Clarinet Lessons in Maclean, VA

Instruments: Guitar Saxophone Flute Clarinet Acoustic Guitar

...I have rigorous practice routines for all ability and commitment levels. I always encourage my students to find opportunities to play and to be patrons of their local live music scene as they both provide priceless developmental experiences. ... Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Trumpet Saxophone Flute Clarinet Bass Guitar Keyboard Electric Guitar

...My teaching style is very analytical yet engaging! I try to establish a good relationship before pushing a student. At that point I will ask the student to play to the best of his/her ability. ... Read More

Instruments: Trumpet Saxophone Clarinet Recorder

...The only best advice that I could provide about efficiently practicing is the same one that a former clarinet teacher mentioned to me over the years which states, "Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong." I believe that this quote could be quite hard to interpret but if you can play a musical phrase (measures) that is written on a sheet of music simultaneously for at least ten times without mistakes.You would accomplish more than by playing the whole piece over and over without understanding the dynamics, emotions, and the fingerings that it requires to make it sound like what the composer had intended.... Read More

Instruments: Piano Clarinet

...For all students I strongly encourage an appropriate level to begin with. I am very familiar and prefer to teach with the James Bastien series. This series come with the appropriate assigned age level.... Read More

Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet

...Often times beginning students develop bad habits in large group settings, or when trying to learn an instrument on their own. One-on-one attention with a private teacher will help a student develop a more solid technique, and this can produce immediate results.... Read More