Music Lessons New Mexico

Instruments: Piano, Flute, Music, Keyboard

I have been teaching privately since 2007. I am a passionate instructor who loves working and playing with students. In 2016, I graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Master of Music degree in Flute and Piano performance. I also earned a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Education with a flute emphasis from the University of Arizona under the tutelage of Brian Luce in 2009. I have had the great opportunities to performed at the 2007 and 2016 National Flute Association Convention with the Professional Flute Choirs Flutefinity Flute Ensemble and Golden Flute Choir. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I started working with youth as a counselor when I was 15 years old, which soon transitioned to helping students in my high school band integrate concepts and theory that seem at first like a foreign language. During college, as a student majoring in Chinese, I continued to teach guitar lessons during my stays in China. My work as a tutor continued through my A.A. at Laney College, and through this experience I have fine tuned my perception of my student's strengths and and areas of need. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Music

I cater every lesson to the individual, but I highly emphasize the use of exercises for everyone. For piano students, I love using the Dozen - A - Day books because they include many different 5-finger exercises that are really helpful in warming the fingers. I also will bring in the use of scales and chords, no matter what we're learning, so that students can understand playing music in any key. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Trombone, Drums, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Double Bass, Euphonium, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I adapt my instructional methods uniquely to each student and the instrument that they'd like to learn. For some instruments, I refer to specific methods that I have experience in. For example, for Piano I would refer to the Suzuki method for young children, while for Euphonium/Baritone and Trombone I would refer to Alfred's Accent on Achievement series. Many students often come with their own questions or concepts that they'd like to learn, so I often integrate their ideas into my lesson plans, most often for 'ukulele and guitar. Read More

Instruments: Violin, Cello, Viola, Double Bass, Music

I like to bring in all genre's of music including rock and pop, folksongs, movie tunes just to name a few. I find that students learn quickly when learning music that is already familiar to them. I work with tapping rhythms and singing note names, then learn how to pluck the part and then finally add the bow. This is a step by step process that includes a progressive style of learning that only adds a new skill or concept after the previous one is mastered. Read More