Voice Lessons Shelby County, TN

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Violin, Fiddle

My teaching style is completely dependent on the needs and goals of the student. However, the structure of all my lessons are similar. Half of each lesson will be dedicated to technique and half of the lesson will be dedicated to a piece/tune that the student has chosen and wants to work on. I structure my lessons this way so that way the student has agency in their own learning and can learn the things they want to learn, while also building a strong technical foundation Read More

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

I have been playing guitar, bass, and piano for 11 years now. I have extensive experience performing jazz, blues, and rock guitar. I am also very experienced in mixing, mastering, and recording techniques. I have a degree in music (jazz) theory and audio engineering and I am very excited to share my talents and knowledge with perspective students! I specialize in the music of American blues, jazz, and rock and roll through the ages. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Saxophone, Synthesizer, Keyboard

For beginner students, we start off using the beginning books from "Piano Adventures" by Faber Faber, and published by Hal Leonard. They learn to read music, improvise, music theory, and play all style of music. A typical lesson for an elementary school student would be 10 min of playing assigned pieces that they've practiced for the week, 10 min of new songs for the next week, 5 min of music theory, and 5 min of some sort of musical game. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

During my time at Belmont University, I taught music part time, as the other hours during the day were spent on class material, creating music of my own, as well as further developing methods by which to teach. Towards the end of college I took a break from teaching to focus on my career as an artist/songwriter. However, during 2021 I decided to start teaching again, which has reignited my passion for teaching and desire to spread music to others! Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Organ, Synthesizer, Keyboard

Teaching Style: Lessons should be a. ENJOYABLE . b. WELL-PLANNED with allowances for creativity when those opportunities happen . c. EXCELLENCE - each week actually learning something new to add to your ability to perform. d. about REAL SKILLS that you can really use to play or sing effectively. I believe I also need to know what you want to do and try to shape my goals above with your goals. For young children, I use John W. Read More