ABOUT PLAYER ONE MUSIC STUDIO
Serious musicianship. Human teaching.
Player One is built around a simple idea: strong musical standards work best when the teacher connects with the person at the piano. Lessons connect technique, reading, theory, listening, repertoire, creativity, and performance without forcing every student down the same path.
BA in Piano Pedagogy
MTAC & Certificate of Merit
Performance & accompaniment background
10,000+ hours of combined experience
A STUDIO BUILT AROUND THE WHOLE MUSICIAN
The goal is not dependence on a teacher. It is musical independence.
A strong lesson should help a student understand what they are hearing, what they are doing physically, how the music is organized, and what to do next when the teacher is no longer in the room.
Understand
Connect reading, theory, listening, and pattern recognition so music makes sense rather than feeling like isolated instructions.
Practice
Learn how to solve problems efficiently instead of simply repeating a piece and hoping it gets better.
Perform
Build confidence through repeated, supportive opportunities to share music in lessons, workshops, recitals, auditions, and other settings.
Create
Use chords, ear skills, improvisation, composition, and personal repertoire choices to make musicianship flexible and useful.
MEET THE TEACHERS
Different musical backgrounds. One teaching standard.
Evan Kliewer
Lead Instructor & Studio Owner
Evan is a piano educator and pianist with a BA in Piano Pedagogy from California State University, Fullerton, where he received scholarships and awards for piano performance. As a student, he completed the upper levels of Certificate of Merit and participated in competitions and festivals.
His teaching is built around clear systems, musical understanding, and individualized goals. That might mean classical repertoire and technique for one student, chords and lead sheets for another, or a carefully structured combination of both.
Abigail Kliewer
Piano Instructor
Abigail brings more than 17 years of teaching experience along with a long background in accompanying and competitive piano. Her musical experience also extends beyond the keyboard through voice, recording and collaboration, and years of orchestral violin playing.
Her teaching combines established technique with careful listening and musical context, helping students understand not only how to execute a passage, but why it sounds and feels the way it does.
HIGH STANDARDS WITHOUT THE STIFFNESS
The work can be serious without making the room severe.
Students make better progress when they can ask questions, make mistakes, experiment, and still be held to a meaningful standard. Player One aims for lessons that are direct, patient, organized, and flexible enough to respond to the person sitting at the instrument.
The result is not one fixed “method.” It is a consistent framework for reading, technique, theory, repertoire, ear training, creativity, practice, and performance—adjusted to the student’s age, level, goals, and musical interests.
BEYOND THE WEEKLY LESSON
A studio should give students somewhere to use what they learn.
Lessons are supported by opportunities that give practice a destination and help students become comfortable making music around other people.
Recitals
Regular performance opportunities build familiarity with preparation, nerves, recovery, and sharing finished work.
Workshops
Smaller studio events give students more frequent, lower-pressure opportunities to perform, listen, and learn around peers.
Certificate of Merit
Students who want a formal benchmark can prepare for MTAC Certificate of Merit alongside their broader musical goals.
Auditions & competitions
For appropriate students, advanced preparation can extend into auditions, festivals, competitions, and other goal-driven performance settings.
Start with a conversation
Tell us about the pianist.
We’ll talk about goals, experience, interests, and whether Player One is the right fit before settling on a regular lesson plan.