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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in Oyster Bay . 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!
Instruments: Piano Voice Drums Synthesizer Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Latin Percussion Music Keyboard
My favorite piano method book for children is the Bastien Piano Basics Series. Alternately, I sometimes use the Faber & Faber Piano Adventures. For very young children (3-6) "My First Piano Adventure," a Faber publication, is my book of choice. For adults, I usually use Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course, though sometimes I skip method books and play pieces picked by the student. When teaching drums/percussion, my method books of choice are Standard of Excellence and Winning Rhythms. Read More
Instruments: Piano Trumpet Saxophone Clarinet
I began teaching lessons when I was in college five years ago, and have continued teaching in New Jersey. I do not yet have a home studio, but am willing to go straight to the student as well as conduct online lessons. I taught elementary and middle school music in the Oakland Public School District, and taught elementary general music at Sporting Hill Elementary School. I continue to teach music as a part of the Indian Hills Marching Band staff. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice
My teaching style is flexible depending on your needs. If you need a more strict style (perhaps you are working on college audition), then I'll make sure you have the proper technique, repetoire, sight reading, and skills needed to succeed. If piano is more of a hobby than a career path, we can work with that as well! Everyone has a different style depending on their needs. Read More
Instruments: Piano
I believe playing an instrument "well" requires lots of understanding of details about the instrument and the music. A music score is an instruction on how and which note to play and it's the performer's creativity that embellishes the result(performance). I have been teaching my students piano lesson with music theory to learn how to read the score and understand all the details(rhythm, note, sound, articulations, form, etc.) so that they not only learn how to play the instrument but also learn about general knowledge of music that they can apply to any instrument or other styles of music. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Music Keyboard
My teaching experience dates back to my college days, and have been consistently teaching students in my home studio and conservatories/colleges more than 18 years. Encouraging regular practice is one of the key points I like to emphasize for younger students, as it tends to help the student progress and gain a passion for the instrument. I encourage my students to enter competitions and recitals, since I believe the performance motivates and help to grow any level of students. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Drums Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
Hello my name is Katrell, I have just finished my undergrad and grad schooling from the University of Bridgeport with a degree in General Music and Music Education. I am also a audio engineer and songwriter. I work on writing/recording/mixing songs for clients. I have helped co edit a new and upcoming Broadway musical podcast and the first 3 episodes come out on 3/15/2020. I have a passion for music and have been songwriting my entire life. Read More
Instruments: Piano Trumpet Saxophone Flute Clarinet Music Keyboard
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
I started out on clarinet. The way that they are made and the way that they are never seem to amaze me. Though I play piano a lot now, I really think that there is a lot to be learned from playing wind instruments. I think that there is carry over from instrument to instrument. I think that even applies to brass and woodwind instruments in the respect that they all horns of some kind. There is a relationship between any two instruments regardless of what they are. I think that finding those relationships and making them work is really where it is at.
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
I would list my accomplishments according to what I have learned rather than by any awards or accolades that I have received. The first thing that I am very happy to have done is to play woodwinds well enough to teach and perform at a high level.
The next most significant accomplishment is the development of my own jazz theory course that is designed to simplify techniques and to get students to improvise quickly and effectively by focusing on motifs first and larger phrases second. These thing have made me a more effective teacher.
Have any of your students won awards or been selected for special honors? How have they succeeded?
I have had several students audition for and get into good college music programs.
I have had several students audition for good high school groups and get into them as well.
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
I like Klose, Rose and Baermann studies for clarinet and Klose and Lazurus for duets. For flute I like Anderson studies and duets by Quantz, Mozart and Beethoven. For saxophone I like studies by Larry Teal as well as Marcel Mule and Sigurd Rascher. For piano students I like my students to play Haydn's first sonata in C major and then eventually Mozart's piano sonata #7 also in C major.
All students have the opportunity to take my extensive course of study in jazz improvisation if they choose to. All students are encouraged to select music for themselves and to practice those pieces every day.
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
On wind instruments the hardest things to master are holding the instrument properly and developing a good embouchure. The three most important things on a wind instrument are tone production, articulation, phrasing and musicality. After that reading music is something that all musicians should strive to improve. The faster someone can identify and play musical passages the better. Whether someone is playing classical or jazz they need to completely understand the passages that they are playing from numerous angles.
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