Joseph S
Instruments: Piano, Saxophone, Clarinet
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Marching Band, Avant-Garde

I've been teaching for the past five years. My favorite part of being a teacher is seeing my students take the initiative in their musical studies and discovering break throughs in our lessons. Many of my students have participated in several honor bands and competitions, and I make it a point to steer them in that direction. In my experience the best place a musician can be is surrounded by musicians that raise their standards of excellence. I've had many teachers over my career as a musician on many different instruments, from many different backgrounds. I make it my point to synthesize all of these different methods into a common groundwork for my students.

For students that are beginners in music, I use the Essential Elements and Rubank methods to teach them how to read music as well as their instrument. For more advanced students, I place more of an emphasis on the fundamentals of the instrument specifically developing a warm, beautiful sound and establishing a vast technical facility. All of my students are expected to keep a practice journal as way to encourage logging their own progress and goals. For my adult students, the goals are more personal but the methods are very similar.