Trumpet Lessons Mercer County, NJ

Instruments: Piano, Trumpet, Trombone

My experiemce teaching goes many years back. I have tought private lessons as well as group lessons, on the upper east side of New York City as well as at the south Bronx and Irvington. In addition to years of teaching music I also have experience teaching Hebrew.  Read More

Instruments: Trumpet, Saxophone

For beginning students, I start with Accent on Achievement, book one. Once the student has gotten a grasp of the fundamentals, I then introduce solo repertoire that is appropriate for the student. I will always reference the method book if students are having trouble with a certain technique. For beginning jazz students, I start with the Greg Fishman Jazz books. Once students have mastered this book, I then switch to the omnibook and real book and allow students to learn and try to improvise a solo. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Violin, Cello, Viola, Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Drums, Bass Guitar, Accordion, Banjo, Ukulele, Mandolin, Recorder, Lute, Fiddle, Double Bass, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I like the student to pick their area of interest of musical genre.From there, we develop the style in accordance to the students desire.Chord theory,structure, soloing are all part of the training.Students pick the songs and we take it from there.While method books are available, most are boring examples of how to attain artistry. In our lessons, I use proven individual methods that will enhance the students ability to achieve. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Trumpet, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My teaching experience dates back to my college days as a Mandarin Chinese teacher. After I graduated, in addition to Chinese, I taught Middle School band, and started up my tutoring and private teaching business. Since then, I've taught at a variety of different schools, programs, and agencies, teaching Mandarin, ESL, and all types of music. I've been lucky enough to cross disciplines, teaching composition classes as well as pop music classes in Mandarin Chinese. Read More

Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone

My particular brand of brass pedagogy has roots that trace back to the Chicago Symphony's legendary Bud Herseth. I believe in the pursuit of mastery of many of the basic techniques of brass playing - air movement, flexibility, and tone are the most important pieces of what we do as brass players, and I have collected an arsenal of exercises to build skill in these areas. I use a collection of techniques from a wide range of trumpet players from Ray Mase to Allen Vizzutti to Michael Sachs and will use these approaches to define musical outlook and technique. Read More