Violin Lessons Bastrop County, TX

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Violin, Viola, Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Drums, Bass Guitar, Recorder, Euphonium, French Horn, Tuba, Piccolo, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Oboe, Bassoon

After over7+ years of teaching and over 20+ years of musical expereince, I have combined the use of numerous books into my own method. Much of what I have learned also comes from personal expereince. I use audio tracks I record in my studio to give students the experience of playing with other musicians. They practice with their instrument in the track, and I also give them a track without their instrument so they get the feel of being the drummer, or the keyboard player, or the guitarist. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Guitar

FOR BEGINNING BAND STUDENTS I START OFF USING EITHER ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OR STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE. WITH STRING STUDENTS I USE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR STRINGS.FOR JAZZ STUDENTS I USE THE JAMEY ABERSOLD JAZZ METHODS AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR JAZZ COMBO. WHEN IT COMES TO JAZZ THESE ARE THE BEST METHOD BOOKS FOR SOMEONE THAT WANT'S TO LEAR HOW TO PLAY JAZZ/BLUES. MY PHILOSOPHY OF LEARNING MUSIC IS THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN HOW TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT IF THEY APPLY THEMSELVES TO THE METHOD THAT IS BEING TAUGHT. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Violin, Ukulele, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Music

Lessons for young students (typically those twelve and under), an hour lesson consists of ten minutes of warm-up material (scales and rhythm concepts), fifteen minutes of content review (songs and concepts previously learned), fifteen minutes of introducing material or practice critique, and ten minutes of in-class practice. The last fifteen minutes of class is for theory building and notation comprehension (in vernacular, music-reading), and the last few minutes is for lesson review, where we discuss what we learned in the lesson and what the expectations are for the following week. Read More

Instruments: Violin, Cello, Viola

For beginners  I like to start with the Suzuki Method. But I'm also familiar with other couple methods such as Essential Elements and Essential Techniques for strings book 1-3. In addition to follow a method book, I like to supplement some small pieces from other books as well as incorporate some of the pieces that the student want to learn. Once the student is in the intermediate to advanced level of playing, I like to use the String Basics Book, Carl Flesh Scale Book, Kayser's ,Schradieck, Dont,  Kreutzer's 42 Studies, among others a long with some solo repertoire. Read More

Instruments: Violin

I like to tailor my teaching methods to each individual student. I know from taking lessons myself that no two violinist are alike, and it would be silly to teach as if they were. For my younger students, I really like to focus on the fundamentals of violin technique so that they can have a firm foundation on which they can improve. I also try to include music theory and music history into my lessons so that a student leaves each lesson not only as a better violinist, but as a better overall musician. Read More