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Instruments: Piano Drums Synthesizer Orchestral Percussion Keyboard
Hey Guys! I'm Zach. I'm from Colorado and I've lived in New York for 5 years. I love people, NYC (especially the summers), nature, and of course music! I perform record as a drummer also produce electronic music. I love teaching, ever since I was 14! I'm so grateful for music, as it has taken me to amazing places and stages in this world, and also because I get to spend my days sharing the feelings I get through this beautiful art form, whether on stage, in the studio, or in lessons! Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Clarinet Keyboard
Beginning Piano Students: I use three books in the Piano Adventures series: (Performance, Lesson, and Theory). I work composition into the lesson using the Orff-Schulwerk technique of elemental music creation. In addition, I supplement written musical work as needed. Voice Students: I interview all voice students first to see what their goals are in voice study. I then begin vocal study with the study of posture using Alexander Technique ideas, and a study of breathing and support techniques. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Drums
But once this stage is mastered, things become much simpler. I start off lessons slowly with simple technical studies where the student can focus specifically on technique to efficiently and confidently. To help support this stage I typically introduce basic note reading skills to acquaint the students with musical notation while introducing them to playing in time. Once the student reaches foundational proficiency we can finally start to have some fun! Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Trumpet Drums Bass Guitar Synthesizer Ukulele Recorder Double Bass Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
My methods are non-traditional for some students and traditional for others. Each person learns differently and needs different methods to achieve their goals. I have used Essential Methods books, Jump Right In books, and others that I have found in my studies as a music teacher. I believe music is learned in many different ways, by ear, by reading, and by playing. We learn to talk by talking and being surrounded by those who talk. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice
For children, teens, and adults who are Voice students at any level, their first lesson will consist of getting to know each other, what the student wants to learn, and gauging the student's vocal ability. After that, I will ask the student to make a list of songs they have always wanted to sing and show them how to acquire the sheet music. I may supplement their choices with some of my own at my discretion. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Music Keyboard Acoustic Guitar
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
I am most proud of my work with the Schubert Club Solo Singers in Ensemble: it was with my colleagues singing in harmony, and working on scenes, that I learned the most and felt the most exalted. The sounds of the various voices blending together filled me with joy, meaning, purpose, and created a rich, textured musical fabric with vitally interconnected threads of melody; musical line; rhythm. I can say the same about my work as a youngster, playing piano trios, quartets and quintets at (Fiorillo LaGuardia) Music & Art H.S., Mannes College and at Blue Hill, in Maine, where the piano, violin(s), viola and cello were each important to the utterance of the musical expression of the compositions.
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
As stated earlier in my profile, I use a variety of different teaching methods from Suzuki style work (rote; listening; duplicating), to traditional method books like James Bastian's and John Thompson's series, etc.
Guitar-- I enjoy Mel Bay's Method books, but I also use Alfred's and the Berkeley Method....There are many pathways to learning an instrument, including the voice. I first stress musicianship. YouTube has become a veritable library of incredible, valuable information which includes all sorts of teaching tutorials. Sometimes I might deploy part of a video and a snippet from other printed matter found online, drawing from recent research and discovery!
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
One of the most difficult things to master is reading notation and playing the right and left hands in different clefs. (Piano)
Voice-- one of the most difficult things to master is hearing one's own pitch and finding notes that skip or leap in a song (singing in tune); this requires learning and mastery of how scales work; and of chromatic harmony.
Guitar--As a guitar player must 'make' his or her own notes by applying pressure with the left hand fingers on various places on the fretboard, it is most difficult to master awkward positions, wide stretches and adequate pressure to produce a viable sound.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
I didn't. It was chosen for me.
Have any of your students won awards or been selected for special honors? How have they succeeded?
One of my students was legally blind and I had brought him from beginner to being a leader of his High School jazz band; another boy started with me at age 3 going on 4, was still having temper tantrums, sucking his thumb, and holding on to his teddy bear, but with the help of his parents assisting me at every lesson and practicing with him every day, this student earned gold ratings in the state's Young Musicians Festival under my tutelage. Another young woman voice student of mine landed a lead role in a local Musical and prepared to sing at ball games.
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