Clarinet Lessons in Wellington, FL

Instruments: Piano Clarinet

I use a very easy to read and understand series of books for my beginners: Bastien Piano Basics Piano, Performance, Technic, and Theory Books. Once students matriculate through these books (series 1 and 2), I switch to John Thompson's books. Read More

Instruments: Voice Clarinet Recorder

The number 1 key to a great lesson is to ensure the student is comfortable within the lesson and that they are having fun. For Vocal lessons in young beginner students, I typically walk through a few fun silly warm-ups, and breath exercises to get their voice moving free, then allow the student to sing "happy birthday" or another short song to determine pitch range. I follow-up with the "movable Do" concept ("fixed Do" for more advanced), to recognizable songs to teach pitch recognition, diction, and vowel sound in preparation for solo repertiore. Read More

Instruments: Flute Clarinet Recorder Music

As a member of the United States Army band, “Pershings Own” , in Washington DC, I performed many times every day for state occasions, parades and even a performance at Carnegie Hall. Boston provided many opportunities for performance including , The Lowell house opera orchestra… Harvard University , Mercury Orchestra, Newton symphony… Lincoln Center, Harvard university band… The Hatch Shell. Musicians are amazing people, I would love for my students to have many opportunities to meet and Collaborate with great musicians. Read More