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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Voice lessons in Oakland . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!
Instruments: Piano Voice
For Voice: I always start with basic exercises. Breathing, Scales, Etc. After a few lessons, when the student is solidified in basic techniques, I will begin to introduce basic Art Song repertoire and work with the student to branch them out into their desired field of study, whether that be Opera, Pop, Musical Theater, Rock, etc. I always feel a strong base in Classical Technique is important to start with though. Read More
Instruments: Voice
Professional engagements have been in opera, musical theatre, and concert. I have been featured in solo concert appearances in Boston Symphony Hall, San Francisco's Alcazar and Cable Car Theatres, New York's Alice Tully Hall and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2007, I was Quarter-Finalist on season 2 of NBC's America's Got Talent. I returned for season 3 where I was advanced to the Semi-Finals appearing before an audience of 12 million viewers each week. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Clarinet
With my teachings, each student will experience a voice that will rarely get tired, won't sound hoarse and will stay healthy their whole lives. I am also a major proponent of learning music theory. All of my voice and piano students learn basic theory under my tutelage through the Keith Snell piano theory series. When I teach my students, I typically begin them on classical training. We start off learning Italian art songs, but will always have their favourite pop tune in the mix to show them how classical technique can make them a better pop singer. Read More
Instruments: Voice
I began teaching informally to other musicians as part of my music practice, and found that I had a love of passing on what I've learned. I began teaching voice and beginning piano in 2019, and have kept it up ever since. I have taught pre-K children through adult professionals, with every age and skill level in between. In voice lessons I allow students to pick repertoire - you should learn what inspires you! - and help them identify techniques that can be used to develop their unique voice. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Synthesizer Keyboard Acoustic Guitar
I believe that encouragement, practical positivity, different learning styles and realistic short term long term challenges can aid in you or your child's musical success. I emphasize developing positive down to earth relationships with my students so that they feel like they can be themselves and learn in a safe environment. Developing relationships also aids in understanding what you or your child's learning style is and in creating realistic short term and long term goals lesson plans. Read More
Instruments: Voice
I am a professional vocalist and instructor with over 20 years experience sharing classical, opera and Brazilian music around the world. I specialize in working with students ages, 9 to 17 years old, but love to work with adults as well. I offer a variety of lesson options for students, including private 1-on-1, small group and workshops. Whether your area of focus is classical, musical theater, pop or jazz - I can help you develop confidence, strength in voice and stage presence. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Bass Guitar Ukulele Music Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I began teaching music in 2009 as a tutor for the local junior college teaching music theory and musicianship. I expanded to voice and guitar lessons and have been teaching for the last 12 years. I teach in my home studio, in my students homes and online. I know that consistent practice is the way for students to reach their music goals and so I make sure that each student knows what to practice and how to practice. Read More
Instruments: Piano Trumpet Trombone French Horn Tuba
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I decided to become a professional musician when I was in the middle of high school, about 10th or 11th grade. While most kids would come home to do their homework and watch tv or go out, I would do my homework quickly and then go to my room to practice. The defining moment for me was when I realized how much more I knew about music than the rest of the kids in my high school band. I often heard them say that they knew how to play the music but have not heard it before, while I had already heard many different versions of it. This was a good and bad thing at the same time. It was good because I realized that I was going to take music seriously but it was bad because later on it would come as a surprise that there were so many other kids that where better than me outside of my hometown and school. As an adult, I have learned the value of being surrounded by better musicians that one can learn from.
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
Yes, both my parents are professional musicians. My mother is a pianist and my father is a violinist. My aunt and my sister are also professional violinist. As you can imagine, I grew up in a highly musical environment. My parents often held rehearsals at home with their friends, and they took me to see the symphony orchestra frequently. Oddly enough, there was not much jazz music being played at home, which is my favorite style of music now. However, I believe that listening to and learning to play classical music will prepare a musician to play and understand other musical genres later on.
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I actually began to play the piano before my main instrument which is the trumpet. My mother is a piano teacher as a result I began to play the piano when I was 3 years old. It was not until I turned 11 or 12 when I picked up the trumpet and began to practice on my own. A few months later after my mother saw how serious I was about the trumpet, she enrolled me in trumpet lessons. Recently, I had the opportunity to learn a few things about creating sound on the clarinet, alto saxophone and the flute. If I could learn a third instrument it would be the clarinet because of its beautiful sound.
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
I enjoy all kinds of music. However, my favorite style of of music is jazz. This goes back to when I was a child and watched the three little pigs playing their instruments at the end along with the wolf, who was playing the trumpet. After listening to this music I began to listen to Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie everyday on the bus while riding to school. I also enjoy listening to Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. French Impressionism is my favorite classical style, I guess this could be because of its similarity with jazz in terms of its harmony.
If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
Because I was born in a musical family, I have not really thought about this question. However, I think I would enjoy studying and working in the field of advertisement. Advertisement is the only other job outside of all arts that I can think of that would require creativity and that the end result of your work can be seen by millions of people. As musicians, we work on advertisement every time we try to sell a piece of music to our audience, especially when the music is our own or when the music is not well known. You never know how people are going to react to something new and it is the musician's job to sell it.
25 Years
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41,456+
Happy Customers
10,769
Cities with Students
3,123
Teachers in Network
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