Conor A
Instruments: Piano, Drums, Orchestral Percussion, Latin Percussion
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Funk, Latin Jazz, Samba, Marching Band

I have taught in the classroom, small group settings as well as one on one in both piano and drumset. My favorite thing about music instruction is connecting with the students on a musical and personal level.  I started studying piano at the age of 5, making it my career as a teacher after college and into adult life. Choosing to focus more on drumset and percussion studies at the age of 11, I then studied Percussion Studies in College, playing in many bands and styles. I currently play drum set in a Latin Jazz group, percussion in a Standards Jazz group and teach piano to ages ranging from preschool to senior citizen.

I teach the Faber and Faber method on piano, supplementing my curriculum often with what the student wishes to study or with a number of books that I also keep in my possession i.e. Beatles Fake Book, Introduction to Bach, Well-Tempered Klavier, Hanon, Berklee Method in Rock and Jazz. I also encourage the student to play what they desire to play, be it a pop song or a classical masterpiece. In drum set I work on technique, pattern playing, fundamental hand to hand combinations, then hand to foot combinations, often supplementing the lesson with recordings and learning from the sound of recorded drummers.