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Featured Music Teachers Near Washington, DC

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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Music lessons in Washington . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!

Marvin A

Instruments: Guitar

I help students make the guitar a part of their life, teaching them to play with individuality and creativity. Taught privately in the Washington DC area for 3 years before moving to NYC to earn my Bachelors of Fine Arts in Music majoring in Jazz Guitar. I am young but very knowledgeable and I have a knack for teaching. I gigged regularly in the DC and NYC areas and have been doing a lot of shows,festivals, private parties, receptions, weddings, and business events. i have made recordings in studios and I am very musically active. Read More

Biraj B

Instruments: Voice Music

My teaching experience encompasses students of all ages. I began teaching in the UK where I taught voice lessons St. Georges School, Windsor Castle, for 4 years to boys and girls aged 4-13. I also taught solo and group lessons at a local High School. I currently teach private voice lessons and substitute at a DC area voice studio. Over the years I have taught multiple genres of music, including pop, folk and musical theatre, though predominantly my experience lies within the realms of classical, opera and choral music. Read More

Alec A

Instruments: Piano Trumpet Keyboard

The most important and rewarding thing for me to see is a student's passion for music encouraged. While trumpet technique and routine will be heavily emphasized for all students, it is important to realize what the student is most interested and excited about learning about. I have been fortunate enough to have great teachers throughout my life who saw my passion in particular areas of music and encouraged it. I would most likely not be a musician if that was not the case, and so I look to push my students towards their passions. Read More

Asher M

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

Hi! I'm Asher. I'm a lifelong musician. It's who I am; playing guitar is a language to me, and one in which I often feel more fluent than my native tongue. I've been teaching private and group lessons for over ten years. I've been fortunate enough to perform, both solo and with bands, all over the world. I've led groups of talented musicians to perform original music from Jerusalem to Tokyo, toured the United States multiple times, and have recorded and produced over 1,000 songs in my lifetime. Read More

Blythe B

Instruments: Piano Flute Recorder

Methods are tailored around the individual needs and goals of the student. Fundamentals in music theory are balanced with repertoire and lessons focus on developing practice skills that the student can use outside the lesson. The Suzuki method is ideal for beginning flute students, particularly young students. This approach allows students to become comfortable holding the instrument, producing a solid tone, and training the ear, before introducing notation. For beginning pianists, the Bastien series works well in terms of breaking down repertoire into manageable pieces and marking students' progress in early study. Read More

Jennifer F

Instruments: Piano

I began teaching piano in high school, and my passion for teaching only grow further through my college career. With six years of teaching experience, I have had the pleasure of instructing students of all ages, from excited and energized four year old children, to wonderful adults in retirement looking to discover the joy of playing piano. I have experience teaching a mixture of musical genres, from classical, to jazz, to modern music such as pop. Read More

Elizabeth C

Instruments: Voice

I help them find recitals and places that I can teach them songs to learn and the students have a chance to perform live places with me for holiday musicals and some of my concerts places locally as well. I believe everyone is equal and I treat everyone so. No one gets any special treatment I help all my students teach their full voice. I teach about audition prep and assist with little tricks to help with gaining confidence performing live on stage. Read More

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Dan D

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

If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I first learned how to play the guitar but, as often happens, there were 2 other guitar players wo were better than I was at the time, so I "became" the bass player. Over the years, I got better at bass and so that became my primary instrument. But I nver lost interest in guitar and still do most of my practicing on that. I learned the ukulele a few years ago because my daughter liked it and wanted to learn. I became enamored of the uke when I discovered its potential as an orchestral instrument.

If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
I don't have a music degree but I can help students in all of these areas.

When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
It was gradual. I never stopped playing and wanting to play better. So, eventually, I got good enough to make some money at it and, then, to take on teaching as another way to apply what I knew.

Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
No one else in my family is a musician. My mother loved music and have played piano at one time. She encouraged me to take piano lessons when I was too young to make that sort of commitment, although I would sometimes try to play it and "compose" my own pieces just because I liked the sound of the piano and sort of dreamed of being a musician. Eventually this led me to want to play the trumpet, which got me started really learning music. I was influenced more by friends and the desire to play in a band.

What is your dream piece to perform and why?
I worked out an arrangement of "Black Orpheus" in classical guitar, which I love to play and dream about making it better and better, On bass, I've played for years and tried to master "Lopsey Lu" by Stanley Clarke.

If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
If I were not a musician, I would be a philospher and philosophy/humanities professor, as I am anyway. Without the musician part of my life, I would probably have pursued some other artistic avenue like poetry or literature. Of course, like many musicians, I have had other careers going on, too. I worked in business world for many years doing sales and hman resources.

What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
Most of my performing experience has been as a bass player and singer in rock and country bands. So I guess these are my favorite styles to play. However, I like playing jazz, blues, folk and classical styles on guitar, too.

Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
As I said above, I use the Berklee series for guitar because it not only offers a credible and practical method of learning both the guitar and music, generally, the duets and multi-part arrangements sound really good once the student has mastered them. They are designed so the student learns all of the parts, giving then experience playing the lead (melody) part as well as chord accompaniment, counter-melodies and bass parts. For teaching beginning bass I use one of the Hal Leonard methods best suited to the student interests and level. For more advanced students I have used methods by Chuck Rainey, Carol Kaye or Ray Brown. These are well-accepted methods, developed by very famous bass players. I also use "Scott's Bass Lessons", a whole website and Academy developed by Scott Devine.

What does a normal practice session look like for you?
I practice almost every day. Because of my changing schedule I don't always have a specific block of time set aside. Playing is almost like therapy for me, so I often will pick it up because I heard something or feel something that makes me want to express myself musically. Once started, I have a set of exercises or maybe just improvisations that I work through. One thing leads to another and I'll spend an hour or more practicing a song or embellishing it until I'm satisfied. Other times I will work on a specific piece that I am learning for a band or to support a student.

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