour. Although she was a very talented youngster, she didn’t think she could pursue a career in music and went to college at the Massachusetts Institute of

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Greg Raymond, graduate of Boston College, is not only a phenomenal jazz pianist that has appeared with or collaborated with such artists as Citizen Cope, Charlie Hunter, Chali 2na from Jurassic 5, Galactic’s Stanton Moore, G Love & Special Sauce, Ani DiFranco, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Stanley Jordan and many others… but has had great success in teaching students for

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Cortlandt Jones, better known as Mr. Chico or Mr. Cheeks around Piano Play, began his study at Piano Play Music Systems as a child. In 2008 he passed the advanced level of the Certificate of Merit Testing (CM) and then furthered his music education at Claflin University in South Carolina. Upon graduation from Claflin University in 2013, he received his

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Sharon Shaheed is the CEO and founder of Piano Play Music Systems. Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a minor in voice from Xavier University and a Masters in Piano Performance and Minor in Piano Pedagogy from Southeastern University in Hammond, Louisiana. Ms. Shaheed developed Piano Play’s theory based method and wrote its twenty-two classroom

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