Piano Lessons Clackamas County, OR

Instruments: Piano, Drums, Accordion, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Music, Djembe

I love to start with the Essential Elements music books because those are some the tools that I began with when I was young and starting out. Depending on the student, I may move to other books, exercises, or solos. I am most focused on fundamentals, rudiments, and technique when instructing because those aspects are the building blocks of any great player and being able to incorporate those into different music really makes a difference. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Saxophone, Synthesizer

For beginning students, I have used Hal Leonard's Essential Elements as well as Nancy Faber's Adventures series. For piano students, I like to use Hanon exercises to develop not only necessary musculature but also disciplined use of a metronome for practicing. For students interested in exploring music theory and/or jazz, I use the Real Book combined with my own materials explaining the theory around chord symbols, chord scales, modes, and the like. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Flute, Ukulele, Recorder

As a soloist he's played classical music, blues, jazz, and original compositions. Before devoting himself to music full time, he worked for 8 years as a radio announcer on WUFT-FM Gainesville hosting shows such as "Nothing but the Blues", "Montage" (acoustic jazz), and "Musica Antiqua" (Renaissance and Medieval).  He currently hosts a jazz radio show called "Hard Choices" which airs on Saturdays at 11 a.m. on KMHD 89.1 FM in Portland, OR. 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, Guitar, Voice, Bass Guitar, Organ, Conga, Music, Keyboard, Acoustic Guitar

My methods are for students who are interested in stepping outside of the box to free their own soul to channel the song within them. My methods are unique to each student. In fact, I treat teaching itself as a creative art. I teach students to teach themselves. Like a mother bird tossing the young bird out of the nest, I teach you to fly by throwing you up in the air, so to speak- metaphorically. Read More