Church Street School of Music and Art
Edith Hirshtal has established a successful career as a concert pianist, chamber musician, and piano educator. Edith has extensive experience in teaching piano at various institutions, including California State University, Long Beach, where Edith held the position of Professor of Piano for almost two decades. Currently, Edith also works as part-time faculty at Church Street School of Music and Art, where Edith provides private piano instruction. With degrees from The Peabody Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and Temple University, Edith has a strong background in piano performance and pedagogy.
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Church Street School of Music and Art
Church Street School for Music and Art specializes in process-oriented approaches to arts education. Our objective is to facilitate creativity and give voice to the natural musical and artistic sense through direct, physical experience. In music classes, this means total music education - not just brainwork or fingerwork, but ears, mind and body working together. While we emphasize skill building and the development of technique, we also emphasize improvisation and composition as a way for the students to truly "own" their experiences. In art classes, this means the creation of art from the inside out. Art is a reflection of our life experiences. At Church Street School we have ongoing exhibits of our students' work, but process, not product, is stressed in our classes. Students create with freedom to find their own voices rather than having all the choices made for them.