Trumpet Lessons Saunders County, NE

Instruments: Trumpet

I have two overarching goals in my teaching: first, to help students improve their musical literacy and knowledge, and second, to cultivate the joy and pride that comes from making music. Music--playing it, teaching it, learning about it--is my great passion in life, and it is incredibly important to me to be able to pass on a love and respect for the arts to other people. Our increasingly digital world has many great benefits, but one downside is that we sometimes lose our sense of creativity and artistry. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, French Horn, Tuba, Music

For beginning students on brass instruments, we will send time getting the student to be comfortable holding and playing the instrument with a good, air driven sound. Once the student is able to reliably play their first notes in a rhythmic fashion, we can begin working on introducing music notation into the equation. Books I suggest will generally be books more specialized for each individual instrument, rather than method books used in band classrooms. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Trumpet

The most successful students are the ones who are motivated to learn and improve. Therefore, I work with my students to foster a passion for music performance. Because playing music encompasses many distinct disciplines, I do not simply focus on technical development. I provide my students many avenues to improve their music performance abilities by teaching them about both the science and the art of playing an instrument. To help foster a passion for music I help students establish realistic goals and benchmarks to measure their progress and experience tangible improvement. Read More