Music Lessons Iowa

Instruments: Piano, Saxophone, Flute, Music

Music has been around my whole life, as I got more experience I was in charge of small group rehearsals for Flute, Alto Saxophones, and vocal. In college, I helped with Dubuque Community Schools with their instrumental placement for 4th grade, focusing on Flute. Right after I graduated college, I started to Substitute teach for the Dubuque Community Schools, the Cedar Valley Catholic schools. in January 2019, I started to teach at St. Read More

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

I use a variety of books, tailored to the student based on my initial viewing of their abilities and what they are interested in learning. I also create my own lesson plans using exercises and music I have written myself. No two lesson plans will be the same as everyone learns differently and has different strengths and weaknesses. I also strive to make lessons continuously fun and interesting. I try to encourage creativity in music in both performing and writing your own drum parts to music that you enjoy. Read More

Instruments: Voice, Music

Fei Ma, DMA, an accomplished soprano and esteemed vocal educator, has nurtured a distinguished career spanning various prestigious academic and performance roles. With a foundational education from Shandong Normal University, where she received both her Bachelor and Master of Music Education degrees, Ma extended her expertise at SUNY Potsdam and the Peabody School of Music/Johns Hopkins University before completing her Doctor of Music Arts at the University of Minnesota. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Music, Keyboard

As a teacher of piano, I am highly motivating and encouraging to my students. I strive to make my lessons enjoyable and believe in the success of my students. It is their musical goals and endeavors that motivate my teaching style towards them. I graduated from San Diego State with a Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance and a Masters in Instrumental Conducting. I am constantly striving to better myself as a musician, thus continue to practice on a daily basis. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Clarinet, Music

I am willing to teach out of any books my students bring to me! However, I usually start wind students with the Standard of Excellence books, since that is what local elementary schools use. Younger piano students start in the "My First Piano" series of books, then graduate to the Piano Adventures series of books. This set includes lesson books, performance books, and theory books, and can take students from a young beginner level to junior high/high school advanced playing. Read More