Joshua F  
Instruments: Trumpet
Styles: Classical, Marching Band

Before moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 2010, I had taught trumpet lessons for 3 years for many different students. What I found during that time is that every child is different, every child has struggles in one area of music or another and that making progress involves practice and enjoying lesson times. I encourage students to work with the SmartMusic software and seek out music they enjoy to help them stay motivated.

Every student begins with the basics, warmups, exercises, and fundamentals are the building blocks of music and must always be reviewed in order to continue progressing. For beginning students, I use the lesson books they are working on in school in order to help them as they work with their teacher. I also introduce exercises, and solos. Mainly, each student is different so the style of teaching and choice of music will vary between students. For intermediate students, we work through various solos, techniques, scales, music the student may want to learn, and audition pieces for college, all county, all state, etc. I also encourage each student to learn a solo or two to play at a recital each year.