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Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Cello Viola Bass Guitar Organ Ukulele Electric Violin Music Keyboard Electric Guitar
Each student learns at their own pace and it's important to understand that not everybody learns the same. Setting both short and long term goals with the student helps me understand what they want out of lessons. This makes it easier for me to engage with them and bring it back to something relevant to them at the end of the day. For example, no child understands advanced rhythm unless you disguise it in familiar terms e.g. using the phrase "run po-ny run" to describe two eighth notes sandwiched in between to quarter notes. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Viola Saxophone Flute Clarinet
I began teaching private lessons part-timewhen I was still in high school on Long Island. I have taught in elementary day care in the early 1990's and taught in public schools elementary general music and chorus, beginning instrumental music at the elementary level, as well as middle school orchestra in the San Lorenzo Unified School District. After a vocal chord injury, I left the public schools to create my indie record label, produce new projects and allow healing. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Violin Cello Viola Ukulele Recorder Music Acoustic Guitar
Teaching is a passion of mine that I hope to further expand upon in my post-graduate educational studies. I do my best to provide a personalized lesson that is designed to suit a students playing style.I like to acknowledge a students accomplishments to help encourage their accomplishments. By acknowledging a students accomplishments it helps them thrive and eager to tackle further challenges both in music and their lives. I want my students to enjoy practicing and grow their love for their respective instruments. Read More
Instruments: Violin
I have been playing for over 11 years now. I began when I was in the 2nd grade and havent stopped it, I fell in love with it!! When I started middle school, my teacher from orchestra asked me to go into her class after my class with her and help out with the 6th graders. During that time, I helped the students tune their violins and took them out in sections to work on their parts and answer any questions they had on the piece they were working on. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Violin Viola Ukulele Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I am a San Jose music instructor specializing in voice, songwriting, beginning-intermediate guitar, piano and violin. I have extensive training and experience in music, theater and dance, on and off stage - I have written and recorded albums and live performances, I know what works and what doesn't. It's my objective to cultivate a healthy sense of artistry in my students and inspire the same in everyone who is interested. Read More
Instruments: Violin Viola Electric Violin Fiddle
For my beginning students, I start out with a mixture of my own exercises, as well as basic songs using open strings, string crossings and rhythms, before moving to songs with basic fingerwork on one string (scale plus rhythm based). I usually supplement this beginning process with Essential Elements, before intruducing the Suzuki Method Book 1, Doflein Method Book 1, and rhythmic exercises from the Kodaly method. For my intermediate students, I use a mixture of Galamian bowing technique, emphasis on etudes and position work, Suzuki method, Barbara Barber scales and rep. books, and level-appropriate classical literature, combined with solo repetoire of the student's interest/choosing. Read More
Instruments: Violin Viola Mandolin Electric Violin Fiddle Double Bass
The approach to the violin with the orthodox method can be particularly frustrating. The technique is important but equally important is to develop the ability and taste of playing together right away. For this reason, regardless of the styles you want to deepen, I play as much as possible together with the student whether it is classical duets, folk songs or jazz. For the more advanced students a part of the study of the accompaniment is reserved as well as for soloists Calibrating the objectives based on the abilities of the age and the talent of the students is an attention that can avoid frustrations and lead everyone to the common goal of the musicians: to express and continuously improve. Read More
Instruments: Cello
If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
Music Performance, I found it to be a better match for my career goals. I am the best teacher I can be when I am playing my best, and it helped that I had some free time outside of concert cycles to research human cognition and educational psychology. I have been able to learn many things though my research jobs, projects, and own interest that I could’ve learned as an Education Major, though if I had chosen that path, I wouldn’t be able to play cello at this high of a level. It worked out for me!
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
I don’t recommend that students (especially children) practice for more than 10-15 minutes at time when just starting out, otherwise bad habits can build up quickly. I prefer to build successful practice habits from the beginning. When talking about skill building and advanced techniques, I work in increments of 5 minutes. Once you know how to do it (accomplished in lesson) maintain it for 5 minutes (in practice session). If that goes well, increase it to 10 minutes. Then 15. I usually find 20-30 minutes is plenty to start applying a technique successfully in assigned music. For passagework, start by doing it as you intend twice in a row. Then, 4x. Keep increasing by increments of 4. If you do this enough days in a row, it will become rote and you can focus on something else. Musical and creative practice goals will vary more from student to student. I like to challenge them to in a silly or drastic manner to help them find what sounds good to them.
When will I start to see results?
In order to progress, you need good practice habits and the ability to break things down into manageable parts. I help you establish the former by explaining how to do the latter in whatever you happen to be working on. Once you can do this, you will see results in every practice session. Progress starts small and grows over time.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
I thought I wanted to play the flute because my elementary school has an after-school band program, but when I went to the local music store to rent a flute, I saw a cello for the first time and the was the beginning. It was like a Hollywood love-at-first-sight moment, and at every stage of life since it turned out to be the right decision.
How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
Most importantly, they should have an interest in music (even if just listening or singing, if you can’t assess aptitude that’s okay), and they need to be able to focus and absorb information for at least 30 minutes at a time.
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