About The Teacher
*Piano teacher in his student’s homes since 1979
*Adjudicator
for the National Piano Guild
*Entertainer and Church Musician
*Former music teacher at
The Montclair Kimberley Academy and the Glen Ridge Public School
*Married with three children
*Graduate of Montclair State University BMUS (Piano Performance) 1985
*Author
of God’s Cycle of Music: A Musician’s Explanation of God’s Purpose and Meaning for Our Lives
Mark Paulson began his music studies when he was five years old.
From 1978-1979, Mr. Paulson studied church music at Crown College in Minnesota. He received an Associate of Religious Arts
degree from Northeastern Bible College and a degree in Piano Performance from Montclair State University. He has performed
popular and sacred music as an entertainer and as a church musician for over 30 years. He is an adjudicator for The National
Piano Guild.
Mr. Paulson's best ability in music is to teach piano. One of his many teachers was Eleanor Statmore
who studied with Rosina Lhevinne at Julliard. Mrs. Statmore was a wonderful pedagogy teacher as well as a piano instructor.
Mr. Paulson has also studied with Miss Ruth Slatum, Mrs. Rhoda Nelson, Dr. Paul Satre, Dr. Ruth Rendelman and Mr. Edmund Battersby.
Mr. Paulson has taught piano since 1979. He teaches primarily in his student’s homes in Glen Ridge and Montclair,
New Jersey. He teaches adults and children at every level. Some of his students are just beginning while others are performing
very advanced repertoire.
Mark believes that starting too soon can be difficult
for young children and can also cause them to lose interest. Mr. Paulson recommends that children have a desire to study music
and are able to easily read words before they begin lessons. It is in the best interest of most students to wait until they
are at least seven or eight years old before they begin to take private piano lessons. If they start too early, they will
usually quit and never study the piano again.
Each student that studies with Mr. Paulson
is taught differently according to their own interests and needs. Students have a desire to study with Mark for many years
because of the way that he teaches. His approach has made him a very popular teacher.
It has been Mr. Paulson's desire to do whatever he can do to help students and teachers
develop their piano performance and teaching skills. If he can help you, please contact him.
