Joshua T  
Instruments: Guitar, Trumpet, Trombone, Flute, Clarinet, Tuba
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Folk, Gospel, Musical Theater, Spirituals, Swing, Soul, Marching Band

My teaching experience started when I was in high school I assisted the middle school band director and taught some private trumpet lessons. During my time at Pensacola Christian College, I learned how to teach lessons in brass, woodwind, percussion, and strings. Part of the requirements included student teaching where I taught third grade theory, high school band, private trumpet, and private clarinet lessons. As a graduating senior I look to further my experience and teach new students on this platform.

For beginning students, I prefer to use Essential Elements by Bruce Pearson. This is the book I learned from and have been using to teach. I enjoy this book because of its progression system and the incorporation of solos throughput instead of just exercises for the students to play through. As the students advance, I will pick or allow them to pick solos that will highlight their strengths as players. I personally enjoy playing in church and have grown up paying classical but I am also branching out into other styles.