Trombone Lessons Midwest

Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone, Clarinet

I began playing trumpet in 5th grade. I enjoyed band throughout high school and decided to become a music teacher. I joined the Army National Guard band in Denver, Colorado and remained a part-time musician in three National Guard bands throughout my 36-year career. My last year was spent leading a ceremonial band in a record number of performances in Iraq. I've taught band for 23 years, working with students from grades 5 through 12. Read More

Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Recorder, French Horn, Tuba, Piccolo

I thoroughly enjoy teaching students who develop a passion for music and their instruments. One way to ensure that a students continues to enjoy music is to progress at his or her own pace. My style of teaching does encourage at-home practicing where I will assign a few things to do each week and each lesson we will begin by playing through those assignments. They are realistic assignments and will mostly focus on something that the student has already learned in the previous lesson and I want to ensure they thoroughly understand that specific subject matter before advancing. Read More

Instruments: Trombone

My teaching experience began in the late 90's volunteering for many professional bands that would going into area high schools and perform for the music department. I was approached my several parents and music directors to give lessons. As a teacher, I try to remove any road blocks a student is having by developing well rounded musician. As a performer, my career has taken me across the Mid-West and abroad on tours as far as Russia and Poland. Read More

Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet

There are quite a few method books that I like to use with my students. To start, I like to have students use the Beginner Rubank Method Book (the blue book) and work through this to get the basics down. After this, I like to choose some supplemental solo pieces that aren't in this book to help the students grasp the concepts that they have been working on, outside of what is shown in the book. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trombone, Music

For students who are just starting to play music, I make it a obligation to learn all of what they know about music and try to build from that. I teach all the basics first for the students and give them challenges to complete while in the lessons and give them work to complete while at home. I make sure to include the parents in the lesson so that the student has a strong support system both during the lesson and at home. Read More