Sarai Buchanan – Piano

Sarai Buchanan received her B.A. in Musical Arts from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts in May 2009. She has also studied piano with the pedagogue Slagjana Jovanovik in Macedonia, as well as with the renowned Slovenian pianist Maja Kastratovik. Currently she is a student of Svetlana Krasnova. She has four years of experience teaching piano, in addition to two years of apprenticing with various piano teachers from around the Midwest, Macedonia, and Slovenia.

Personal Statement

The fact that a wide and varied set of skills are required to succeed at learning the piano underlies Sarai’s thorough and comprehensive teaching methods. She combines careful repertoire choice with a variety of supplementary exercises to developing note-reading and rhythmic skills. She also encourages students to tune into their imagination so that they not only play the piano, but tell a story through the music. Furthermore, she helps her students build the habits required for practicing to become a natural part of their everyday lives.