Music Lessons in Calabasas, CA

Instruments: Piano Keyboard

For beginning students who are children, I typically start with Music for Little Mozart, Alfred Premier Piano Course, or Faber Piano Adventures. Once the student has progressed to have grasp of the fundamentals, I will begin to introduce solo repertoire appropriate for them. For adults, I try to find out what they are interested in, and guide my instruction accordingly to keep the lessons engaging and fun. I especially encourage my students to practice four to five hours per day, because it helps the students to develop techniques and strength for fingers. Read More

Instruments: Trombone Bass Guitar Euphonium

My lessons are taylored to each student individually to address their needs and desired results, and depending on their ability. I like to focus on technique and then work on the specific needs of each student to achieve their goals. I like to find out what my students want to play, then figure out how to get them to be able to. Read More

Instruments: Drums

I have been playing drums CONSISTENTLY for over 25 years, almost every day. I went to college for jazz performance at ASU for a long time but never graduated. My first professional, performance job was at age 17 and I have never looked back now at 36 years old. Working with many legendary musicians has been a highlight for me. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Ukulele Music Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

Each lesson is personalized to the students needs. Their level,age and abilities, type of style that they are interested in learning, as well as how much practicing that they can commit to a week. I also like to incorporate music technology into teaching guitar. By using drum loops for instance and getting students to play chords and rhythm patterns along with loops, makes things more fun and dynamic! If a student wants to learn how to read, we will usually start with a simple method book as well as incorporating TAB into the lesson. Read More

Instruments: Clarinet

My main focus in my teaching, regardless of the level of the student, hones in on strengthening the fundamentals of playing clarinet (air, mouth position, posture, finger position, etc). When the student has a strong set of fundamentals, there's no limit to what they can do or play. If the student is more in the beginning stages of learning clarinet, I will mostly focus on these for the first two or three lessons before we advance on to playing music. Read More

Instruments: Piano Keyboard

I have found the Progressive book series to be very effective particularly with beginners. The pages are bright and colorful with easy to understand arrangements. In addition I introduce warm up and technique tools from the get go so the student appreciates the value of practice preparation. As the student progresses the warm up tools progresses also. Typically six months to a year in training I begin to offer the student the opportunity to work on music they are interested in. Read More

Instruments: Bass Guitar Ukulele Latin Percussion Music

As I said before, I am a graduate of CALSTATELA and I have been giving my musical knowledge to all types of students, whether of all ages. I like that my students know about musical and rhythmic concepts, that is very important. I hope you can have some classes with me so that you have a nice and new experience. I have participated in several national and international concerts and tours. Read More