Piano Lessons in Jamaica Plain

Elena Doria Winell (b. 1998) is a composer, performer, and educator. She draws on a wide range of interdisciplinary influences to create deeply intense, personal, and multi-dimensional works via processes of intense collaboration with the intended performers. Her compositions have been described as “fundamentally dramatic" [Out to Lunch Records] and having an “expansive spirit” [Boston Musical Intelligencer], and have been performed by such luminaries as loadbang, JACK Quartet, & International Contemporary Ensemble.

Elena’s approach to teaching is focused on tailoring lessons to help students achieve their individual musical goals. She is passionate about helping students develop their technique, navigate new ways of thinking and talking about music, and finding their own unique voices while having fun with the process. Lessons are offered in composition as well as voice, piano, and guitar for people of all musical levels. Tutoring sessions are offered in harmony, counterpoint, orchestration, and ear training. Her experience in music education spans over a decade of private instruction in piano of all genres, rock/jazz guitar, and voice both contemporary and operatic.