Welcome to Fan Zhang Piano Studio 

After 8 years of teaching at Capital University in Columbus, OH, I have returned to the Ann Arbor Saline area of Washtenaw County, to continue teaching private students of all ages and levels. I have extensively studied piano pedagogy and have over 20 years of teaching experiences.

I hold a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Michigan, a Master of Music in Piano Performance from Indiana University, and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Capital University. 

I work with students at a variety of ages, abilities and levels in private lessons, group classes, student recitals and local music programs and competitions. Former students were frequently placed as winners of state competitions, and achieved high marks in various music programs, such as ABRSM, NFMC Festivals Program, SAT Michigan, Music Development Program, etc..

Teaching Philosophy

Throughout my life, I have been impacted not just as a student, but also as a person, by all of my teachers who have invested time, and shared their knowledge with me. Coming full circle, I have had the opportunity to not only be a student but to also be a teacher. I have taught privately since coming to the United States in 2005, and have also taught class piano for the last five years. Being Chinese, I come from a rich musical and cultural tradition, over the last ten years I have experienced Western music in a Western atmosphere, and therefore have been enriched musically and multi-culturally, which adds an extra dimension of versatility to my skill sets. 

Being a teacher is a valuable learning experience. Therefore, teaching personally deepens my own musical insight, and establishes constructive reinforcement of all that I have learned, and may draw on as a resource for my students to have the most beneficial learning, and growth process. Ultimately, I would like to positively impact the lives of young talented pianists in the future, just as my distinguished teachers have done for my own development. Therefore my teaching philosophy is based on the interdependence of all aspects of an individuals being, just as teaching, learning and performing constructively interact, and so to touch the heart of an audiences is to open the mind of a student.