Piano Lessons Will County, IL

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Accordion, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

What makes my teaching different is that I shape my method around the music you love. Not only will you learn how to read sheet music, but you will discover how to play by ear. We will also study creativity: improvisation and songwriting are essential skills for a musician of any level---even if you can't imagine yourself being a songwriter! I have developed a 5-step Songwriting method that teaches you to find your voice as a creator and turn it into music. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My teaching style involves a more personal level. For example, finding out what the student enjoys listening to, what their motivations as well as what their priorities are. The student will, for the most part, control the direction of their skill. I will show, by example, how amazingly useful music theory is as well as how to understand a piece of music just by listening to it. By understanding aural skills, the will be able to identify components of each song or sequence of notes just by hearing it. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Drums, Keyboard

For my intermediate students, I will teach them all 12 major keys and the circle of fourths and fifths and how they interplay with song writing and chord progressions. I will then teach them the chords of the scales and turn the chords into progressions and into songs. For my advanced students who know all of their scales and chords, I will tailor the lesson around what they seek to learn and improve on. Read More

Instruments: Piano

I want all of my students to develop a love for the piano. When I first started taking lessons as a child, I actually hated it. Every time I would make a mistake, my teacher had me stop, and start the whole piece over. Now that I am a teacher myself, I see how impractical that was. When you are performing for an audience, and you make a mistake, you can't just stop and start over again. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Organ

Organ concerts at the Washington National Cathedral, Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University, Alexander Arts Center, Concord University, churches throughout West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois. Private teaching in piano with Ascendo Piano, Fort Wayne, Indiana from 2003-2006 and Fun with Piano, Western Springs, IL starting in 2011 and Musika Piano also beginning in 2011. For the last five years, I was an instructor in piano at Naperville Music teaching classical, jazz, popular, ragtime, christian, and contemporary. Read More