Bass Lessons in Lake Linganore, MD

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

At fourteen, dismayed at my high school's total lack of musical education, I formed an extracurricular and creatively-titled Music Club. For an hour after school each week, and sometimes biweekly, we'd bring our instruments to an empty classroom and play. I'd float around offering one-on-one guidance, mostly covering fundamentals, sometimes providing more advanced direction to those who were ready. The peers I'd previously thought to be relatively atonal surprised me time and again by bringing in guitars, basses, hand drums, even the occasional trumpet. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My experience in teaching has been a very different ride than most. I was asked by Black Cat Music Shop if I would be interested in teaching and at first I was scared and didn't think I was ready. After having a hand full of students and seeing them progress faster than I thought they would I got excited for them. I then began more and more classes. I started teaching short 30min classes and 60min classes. Read More

Instruments: Trumpet Bass Guitar Double Bass

I am a composer, educator, double bassist, and electric bassist from Albany, New York, currently living in Baltimore, Maryland. I studied with Kevin Puts while earning Masters Degrees in Composition and in Music Theory Pedagogy at The Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. While at Peabody, I was a Graduate Teaching Fellow in Music Theory, taught middle school-age students composition lessons through the Junior Bach program, and substitute taught at the Peabody Preparatory. Read More

Instruments: Bass Guitar

I initially started teaching electric bass privately during my sophomore year at Goucher College. Since then, I have been teaching for three years. I taught at the Goucher Summer Arts Institute and have continued to participate as a seasonal camp counselor for their jazz camp. While I was studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark through Goucher College, I participated in a Danish music pedagogy program which thoroughly enhanced my love and knowledge of teaching music. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

The student and I focus on classical fingerstyle techniques as well as all aspects of each piece of classical guitar sheet music. This includes adhering to the pieces' given key and time signatures, dynamics, accents and ultimately executing the given piece of music with precision and distinct feeling. Notable compositions studied include those of Bach, Sor, Tarrega, Carcassi, Guliaini, Carulli as well as pieces composed and arranged for other instruments from Mozart, Pachabel, Tchaicovsky, and more "Some people think music education is a privilege, but I think it is essential to being human."-- Jewel "I think music in itself is healing. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Bass Guitar Banjo Mandolin

I have been teaching since 1982. I have taught privately in 3 different states. Currently I teach in Pennsylvania and Maryland. I have taught hundreds of students over the years. All students are invited to participate inour recital two times per year. Recital participation is not required. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Bass Guitar

CHERRY HILL EMS, Baltimore City, General Music 3-8 COPPIN ACADEMY H.S., Baltimore City, Band/Chorus 9-12 9/17-6/20 ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Baltimore CityInstrumental/Vocal music teacher K-8 9/04-6/16 FRANCIS SCOTT KEY ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL, Baltimore CityMusic Teacher 1-8 9/02-6/04 SINCLAIR LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Baltimore CityMusic Teacher 9/98-6/02 THURGOOD MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, Baltimore CityMusic Teacher 9/96-6/98 BETH TFILOH SUMMER CAMP, Pikesville, Maryland Music Teacher summer 1997/1998 THE CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON SCHOOL, Baltimore CityMusic Teacher K-8 9/95 to 6/96 HARLEM PARK SCHOOL, Baltimore CityMusic Teacher K-5, long-term substitute 1/95 to 6/95 Instructional Intern in 4th 5th grade self-contained classes 3/93 to 6/94 Read More