Music Lessons in Sweetwater, FL

Instruments: Guitar Drums Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

Welcome New Students! My name is Ivan and I love music. I believe I was meant to serve others through music. I was fortunate to graduate with honors from Berklee College of Music. I've performed in multiple stages in North America with both established and indie artists. My all time instrument has been the drumset but in the last 5 or so years have worked on learning and mastering guitar. I've recorded both at commercial recording studios as well as at my own home recording studio. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Bass Guitar

As almost any instructor will tell you, the methods I use depend largely on the student and their abilities. Younger students usually benefit from learning to read music and a beginning method book is usually helpful. I strongly believe that ear training is the key to musicianship so I use the material we cover in lessons to help students develop good aural perception. I know that understanding music theory is crucial for communicating with other musicians. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone

I set goals for each lesson and help the student in any way I can to help them achieve their goals. I personally invest myself in the development of my students. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Keyboard Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My style is open minded. I first try to know the students' goals and prepare a course of action accordingly. Then I try to know how much the students already knows and how much talent they have. That allows me to determine how fast I may go with them or how much I must drill and develop a particular skill before going on. Sometimes if I assess the student is jammed or stressed I deem it necessary to digress a bit into music history , philosophy and other fields related to music that work as a refreshing background and point of rebound to the skill part of the lesson while increase the scholarly knowledge of the student. Read More

Instruments: Voice Cello Acoustic Guitar

I believe that every human being is unique, and that uniqueness affects the way one learns. This is why I do not have a method that I use for each of my students. After I get to know my student, I am able to find out which method fits his/her needs in a more complete way. However, here is a short list of the books that I use for most of my students. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice

I was born in Belgrade, Serbia, where I began piano studies at the age of 7.  After completion of elementary music school, I enrolled Music High School majoring in piano performance, music theory and voice. During this period I made my first important public performances as a piano soloist. I received a Scholarship of Republic Serbia towards my studies in Piano Performance and Music Pedagogy at the Belgrade Music Academy. I studied with Dr. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice Violin

I am a private instructor, as well as sectional coach.  I received my Bachelors degree in violin performance from the University of Miami in May of 2015, and Earned my Masters in violin performance from Florida International University in May of 2019. I am a dedicated instructor, and I work hard to ensure that my students learn proper techinques and musical concepts.  I am able to teach privately, as well as group lessons, if preferred. Read More