Music Lessons in Palmyra, PA

Instruments: Piano Guitar Saxophone Bass Guitar Synthesizer Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

Hello! I'm Charley, a professional musician, songwriter and educator currently based in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I studied electric bass at Berklee College of Music and have spent the last 15 years touring the world with various groups and working as a studio musician. I am a bassist by trade, but am fluent with guitars, piano, saxophones, auxiliary percussion and a wide range of analogue and digital synthesizers. I have collaborated with musicians who play for a wide range of artists, including Alabama Shakes, Derek Trucks, Clairo, Cage The Elephant, and many more. Read More

Instruments: Drums Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion

My teaching experience encompasses many areas of percussion. I've been teaching private drum lessons throughout my time in college, and also served as Percussion camp counselor at Mansfield. The percussion camp at Mansfield insists vast exposure to all areas of percussion, including drum set, mallet percussion, marching percussion, steel pans, and orchestral percussion, so a wide-spread knowledge of the instruments is essential in being a counselor for the camp. Further, I've also instructed marching bands and drum lines at the high school and college level. Read More

Instruments: Violin Cello Viola Ukulele

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to announce that I'm going to be teaching private or group Violin, Viola, Cello, and Ukulele lessons! I understand how important it is to recognize every child's individual needs and learning styles. I try to learn each child's learning style very quickly so I can teach them in a way that makes the most sense to them utilizing lost of "games" and fun activities in my lessons. Read More

Instruments: Voice Drums

I am a passionate musicians who lives for sharing my music, both on stage and in the classroom. I graduated from Cornell University in 2016 with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and during my time at Cornell I was a performing member of the taiko ensemble, Yamatai. As a member of Yamatai, I also served as Training Officer, which gave me the responsibility of teaching all new recruits our material. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Keyboard

Im big on using a metronome for all students and for them having a binder to keep all their papers. I find that if students can get down a sense of rhythm everything than falls into place which is where the meternome comes in. For instance learning a song well get down first the groove or the flow and rhythm of the song and than we work on cleaning up mistakes to make the song more accurate. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Recorder Piccolo Mallet Percussion Oboe Conga Keyboard Djembe

I have certain methods that are useful from beginners to advanced students. I always meet a student where they are at and then guide them to gain the skills that they require for the goals they want to achieve. I don't subscribe to the notion that one MUST read music to play music - that is not how most of the world works, but I am a large advocate of being literate. Read More

Instruments: Piano Keyboard

I have been teaching private piano lessons for about 25 years. Over those years, I have also served as a lower and middle school music teacher. In one position, I created and implemented a piano lab for group piano instruction for grades 4-8. My students have ranged from beginners to advanced, and I have taught children from age 5 through adults in their 80's. Throughout my classroom teaching years, I have always maintained a private studio. Read More