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PIANO and KEYBOARD LESSONS



Mitchell Odom has been teaching piano lessons to students of all ages for over 40 years.   



Mitchell Odom teaches piano and is the director of the academy. He believes that music should be fun and rewarding. He has a positive outlook and energetic yet low key approach.  His teaching expertise and insight are unparalleled.

Mitch's encouragement, compliments and humor make your learning experience fruitful.  His philosophy is that this is why we have music lessons - to enrich our lives and help bring us happiness!

Some of his students have become educators, performers and published composers. Most took lessons for their own personal enjoyment and growth.  Mitch is an alumni of Chapman University, Oklahoma City University and California State University.

Mitch started taking piano lessons at a young age and excelled in music. He was a performer by age ten, professional at fourteen years old and began teaching when he was sixteen. He has been teaching now for more than 40 years.  Mitch is a studio musician, composer and producer. His work has been published and performed in more than 50 countries around the world. He was a staff writer for television production companies and has played on albums in Europe, Asia and the U.S. 

Classical Piano Lineage

It is especially important in music and art, to study with the right teacher.    Mitch has had quite a few teachers and values all of them.   Some attended prestigious conservatories such as Julliard and studied with famous teachers such as Nadia Boulanger and Rosina Lhevinne.  However, it is when Mitch found his master teacher, Philip Lorenz, that his musical expertise and understanding was elevated to the highest level.    Mitch studied with professor Lorenz for eight years, and was completely transformed as a musician.  Here is the lineage of teachers Mitch became a part of when he studied with his mentor, Lorenz:
  • Joseph Haydn taught Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Beethoven taught Karl Czerny
  • Czerny taught Franz Liszt  (perhaps the greatest pianist who ever lived)
  • Liszt taught Martin Krause
  • Krause taught Claudio Arrau (one of the greatest pianists of the last 100 years)
  • Arrau taught Philip Lorenz (along with Garrick Ohlsson, Ena Bronstein, Ruth Nye and other great pianists)
  • Lorenz taught Mitchell Odom
  • Odom is teaching another generation of pianists in Mercer Island, WA
Mitchell Odom's qualifications:
  • Music teacher for over 40 years
  • Published composer since 1985
  • Music producer and studio musician in Hollywood and Los Angeles
  • Mitch's most influential piano teachers were:
Claudio Arrau   Philip Lorenz   Ena Bronstein   Clare Fischer


The great Claudio Arrau playing Franz Liszt's "Gnomenreigen" (Dance of the Gnomes).


The amazing Clare Fischer Trio