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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in San Jose . 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 Trumpet Trombone Euphonium Tuba
I am a currently attending SJSU for my Music Education degree. My main instrument is trombone, but I also teach beginning piano among other instruments. I love teaching, and I enjoy seeing my students learn and grown in their love and passion for music. I also currently teach at various schools around South San Jose. My passion on top of teaching is also advocating for music and groups who may not have access. Read More
Instruments: Piano Flute Recorder Piccolo
I place special importance on relaxation techniques and mindfulness practices that not only enable students to perform better but also allow them to enjoy playing more. I am also a huge advocate for rest - it is such an important part of the learning process and it is essential to becoming a balanced musician (and human!). I offer my students the opportunity to lead and be responsible for their own learning. Read More
Instruments: Piano Clarinet
My greastest reward is seeing each student develop a greater love of music as they progress and come to be able to express their personal feelings through music. It is important that each student progress at his or her own pace. I encourage this by setting realistic goals at each lesson. By acknowledging their accomplishments this helps build a desire to progress and makes students eager to learn more. By helping them learn how to use the hand, wrist, arm and upper torso, they learn tone control and musical phrasing. Read More
Instruments: Piano
My teaching style is flexible. For beginners, I will teach them all basic technic and reading skills. I believe in learning music by the ability of reading the music. Therefore, to have good reading skill is essential to all my students. Even if the students do not read music fluently, I will emphasize my teaching in improving them to read music. All my students will have good music sight reading eventually. Read More
Instruments: Piano Organ
I try my very best to avoid criticism, encourage curiosity, and open doors at every lesson. Constant criticism can put a permanent damper on a student's love of music. Exploration can lead to a lifetime of enjoyment! In the Photo Gallery above, the first pic is of David, age 6-1/2, playing organ for the first time. He has been watching me play during a church service, so I offered to show him a few things. Read More
Instruments: Piano Trumpet
If you are beginning and are a child, then Hal Leonard's Essential Elements is a very general and safe place to start. I firmly believe that establishing a solid set of fundamentals is a great place to start. It is important to not lose motivation during this period, progress is rewarding and it gets even better! After a solid foundation is established fundamentally, the individual is opened into a musical world with limitless possibilities. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice
I am honest with a student about their body, I think the best way to sing is to know how all the pieces of your instrument work together to create healthy sound. I encourage my students to eat well and take care of themselves physically and emotionally. I also want my students to have fun by singing music that enspires them to be sincere with their emotions, singing for an audience can be scary but in a private lesson I encourage trying things out even if they seem silly. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Drums Music Keyboard
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
I have had the good fortune to play and sing in Carnegie Hall on three separate occasions.
I am also really proud of my work with my students. I totally love when a student becomes more like a colleague in conversation and performance and pedagogy.
Finally, I am proud of how I handled my work during the pandemia. I kept offering lessons, singing opportunities, and musical “events” throughout the lock down.
Did you have a teacher that inspired you to go into music? How did they inspire you?
I have been fortunate to have many music teachers invest their time and energy into teaching me, irrespective of my attitudes or levels of commitment to the work. Memories of their grace and patience is the anchor I use when I am teaching. Memories of their deadlines and expectations are the fuel I use when pushing students in their own development.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
I started playing piano when I was five. I was born with three fingers on each hand. Diving into the world of piano repertoire was always and interesting exploration of feasibility and joy. I started playing percussion in late elementary school. This lead to playing multiple percussion parts for my very small community youth orchestra. I majored in music with an emphasis on piano and percussion in my undergrad career. I continued to play both as I perused a degree in opera conducting for my graduate studies. I was very fortunate to play a variety of musics in a multitude of styles and techniques, which are skills I try to pass forward to my students.
How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
I would encourage you to talk to your child about what they like and do not like in other “structured” times. Lessons can be modeled in a variety of ways, but they are mainly one-on-one attention on the student. Is your child comfortable with the length of time and the structure of time in that manner?
When will I start to see results?
How do you define “results” in the context of the learning? What I tend to find is that students go through cycles of absorbing and applying new information and then plateaus of developing specific skills. The periods of plateau can be both difficult and frustrating for students, and I work hard to acknowledge how students are still developing and gaining strong outcomes in their work.
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Practice a little bit every day rather than a lot in one go each week. The slow and steady method will garner long term effects. The cram method actually can make the learning more difficult.
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Cities with Students
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