Chris Frangos Pianist
Beverly, MA 01915-5609
Phone: (978) 922-4104
Ratings & Reviews Summary for Chris Frangos Pianist
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- Convenient classes
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User Reviews for Chris Frangos Pianist
12/01/2006 Posted by igorboris
Chris is remarkably musically gifted. Fun to work with. Great with kids. Creative. He finds the jazz in everything.
11/16/2006 Posted by jukie
I have 2 children that have been students with Chris for 1 1/2 years. Chris has been an amazingly inspirational teacher to them. First, just watching him play has brought so much admiration from all of us for the talent that Chris possesses. It is so obvious that what Chris has, just comes natural. My children have learned how to improvise songs by recomposing/rearranging. Chris is always patient and full of encouragement and praise. Often, one of my children will want to play a piece Chris is unfamiliar with. Chris will easily listen to a song on cd and write an arrangement to play for homework and practice. My other child who loves to sing as well as play piano, has benefitted greatly from Chris's ability to transpose music so that she can sing while playing. My children have had years of Classical piano as their foundation and have loved the new creativity that comes with Improvising. One very important perk for us is that Chris travels. With our busy schedules, it has been great having Chris come to our home for the lessons. We consider ourselves very lucky to have a great teacher for our children.
11/15/2006 Posted by jpfxgood
Chris has been the perfect teacher for me, he quickly figured out my learning style, accepted my goals, and has been patiently teaching me the challenging skill of Jazz improvisation in terms that I can undertand and in a way that is fun and rewarding. My experiences with Chris have delivered way more that I ever thought, and I look forward every week to our lessons and to practicing and learning something new. I've been working with Chris for a couple of years now and I've made a lot more progress than I thought I would, and I'm very satisfied. Chris is also an amazing player, composer, and improviser, one of the best parts of any lesson is Chris demonstrating different interpretations of the piece we're working on, all performed with virtoucity and with an amazing speed of invention. I haven't seen Chris perform in public, but I have to say it must be impressive because watching and hearing him play in our lessons is mind blowing. His natural ability and command of the instrument is obvious at all times and with any genre of music. He regularly writes down new arrangements of tunes that I pick, either by ear, or from charts, reharmonizing them on the fly and then creating voice-leads that are easier for me to learn and perform, sometimes with pieces he's never heard before. It always amazes me.
Pros: Great teaching style, patience, encouragement, knowledge, flexibility
Cons: You want to just listent to him play
11/04/2006 Posted by hmcmenamy
I had seen Chris play at a piano bar in Boston and knew that he would be fantastic with my jazz aficionado friends and relatives, so I hired him to play for a company hosted cocktail party attended by over a hundred people, many were client hopefuls. I can tell you that he was a big success. You name the jazz or contemporary standard, and he played it with great skill, passion and professionalism. Chris will add a wonderful musical atmosphere to your party and I highly recommend him. Chris is an extremely talented musician!
11/03/2006 Posted by corsta
Chris is an excellent piano instructor as well as performer! Not only is he an excellent musician, he is is very professional and accomodating!
Pros: Excellent pianist for instruction as well as for perfoming for weddings, private parties
Cons: There are none
