Voice Lessons in Clifton East End, MD

Instruments: Piano Voice Saxophone Flute Recorder Piccolo Music Keyboard

In 2013, I graduated with a Bachelor's in Music from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts. I honed my craft of private teaching and also specializing in Balkan folk works, arranged for flute and secondary woodwinds. In 2019, I extended these skills over into Vocalism: singing, beatboxing, rapping, and spoken word. Ergo, my best work to date is an original composition called "LatinAmerica". There, I looped my original flute samples, singing, beatboxing, and minimal electronic effects onto my Boss Rolland RC 505 tabletop loop station. Read More

Instruments: Voice

For Voice: Bel Canto technique Eurythmics Dramatic analysis of text/music for understanding of musical line and interpretation. For Harp: Grandjany method Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice

Melissa started teaching during her senior year of college when she took her first vocal pedagogy course. Teaching has been an important part of her schedule ever since. Over the years, she has taught privately, through various community schools, through several national companies, and she served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Illinois State University for two years. Thus, she has experience teaching all ages and skill levels. Her students have ranged from beginners to university music majors, from age 3 to age 72. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I first try to establish why the student wants to learn their instrument and what artists/bands they are influenced by if any. Although I do try to establish goals for them, these goals are reasonable and attainable. It is important to me that they progress at their own pace and have fun as well. Nothing is more important to me than helping others develop a passion for music and I will use anything from Bach to Beethoven or The Beatles to Guns N'Roses to help them achieve it. Read More

Instruments: Voice Trumpet Saxophone Flute Clarinet Oboe

I am an enthusiatic teacher/performer who comes from a family of trained musicians. I enjoy sharing my real world and professional experience in music with the students i instruct. I began my training at an early age bring apprenticed in voice and learning the basics of teaching music in a classroom enviornment. after many years of study, I graduated from Carirn University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Bible and Music Education. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice

I began teaching piano over eight years ago. Throughout my four years at college I taught piano, voice, music theory, and led junior high choir. With each lesson I strive to encourage my students and keep them motivated to learn.My experiences have taught me that there is nothing more rewarding than sharing my love of music and helping others grow as musicians. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Saxophone Bass Guitar Organ Music Keyboard

Recently I was hired as piano instructor for Quartertonez Music, in Washington DC. Also, I have had experience teaching and studying music education under my high school mentor, renowned music teacher Tim Savage; I was his student-teacher for a semester course at St. Lawrence University. Additionally, throughout my experience as his music student, his teaching approach has infused music education and facilitation lessons within the musical instruction itself. My past teaching experience also includes being a Drill Instructor for the Italian Department at Vassar College for two years during my time as an undergrad (I not only "ran drills" for students who had already started learning the material, but also had to compensate in a variety of ways for the unsuccessful, dysfunctional, or half-hearted engagement that is typical in a foreign language class). Read More