Kia Portafekas

Piano

Kia Portafekas is a musician, composer, teacher, and author. Her first book, Making Music With Your Child, published by MMB Music, Inc., was funded in part by a grant from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. She is a graduate of Queens College (Aaron Copland School of Music), Mannes Conservatory, and New York's famous FAME School-Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art. She received a certificate of dedication and achievement as a music teacher from the American Protégé from Carnegie Hall.

Kia takes music instruction to a new, creative level, combining color, sound, movement, improvisation, and imagination to heighten children's self-expression and encourage their individuality. She works one-on-one with children and adults, leads experiential group workshops, and trains teachers and parents in dynamic ways of integrating music and creativity into their lives. Kia has produced concerts with her students at Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts, Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and Lincoln Center, NYC.

Private lessons for piano, or piano with singing, are weekly and every other week. All styles, including composition, ages 5 and up.

Kia nourishes a student’s inner, creative voice: "Everyone has the potential to create! It takes willingness and courage to go beyond the musical note. When we tune in to our inner child, we become empowered by discovering our creative selves. When we express ourselves fully, we acquire the freedom to simply be.”