Music Lessons in Lexington Fayette, KY

Instruments: Piano Guitar Drums Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Conga Music

My method of teaching is very detailed instruction. There are many books that tend to start with the assumption that you know something about music or that music is easy to just "pick up." I like to start from the students' most basic skill level and fill in all the gaps as they progress. This means that starting out might be a bit slow, but the learning curve for future lessons is shortened and students eventually end up further ahead than if they skipped around. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone

I have a Masters and Bachelor degree, both in music education, and I have been playing saxophone for 16 years. I have substitute taught in Madison County, KY and recently completed my enlistment in the United States Marine Corps. I served as a music in Camp Pendleton, CA. I look forward to helping students perform in music and learning how to reach goals they want to obtain. Read More

Instruments: Bass Guitar

I have played professionally since I was 17. I have played for corporate shows, private parties, clubs and even doctoral level college ensembles. I have experience in bass, performance, and recording platforms and studio work. I have given lessons to members of Big Brothers and Big Sisters. I have given lessons to local charitable organizations. I have been a mentor to several local disadvantaged youths. Music provides focus, music provides purpose, music can make connections. Read More

Instruments: Voice

My teaching experience dates back to my college days, as I began teaching private lessons part time 4+ years ago, I had been teaching them out of my home. Encouraging regular practice is a key point I impress upon my students, with that being said, if a student isn't having fun in their lessons, I am not doing my job, Singing shouldn't be a chore! I especially love working with those who are proacticing for auditions of any type, professional, high school, choir, solo, theatre, or allstate. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice

My approach is twofold: addressing the mind and addressing the body. I always have beginners learn how to stretch and release tension before they even sing, just like any athlete would. I have them develop a pre-singing routine including these stretches so they can both prepare themselves physically and mentally for every lesson and practice session. Then, I teach them basic warmups which help them build an awareness of their breath and where their body is in space. Read More

Instruments: Trumpet

The role of an instructor is to facilitate the curriculum from the perspective of making the student understand their place in the continuum of the course material being taught. For example, I taught music history with a firm understanding of timeline, events and major human figures involved. However, I focused on making the student deeply familiar with the given time-periods by discussing in depth the human activities involving societal norms, cultural sensibilities and most certainly we analyzed the music; why it sounded the way it did and what were the cultural intentions, via expressivity of the performers and composers. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My journey in music started at the age of 5 when my mother mandated that my brothers and I learn piano. I didnt really begin a passion for it until the age of 12 when I first started guitar lessons in the Pittsburgh with an instructor who would become my most influential mentor in the area of music. He pushed me to follow interests in recording arts and my various pursuits in orchestra and making connections. Read More