Experienced tutor in Piano in Millcreek, Treyan offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Treyan's enthusiastic approach to teaching and confidence in me is monumental as he transfers his knowledge. From the start he quickly recognized my strengths and weaknesses and has been skillfully filling in the gaps so that I see the strides I'm making from week to week. His foundational theory exercises are key. Treyan has a unique talent in personalizing lessons and explaining concepts. He provides plenty of exciting challenges, is patient, and is a delightful and genuine individual. What more can I say? He is an remarkable find!

I had a great experience with Treyan. I’ve played the piano for a long time, but I never learned much theory or improvisation. I explained what I was looking to learn, and Treyan immediately started coming up with plan that fit my experience and end goals. He really knows his stuff and is extremely student focused. Highly recommended!

I am a classically trained pianist. I had 12 years of piano lessons growing up and have continued to play piano as an adult. However, as I listened to artists like 2Cellos and the Piano Guys, I started feeling stuck in my classical training and wished I had the ability to be more creative and contemporary in my music. I considered training in another instrument until I heard of Treyan Porter and the type of piano training he does. I started taking lessons a little over 2 years ago. Treyan started me with some intensive theory training, most of which was new to me. I also started doing some basic arranging using guitar chord sheets and lead sheets. Soon I progressed to composing my own music. None of this has been easy, but Treyan has been an excellent teacher and guide in a way that has kept it from becoming too frustrating and helping it to become a satisfying endeavor. He has extensive knowledge of theory and songwriting in every genre and has worked at both for many years. He is very professional and patient. He is also very flexible and will help a student work and learn in whatever genre of music they enjoy or want to be more proficient in. I would definitely recommend him for a student who has a basic piano background and is looking to be more creative and be able to do more with music than just read from a page. At this point, I continue to learn more advanced theory, and composing continues to be a challenge, but I can now sit down with a guitar chord sheet and play a simple arrangement in many cases because I know the basics of chords, rhythm, and style that go into arranging music. It’s been great to expand my musical knowledge and abilities!

Taking lessons under Treyan, I have seen my piano skills and theoretical understanding improve already more from being with him for now 4 months versus my years and years of piano lessons growing up. He is knowledgable in all genres, and does a really good job of helping me understand not only the how, but the why behind chords resolve, are altered, or chord progressions follow a specific pattern. Worth every penny without a doubt.

Treyan’s style of teaching is the right way to learn piano. Highly effective.

I have had an amazing experience taking lessons from Treyan. I am an adult student, who knew next to nothing about piano when I started. Treyan did, and continues to do, an amazing job at listening to what my interests are, and then completely tailoring his lessons to my interests and goals. I was interested in Treyan as a teacher after chatting with him because of the creative, flexible, and improvistational way he teaches his students to play. He has a strong core system to ensure you learn the important theory, chords, and scales, while also combining an intuitive rhythm method for learning songs. I have been taking lessons for six months, and am astounded by not only how quickly I am learning, but how much I am enjoying the process. Best of all, Treyan is extremely responsive and diligent in his prep before and after lessons. I've had him send me instructional videos on the weekends, print and notate music for me, and listen/find songs that he thinks I would be interested in. If you can't tell already from my review, I would highly recommend Treyan for any age student who is interested in learning and growing as a piano player.

Treyan is an excellent for improv, understanding theory and song writing, as well as learning any style of music that appeals to you. He is suppprtive, positive and encouraging. He has gone the extra mile in helping me learn and grow as a musician.

Treyan is a fantastic teacher. He goes above and beyond for his students. I started taking lessons again after a many years long hiatus. I came in as an intermediate-level piano player. and Treyan has helped me step up my game with theory, improvisation and composing. Treyan has a unique approach that was exactly what I was looking for. I had had enough of classical training and wanted to understand more about putting theory into practice. And that is Treyan’s speciality. Anyone around me has noticed the improvement as a result of Treyan’s teaching. He has helped piano playing become fun again!

Treyan is a great teacher and mentor. I've advanced exponentially in the areas I was lacking as a self-taught piano player. Definitely worth the money considering the progress I've made.

Despite taking traditional piano lessons for 10 years, I still lacked a creative aspect in my performing. Sure, I could play almost any sheet music placed in front of me, but if someone asked me to improvise on a chord in a certain key signature I was completely clueless. I didn't know how to add my own flare to a piece - even though I desperately wanted to do so. I then found Treyan Porter online and read about his teaching method. I was so excited to find someone that taught this way because it was exactly what I was looking for. I contacted Treyan and was delighted when he offered to do a free introductory lesson with me to verify that he was a good fit for me. I have now been his student for over 2 months and have already learned a great deal about improvisation, arranging, and music theory. Even though I have been playing the piano for almost 20 years, I still benefit from Treyan's teaching because it is unlike anything I have ever done before. Treyan has made playing the piano fun for me again and I can't thank him enough for that.