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I am a trained educator with a Master's degree in Music Education, licensed by State of New Jersey Department of Education. I completed advanced Violin studies and chamber music coaching at a number of institutions including Music Mountain, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Mannes College of Music, Dartmouth and Vassar Colleges. I currently perform in a number of orchestras in the Metro New York area. I am a violinist with the baroque recorder ensemble, Musica Dolce, of the Highland Park Recorder Society. I teach from beginning to advanced level students, ages 6 to adult.
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Melissa approaches music-making as a joyful and expressive experience, as well as a collaborative one. She shares that approach with her students through well-rounded lesson plans addressing ear training, theory and harmony, phrasing, and an understanding of stylistic differences among genres.
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Every new student comes to their first lesson with particular skills and musical interests. My job is to assess the students abilities and lead them down the appropriate paths to achieving their musical goals. My goal is to cultivate musicianship. Students are encouraged to develop technical skills as a means of creative and emotional expression. Sight reading and improvisation are taught simultaneously with music theory and composition. Through individualized lessons and ensemble experience, students are encouraged to reproduce and create music as early as possible.
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I'm pretty easy going if you're a dedictaed student that wishes to learn. And, i guarantee you will learn a great deal. If you don't, i will personally pay you back what you've invested to study with me. Seriously. However, if you're just going to show up without practicing what we've worked on the last lesson - don't waste our respetive time.
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I typically begin a piano student's first lesson, with the Bastien Piano series. This is geared at kid's, but, for adults, I use various other beginner books! In addition to this, I pride myself on teaching all students, how to best play popular music, using a full range of chords, not typically taught. I get students learning quickly and more importantly, correctly, so they are prepared out there, in the real musical world! For violin and viola students, I use All For Strings for beginners, and for more advanced students, use various books, including the Suzuki book. Fun and learning, are the key! And, if a student wants some pointers on how to write a song, I am quite experienced in that, having written several Off Broadway kid's shows, including my popular, "The Everyday Life Of Kids", which played throughout the Westchester NY school system. You don't need talent to play an instrument, just the desire and leave the rest up to me!
16 Years
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41,456+
Happy Customers
10,769
Cities with Students
3,123
Teachers in Network
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