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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Flute lessons in Hempstead . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!
Instruments: Piano Saxophone Flute Clarinet
My teaching style revolves around the students’ needs and desires in the music. I like to have a balance of exercises that are centered around developing technical facility and developing the ears of the students. Each student is assessed on what they wish to learn and their own capabilities. I like to give a push into a direction that challenges my students but still allows for them to benefit from and enjoy the music. Read More
Instruments: Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Euphonium Tuba
For beginning students, I like to start them on the Hal Leonard Essential Elements. I believe it moves at the proper pacing for young children. For intermediate students, Accent on Achievement works well because I find the music is more challenging. Also I require older students to know scales, primarily Bb, Eb, and F major being that they are the easiest to learn. It is from there that I gradually add a new scale (one every few weeks) until ultimately all 12 major scales are learned. Read More
Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet
In my teaching approach, I cater to both beginners and advanced students, recognizing that each stage of musical development has its unique needs. For beginners, I focus on building a strong foundation in technique. We delve into the fundamentals of the instrument, ensuring a solid grasp of essential skills. But it's not all about drills and exercises; I introduce these concepts in a manner, making learning enjoyable and accessible. For advanced students, our journey takes on a different flavor. Read More
Instruments: Flute
With each lesson, as my students improve and become more passionate about their music, I feel a sense of gratitude and reward them always for their accomplishments. So, with each lesson, I set small, steady goals for my student, depending on their level and so forth. Positively acknowledging their successes encourages them to keep moving forward, and makes them more passionate and more well rounded musicians. Note: I love to use metaphores and compare musical notes and ideas to every day situations, such as food, etc. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Flute Drums Synthesizer Ukulele Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Conga Latin Percussion Keyboard Electric Guitar Djembe Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I am a music teacher who loves to work with students. I love to share my experiences and I like to make the music lessons fun and exciting. I take music very seriously and I expect students to do the same. I love to see the progress in my students and that's what keeps me going! I like to explore all types of genres, from Gregorian chant to Popular music. Read More
Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet Music
In my lessons I use my own materials that I have composed and compiled in the course of 32 years, as well as books that I found in Europe and later in the United States. There are some American educational series that I also like to use. Sometimes my students as me to work on their school band music, in this case we are using the band method books. I am always happy to work with very beginners to very advanced and professional. Read More
Instruments: Flute
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
There are some decent books from long ago I would use, including a Maquarre Daily Exercises for Flute. Kohler etudes are also good for learning technical clhalleges on the flute.
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
Actually playing now, after many years not. Recently I sat in with two NY level exemplary musicians and a 16 year old on drums. At 76 I held my own, the pianist said I drove the group on the second tune we did, I'll Remember April. It is all about now for me, and playing better on a personal level. The video attached gives an indication of my present abilities.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
It was not my choice, and in my opinion, not they way to choose. My dad came home one day with a flute and clarinet. He chose for my brother and me. In high school for a time I played saxophone, and was going to continue later in life but unfortunatley had an injury which impeded my playing ability for many years. Over time I also play, more like use, the piano for compositon and jazz theory and harmony.
Have any of your students won awards or been selected for special honors? How have they succeeded?
Years ago I taught a students who was accepted and played with the All Shore Intermediate Band. As principal my students have won awards in different areas not limited to Monmouth County Volunteers and Teacher Volunteer of the year.
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
Playing well is a holistic approach. This includes tone matching in the three registers keeping a resonant tone in the highest register. For all, including myself, who seek to improve and excel learning to playing passages and parts slowly in time is highly important. This is another way to say that patience with progress matters.
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
I have in my older age shied away from the idea of practice, replacing it more with play. A "normal" playing session would be prescribed in notes to the student, yet the student could choose the order - warm ups, technical exercises, scales, and pieces.
If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
I do not have a degree but have taken college level classes in Keyboard Harmony and Jazz Improvisation. My lessons with Frances Blaisdell were of the highest level of expertise.
What is your dream piece to perform and why?
As an improvisational piece, I am learning Charlie Parker's solo on Koko, which is a rewriting of the tune Cherokee.
I am working on tunes I have played - Syrinx by Debussy and Fantasie by Faure.
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
I listen to and play jazz and classical music. I learn now from listening to exemplary performances on youtube. Favorite classical composers include Ravel, Debussy, Faure, Bartok, Brahms, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Dvorak, Sondheim, and Bernstein to name a few.
For jazz I listen and continue to learn the jazz standards not limited to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Charlie Parker, Budd Powell, Thelonious Monk, Tadd Dameron, Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, and others too numerous to include here.
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I played for a while saxophone when in college and learned to play the piano when taking a keyboard harmony class with Kenny Barron at Rutgers, Livingston in the mid 70s.
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
Yes. My father was a drummer who played in the Catskills during the Depression, and could play several piano pieces he learned on his own, not limited to Claire de Lune.
His father was a cellist who played with Arthur Fiedler in a string quartet in his youth.
My grandfather's father was the concert master with the Imperial Orchestra of Kiiv.
This family history is documented by photographs and text.
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I am not a professional musician, although I have played in professional level contexts.
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