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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in Sunnyvale . 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
I teach from either Faber Piano Adventure books or the Alfred's Basic Piano Library. As students progress, we branch out to pieces that interest them as well as continue to challenge their ability to play to the level they desire. I can adapt duration of lesson times for each student, depending on their age and attention level. Piano technique, theory and performance music is given to enhance their learning. Students are encouraged to branch out and discover music genres that they are drawn to. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Drums Bass Guitar Conga Latin Percussion
Jake has been playing guitar and percussion for over 20 years. He teaches all levels of guitar and congas, as well as beginning piano, voice and drum set. He went to Berkeley High School where he played guitar in the BHS Jazz Ensemble. He then attended the New School in New York City, majoring in jazz guitar studies. He has studied jazz guitar with Steve Erquiaga, Dave Creamer and Jack Wilkins, and congas with Josh Jones, Sandy Perez and other Cuban percussionists. Read More
Instruments: Piano Flute Recorder Piccolo
I teach the way that I do because I want my students to have the confidence that I often lacked growing up and because I want them to know all the things I wish Id known when I was their age. I work with students of all ages and levels to achieve their musical goals, from cleaning up and solidifying fundamentals to preparing for major performances, auditions, and a career in music. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Violin Viola Ukulele Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
'm here to motivate and inspire. There is no one right approach to learning music and I'm adept at understanding how each individual learns. I can help to formulate and achieve goals or simply offer an expressive outlet that is safe, enlightening and encouraging. I offer mentorship and help with choices, in a professional or recreational capacity, within the music and entertainment fields. I facilitate the most enjoyable approach to practice so my students develop skills, confidence and a love of music. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Drums Bass Guitar Organ
I'm a lover of music and want those who pursue music to be as well! I am passionately motivated as a musician, minister of music, and singer. I have performed throughout this nation as a guest musician and in my own backyard as a vocalist and musician. Even though my college was not specifically a school of music but of biblical academics, I as highly involved in anything that music was apart of eventually graduating and becoming the schools minister of worship. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Saxophone Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Organ Synthesizer Ukulele Mandolin Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I've been teaching music for a little over 5 years (2014). I have started many kids who don't know if they would rather learn guitar, drums, or piano. So I give them a tour of all three and show them the basics before they decide their favorite. I encourage consistent practice and practice methods that ensure that the students always feel a sense of improvement without frustration. Personally I've felt the sense of improvement after practicing but was still more agitated, but that was college, before I started teaching. Read More
Instruments: Piano Organ
Did you have a teacher that inspired you to go into music? How did they inspire you?
Although I was already very much involved in music from childhood, a visiting conductor inspired me to pursue a specific path in college. Thomas Dunn, conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston, visited my school to adjudicate a small chorus competition. While in town, he attended a college Glee Club rehearsal as a courtesy the Southern Illinois University choral director who had hired him.
As it happened, I was playing for the rehearsal. I'm quite sure that my 19-year-old self's interpretation of Schubert was not what caught his attention. However, I knew how to play voice parts and anticipate when a pitch was needed (and how to play it) without being asked.
Following the rehearsal, Mr. Dunn took me aside and asked, "Have you ever considered a career in professional accompanying?"
And here's the funny part: I asked him whether I would have to take piano lessons to do that!
He didn't laugh or put me down. His response was, "Most people who do that play very well."
Thank you, sir. You changed my life.
Prior to that brief conversation, I had known that pianists did a lot of accompanying. But I didn't know people could have a career in the field.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
Choosing the piano as my primary instrument took a long time. It involved a process of elimination.
I played the flute beginning in 4th grade. Then, at 7th grade music camp at the University of Iowa, the flute section in the band included 50 players. Fifty! That provided a reality check about what would be required to have a career playing the instrument.
During high school, there was a flutist who was two years older who was so accomplished. Her sound was gorgeous and her musicianship was great. I felt that I would not be able to reach that level by playing the flute.
In college, I first majored in history, mostly because I had no idea what to do. When that didn't work out, I changed my major to organ, having had lessons and a church job since age 14. My teacher's plan was for me to start over from the beginning, something I felt was unnecessary.
Next, I changed my major to voice. Juries came around at the end of the term. (In a jury, the student performs for faculty. The faculty then grades the jury, after which that grade is factored into the student's grade for the term.) At my jury, circumstances did me in! Someone had pulled the fire alarm in my dorm eight times the night before, requiring that everyone leave using the stairs. I lived on the 16th floor. Needless to say, I was exhausted the next day. So what happened? I was so shy at the time, I was unable to let the faculty know about the events of the previous night. A combination of fatigue and nerves meant that I forgot every word after the title of a slow song in English.
After that, I sat myself down and asked whether I thought I would ever feel comfortable singing alone in front of people. The answer was "No."
From that point on, my major was piano performance. I have never regretted my decision.
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