Music Lessons in Rural Ridge , PA

Instruments: Piano Clarinet

...I typically start with practicing scales. This helps for me to become focused and to work on some fundamentals at the start of my practicing. Then I move on to a few tone and articulation exercises. ... Read More

Instruments: Piano Violin Cello Viola Double Bass

...As a teacher, I have had the privilege to teach beginner to advanced level students on the piano. Although I enjoy teaching piano, I also study and teach string instruments. ... Read More

Instruments: Violin Viola

...I began to teach privately as a teenager and have continued to do so both as a private instructor and as a faculty member of several music schools.... Read More

Instruments: Guitar Trumpet

...Also by encouraging the student's tastes rather than attempting to drill the tastes of my own into them, it can become a very awarding process! By determining where they want to go in their musical journey and what steps they are willing to take to get there, I can implement a style of teaching that not only pushes themselves as musicians and students, but opens doors for them in the music world.... Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice Music

...My performances and recordings have a particular focus on early seventeenth-century English and Italian vocal repertoire, which gives me the unique opportunity to allow historical research to inform my performances of the repertoire.... Read More

Instruments: Guitar Ukulele Music Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

...Many of my former students have been or are currently professors of guitar at colleges and universities (WVU, West Virginia Wesleyan, Kenyan, Fairmont State, McHenry, Bethany, Frostburg), have been admitted to prestigous musical conservatories or universities, placed as finalists in statewide musical competitions, or have established themselves as performers or teachers in the field.... Read More