Do you live in Miami ?
Are you always wanted to pursue the piano career?
Or maybe you wanted to turn your piano playing hobby into income opportunity?
No matter what your goals are, learning and playing piano in Miami can be extremely fun and could make a great impact on your future.
Here is how you could get involve;
As you probably know Miami is one of the “hottest” cities in United States not only because its tropical climate, best beaches and sunshine all year-round, but also because it offers lots of world-class live events and venues in Music, Entertaining, Fashion, Food and Film Industries.
Every year Miami brings the best musicians, celebrities, industry experts and attracts millions of tourists and visitors from all over the world to be part of the best South Florida cultural events, classical music concerts,piano competitions, jazz concerts and jazz festivals, Latin music events and much more.
The Miami art scene is developing with new facilities being built all across Downtown
Throughout the year, Miami hosts world-class music events. Participating in these events can give you a lot of opportunities to see your favorite musicians, discover new ones, learn new skills, connect and collaborate with different musicians, or be discovered.
Miami music culture reflects its multicultural background. It’s the only city that offers all kinds of music styles; Classical, Jazz, Latin, Hip Hop, R&B and Electronic Dance Music.
Classical Piano
If you are into classical piano music you’d love to be part of the annual classical music events as
Miami International Piano Festival ,
Miami Summer Music Festival MSMF,
National piano competition of Chopin Foundation of the US,
International Baroque Music Festival,
The goal of these festivals is to keep classical music alive. Also it helps feature most promising pianists in world-class performance venues, support and provide young artists with the guidance, training, exposure ,management and promotion needed to succeed.
Jazz and Blues Piano
Each spring The City of Miami Gardens holds Jazz in the Gardens (JITG) music festival at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens. For those who love Jazz piano, Blues, R&B and soul it’s an exciting place to be.
Sunshine Jazz Organization of South Florida North Miami Area provides concerts and workshops and brings jazz to underprivileged children through community programs.
Piano career and education
If you decided to start a piano career and learn piano playing in profound way, Miami offers the best music schools and best music colleges. One of them are University Miami, The Frost School of Music, and New World School of the Art . They are largest music schools in the U.S. that offer its students professionally accredited bachelor’s and master’s degrees in many music programs. Also they are provide numerous master classes with the best guest artists and composers.
Latin Music Piano
Fully experience Latin Culture of Miami you can at The Calle Ocho Festival and Carnaval On The Mile. Every spring people get together to celebrate Carnivals and listen to the beats of Merengue, Reggaeton, Bachata, Balada, Hip Hop, Rap, Latin Jazz, Caribbean rhythms.
If you visiting Miami in November take advantage of special musical performances in honor of Miami Live Month. During this event you can listen live entertainment with a broad-range of performances all over town.
Cultural events and performances
For additional resources , piano concerts, open rehearsals,
educational concerts and numerous free music cultural events please visit;
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Downtown Miami a premier showcase for the performing arts that offer three state-of-the-art theaters; Ziff Ballet Opera House, Knight Concert Hall,Carnival Studio Theater -plus Thomson Plaza for the Arts, designed as a perfect stage for outdoor performances.
Aventura Arts and Cultural Center
If you on the budget, students ages 13-22 could buy tickets for only $5 to the best performances in Miami.
In Fact, no matter what part of the Miami you visit, there is almost always you can hear the live music and piano playing everywhere you go. Although, there is always opportunity to perform , practicing piano craft and becoming better in all aspects of it can guarantee you a success as a performing pianist or a piano teacher.
If you piano beginner next step is, take initiative find a good piano teacher, get a piano and commit to practice. Be patient , everything that is potentially beneficial takes commitment, time and effort to do.
You have to say to yourself:
“This is something I’m going to do, and this is something I’m going to keep doing.”
If you already intermediate or advanced pianist I recommend to take advantage of resources listed above. Attend concerts, master classes, participate in piano recitals and piano competitions.
Doesn’t matter where you live I wish you good luck and success on your piano journey!