Guitar Lessons in North End , MA

Instruments: Guitar Voice Violin Viola Bass Guitar

I began studying viola when I was 7 and learned through the Suzuki Method.  By the time I was in high school I was a teacher assistant at the Farmington Summer Suzuki String Academy where I taught private and group lessons for young students.  During that time I also was learning guitar and giving lessons to children in my neighborhood. While I was at the University of Connecticut working on my Bachelor of Arts in Music and studying viola, I taught at the UConn Community School of the Arts.  There I coached small chamber groups of middle and high school students and lead rehearsals of larger chamber ensembles.  I also began participating in choir and learning vocal technique and choral conducting.  I studied orchestral conducting as well and am now the assistant director of the Northeast CT Community Orchestra.  Through this orchestra I was able to meet many new musicians and also began giving lessons to older and wiser members of the orchestra.  When it comes to music, I love that I can work with people of all ages and that people's love for music can grow with them for a lifetime.  

Instruments: Guitar

I'm a dedicated teacher with a passion for sharing my love, knowledge, and experience for music with others. As a performer, I have performed throughout the United States in reknown concert halls including the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in NYC, and the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford, CT. I am deeply dedicated to the collaborative nature of chamber music, and I most notabley perform in a flute and guitar duo, Duo Alterity. I love having the opportunity to share my education and experiences with other musicians that share my passion. 

Instruments: Guitar

I like the Hal Leonard Guitar Method series, for guitar.  I also use scales, picks, fingerstyle methods, and backing tracks to help get the students up to speed on a song or a riff they'd like to learn.  It's important to understand the background of music, so I tend to also teach students the structure of a 12-bar blues progression and relate it to songs of yesterday and today.  This enables students to get a well-rounded introduction to understanding timing, tempo, basic theory/progressions, improvisational ideas, and more!  I also like to use a metronome for scales and some songs, to help build a solid foundation of timing and tempo.

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Bass Guitar Euphonium Tuba

As a guitar teacher, I like to start with gatting the student accustomed with each string, including how to tune and different notes on each string. Next, I start teaching chords by starting with E minor and then moving as little as possible with the fingers so the student can understand the relation between certain chords. For voice, I start with posture and breath support and work on vocal techniques before we even start with singing songs. Finally, with piano, I use Alfred's Group Piano for Adults books 1 and 2. Of course, those are only guidelinesand I'm always feline to teach a different way if it is not working for the student or if they're looking for something more specific.