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Featured Piano Teachers Near Carrollton, TX

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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in Carrollton . 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!

LaTorri R

Instruments: Piano Drums

For beginning students I typically start with fundamentals and basic sticking or chording. For experienced students I begin with what they know and look for areas of strength. Read More

Brooke B

Instruments: Piano

My teaching experience dates back to when I was in middle school, and I taught my neighbor's kids. Since then, I have had several piano students. I have also worked for a school district as a Substitute Teacher where I had the opportunity to teach a variety of subjects and work with a multitude of students. I would like to expand on my private teaching experience, as teaching and playing piano have always come naturally to me. Read More

Fan W

Instruments: Piano Music Keyboard

I started to give private piano, music theory, harmony, music history lessons since I was in college. I've been teaching in both my home studio and my students' places. I've spent a lot time on taking piano lessons myself and practicing piano. I know how to make piano lessons more enjoyable and fun. I have strong song writing and composing skills so I write songs for my students to play here and there. Read More

Brett I

Instruments: Piano

For beginning students who are children, I typically start with a method book in order to introduce finger numbers and good technique. We build more and more skills as time progresses. Depending on the student, we may depart from the method book and learn more substantial songs; I'm very good with adapting to the skill levels and strengths of each student. With older students, since they generally have a better feel for what songs/composers they like, I will give them more freedom to choose their own songs and work with them from there. Read More

Jessy (Ya-Chen) L

Instruments: Piano Cello Music Keyboard

As a teacher, it is always rewarding to see students not only improved and made progress but also to see them being focused and enjoy playing music. It's helpful if a teacher can create an inspiring environment that encourages students to try different things and to look for more possibilities of playing music. Students feel more motivated when they can find something interesting in music and they feel more accomplished when they are able to play the music they love. Read More

Sherri K

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Violin Ukulele Recorder Music Keyboard

My teaching style is more hands on approach, I have a lot of opportunities for my students to perform. I believe that actually playing the instrument will make them better players and performers. Even when a student sign up for private lessons, I have opportunities for them to perform in groups. I think that students learn better when they have the chance to perform in a group. I also hold master classes for the students to learn from. Read More

Rachel L

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice

As a teacher my goal is not to simply teach a student how to play or sing a certain song. My goal is to teach my students how to use the discipline of music to help them to develop their character. To that end I emphasize learning music fundamentals well and being able to put them into practice playing or singing in public at every opportunity. I also believe that playing with other musicians helps students to solidify their skills so I encourage them to play in an ensemble at every opportunity. Read More

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Mark S

Instruments: Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Recorder Euphonium French Horn Tuba

What does a normal practice session look like for you?
It starts with a small warmup. Just enough to recoordinate my embouchure, and set my mind in a musical direction. It has a set of goals I want to accomplish on specific pieces, or musical tasks. It has lots of breaks if it is longer than 30 minutes. Breaks are important for your face, as well as your mind. No matter what I am working on, when I start something new I begin by sightreading it. No stops, even if you have to hold the note and stare at the music to figure out what to do next. Do. Not. Stop. Then isolate hards spots, set goals, and start dissecting the music, first two notes at a time, then 4, then a whole measure, then a phrase and so on. Slowly practice each of these stages, get more succesful attempts than unsuccessful, then move on.

Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
For my beginners I use the Rubank method. The method covers all the bases of the instrument, and does so with a mixture of resources to cater different learning styles, and give the student a comprehensive resource. For all developed brass players, I recommend the Arban Conservatory method. There is a version for every instrument, and Mr. Arban knew what he was doing when he put this book together. Every musical technique fundamental to brass playing is included in that book. It’s almost the last book a brass player would ever need.

What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
Tone. It’s the most important part of our sound, and it’s the most widely misunderstood concept of brass playing. So many people have varying opinions on developing it. I approach it like this: be a singer in your head. Hear the music exactly how it sounds, your part included, and sing that message through your instrument. Tone has a lot to do with breath support, and most people will go their whole playing career not using enough air. The lungs get used constantly in our day to day lives, yes, but the need to be exercised. You don’t see someone who doesn’t work out squatting busses, now do you?

What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
My master’s recital was the highest level of musicianship I ever achieved. It was also the most fun! I also had a lot of fun playing both my senior recital and my junior recital at Miami. I was learning lots of new fun music for the euphonium! In 2012 Miami took the entire music department to Carnegie Hall! Fortunately that semester I was principal euphonium of the wind ensemble, and principal euphonium of the orchestra! I got to play lots of good band music, and in the orchestra I played The Planets, by Gustav Holst.

Why did you choose your primary instrument?
Long story short I didn’t, it chose me. The early part of my musical experience was on Saxophone. When I was a freshman in high school, I was helping my father work on a truck when there was an accident, and it left my right thumb in bad shape. I still have my thumb now, but at the time it meant I couldn’t hold up my saxophone anymore and the winter concert was a month away! On one of the pieces we were playing, the lead trumpet player was playing the Euphonium solo, but he didn’t like playing Euphonium. So my band director, a euphonium player herself, taught me to play the instrument, just in time to play the solo on the concert.

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