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Online Piano Lessons

If you stay in a different city or country, you can still take online piano lessons with me via Skype, Zoom, Hangouts or FaceTime video-conferencing.

"I was surprised that the Skype arrangement turned out so well. We were both seated at our own pianos at all times, greatly facilitating demonstrations and even quasi-jamming"

"Without the internet there would have been no access to your teaching and my growth as an artist"

Motivated to move to the next level?

Study jazz improvisation and/or classical piano with Ramona at the Leitmotif Studio.

“One of a teacher’s jobs is to pull the student out from their comfort zone, and Ramona does this elegantly and with great skill”

“Every lesson was full of fantastic revelations. She crafted lessons and assignments to fit my interests and weaknesses as a player”

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CD RELEASE “One Of Us”

Jazz CD - One Of Us "Borthwick, who authored all the pieces in this CD, walks both sides of the street, playing excellent, if not quite distinctive, straightahead piano throughout, while adding shimmering, wordless soprano lines to selected ensembles along the way ..."
- Downbeat Magazine

"I like the warm spiritual vibe, especially Borthwick’s wordless vocals, a la Flora Purim."
- Downbeat Magazine

Jazz Reharmonization: Danny Boy aka Londonderry Air

Jazz Reharmonization - Danny Boy

A demonstration of reharmonization techniques to enrich a traditional tune.

Linear Connections Using Guide Tones

Linear Connections Using Guide Tones in Jazz Improvisation

Build jazz lines around guide tones, thus giving them a stronger structure and shape.

Creating Counterpoint Using Guide Tones in Jazz Improvisation

Counterpoint Using Guide Tones

How to create a ‘double counterpoint’ or two melodies that play off each other solely using the right hand.

Jazz Workshop 2017

Youth Jazz Workshop

Glimpses from the jazz workshop held for middle and high school students

But Not For Me

But Not For Me - piano trio

My Skype student Matar playing the Coltrane version at his jazz recital at school

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart - Dakota Lichauco

High school senior Dakota Lichauco improvises on the ballad My Foolish Heart

Our Love Is Here To Stay

Our Love Is Here To Stay

15 year old Matar Maoz plays the Gershwin standard Our Love Is Here To Stay.

Very Early

Bill Evans - Very Early

17-year old Danny Whalen plays the jazz standard Very Early.

Cristal

Cristal by Cesar Camargo Mariano

Duo arrangement of a tune by Cesar C. Mariano, adapted for piano and jazz guitar.

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Classical & Jazz Piano Lessons at the LEITMOTIF STUDIO

Conveniently located on the Watertown Belmont line, a few minutes off Rte. 2 and the Mass Pike, the Leitmotif Piano Studio offers a professional and nurturing environment for learning for both children and adults. The studio is located in Watertown, MA and is in proximity to Belmont, Arlington, Boston, Newton, Brookline, Cambridge, Lexington, Lincoln, Somerville, Waltham and Wellesley.

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