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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in Salem . 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 Violin Viola
For beginning students who are children, I typically start with Piano Adventures by Nancy Faber. I introduce rhythm reading, music composition, and basic music theory in the first year. I focus on effective practice techniques. My students learn the skills of practice routine that build measurable and gratifying progress from week to week. For advanced students and adults, we explore what the students are interested in. I design my instruction accordingly to keep the lessons engaging in fun no matter the ability level. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice
I have been teaching lessons since my undergraduate days and have taught private lessons on and off since then. I've spent time in the elementary music classroom as well as the middle and high school music classrooms. I have teaching experience in the areas of voice, choir, percussion, show choir, guitar, piano, music history, and musical theatre history. I've also spent time directing and choreographing various musicals and choral concerts. Read More
Instruments: Piano
My teaching experience began roughly four years ago during one of my college summer breaks when I taught weekly private piano lessons to two children who were advanced-beginner students. In our lessons, the students learned various ways to develop their technique and prepared repertoire that they later performed at the end of the summer. After the summer ended and they finished giving their recitals, I took a break from teaching to finish getting my degree. Read More
Instruments: Piano
I am a motivated music professional with experience in piano performance and teaching. I am interested in teaching piano to various students of all ages and abilities. I have a BA in piano performance from Mills College in 2007. I have been learning the piano since I was six years old with various teachers from all over the world. I have a great love of music of all types from Classical to Pop to Rock. Read More
Instruments: Piano Saxophone Synthesizer
My first teaching experience began 9 years ago in my sophomore year of high school, working as a volunteer saxophone coach for middle school students in a jazz band program with the nonprofit organization Seattle JazzED. I continued my work there throughout and beyond high school as an intern, then lead intern, then an instructor with my own small ensemble (aka combo), and finally as an assistant director of the Summer Jazz Ambassador program, for which I arranged cross-era jazz curriculum in the big band format and conducted rehearsals and performances for groups of students as large as 35, ranging ages 8-18. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice
I started teaching college age students as an Undergraduate as part of my vocal pedagogy class, and have also taught students for my Graduate vocal pedagogy class. I continued teaching some after the classes concluded. Early in 2013, I officially opened my own voice studio and have been taking new students ever since. I enjoy teaching voice students of middle school age through adulthood. I let my students choose what style of music they would like to sing so that they will enjoy working on it. Read More
Instruments: Piano Saxophone Clarinet
I've been teaching students young and old for over 15 years how to improve on their instrument or in their field and achieve their goals. To me the most exciting thing about teaching one-on-one lessons is the ability to individualize each lesson to the particular students' needs, abilities and desires. People take music lessons for all kinds of reasons. Maybe you want to join the school band, write your own music, play with friends and family, or just learn something new. Read More
Instruments: Piano Violin Flute Music Keyboard
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
I have ADHD, so practicing can be a little challenging to me. To stay focused, I have to sing the melody of what I'm playing in my head.
Leave your phone in another room. That can be a huge distraction. I try to get anything that can take my mind away from practicing out of the way beforehand. (Homework, work, etc)
How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
I would say whenever they express an interest in music. Even if it's them hitting a few keys on the piano nonsensically. It's never to soon to start building a relationship with music. More seriously, I would say once they start understanding and following directions.
When will I start to see results?
This really depends on how much the student practices and their desire to improve. Improvement can be seen after the first lesson if the student understands the instruction and follows through. Nothing major will happen overnight though!
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
My sister played piano and I wanted to be just like her. I chose violin because an orchestra came to my elementary school and I immediately fell in love. The next year, I picked up flute because I didn't think my new school had an orchestra. I thought it would be the closest to violin. It turns out they did and I continued to play both. I somehow managed to keep up with piano throughout all of this.
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
I wrote and performed a piano piece that was absolutely awful. It was probably my biggest failure as a musician. I decided to not let this failure define me, rewrote it and turned it in to a piece for full symphony.
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
I spend about 20 minutes warming up on scale exercises. Then I move to parts of repertoire that trouble me. When I feel like I have accomplished that, I practice going into and getting out of the section for smooth transitions. I try to practice for three hours.
If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
I have a Bachelors in contemporary music composition and am currently pursing my masters in composition. I chose this because while I love performing, I love creating even more. I have been writing music since I was six years old.
If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
I would probably be an elementary school teacher!
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
Classical. I like how intricate it is and how much you can do with it.
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I love learning. I heard someone playing violin and fell in love with the sound and decided I had to take it on. The same happened with the flute. I then went on to learn how to play clarinet, sax, cello, viola, and mallet percussion I wanted to get as comfortable as I could with as many instruments to better myself as a composer. While I can't play those last ones proficiently, it helped me understand music more.
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
Everyone in my family draws and paints, so I'm kind of the odd one out. I tell everyone that I paint sound!
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I think once I got to college and people started labeling me as a professional. It was really weird, but I started to like the new title, so I rolled with it.
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