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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Flute lessons in Phoenix . 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 Saxophone Flute Clarinet
For piano students, I like to use the Alfred courses. This method is great because they have courses of study for all ages and levels, and students can progress through several courses throughout their study. For flute/clarinet students, I like to start with either Hal Leonard's Essential Elements or the Rubank methods books. Once students have moved beyond the basics, I like to introduce solo repertoire that is appropriate for their level. Read More
Instruments: Piano Saxophone Flute Clarinet
Beginning students for woodwinds (flute, clarinet, saxophone) usually start with the Essential Elements book. As they advance the next books are usually Breeze Easy book 2 followed by the Rubank Intermediate and Advanced Methods. Advanced students will break into instrument specific methods. Flute with use methods such as The Melodious Studies and Pares scales books, clarinets with use the Klose books and Saxophone students will use Ferling and Klose studies. Students wishing to study jazz methods will use either the Jim Snidero or Walt Weiskopf methods. Read More
Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet
I custom-tailor my lesson plans for each individual student based on a variety of factors such as prior playing experience (if applicable), student's desired goals and outcomes, student availability, etc. A typical first lesson with me will be spent going over what goals you want to achieve and how I can best serve you in reaching those goals by working with you to develop an effective plan of practice. In addition, I will share the knowledge and expertise I have gathered from my teachers and my own musical career to ensure that you have all of the tools and resources you need to start seeing the results you want. Read More
Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet
For younger students who are in a school band program, I like to use the materials they use in class and to add outside material they find interesting. I find students are more motivated to practice and develop when we start with something that interests them, and then to expose them to other styles of music later on. For older or more advanced students, I like to focus on aspects of musicianship that will help them be successful musicians, such as ear-training, theory, composition, performance practice, improvisation (if the student wishes) and transcribing. Read More
Instruments: Piano Saxophone Flute Clarinet
I have been teaching the saxophone since 2008, to both kids and adults, beginners and advanced players. I always like to incorporate music theory and aural skills into my lessons as I believe those subjects are a must in becoming a well-rounded musician. I do not usually follow a book/method page-to-page but rather adjust the curriculum to each and every student. Each on of my students has different goals and aspiration and it would not be fair to them to force them to follow one book/curriculum. Read More
Instruments: Flute Piccolo
I teach because I love to share the knowledge that I have obtained through my personal experiences and apply them to my students. Nothing is better than seeing my students improve on a weekly basis! I am patient, fun, and motivating towards my students. I respect that everyone learns at their own pace. I firmly believe that the experience of teaching privately is a two-way street between the instructor and the student: it is my responsibility to give the student the materials they need to further their musicianship, and with these tools given, the student has a personal responsibility to practice in order to fulfill the weekly-to-overall goal. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Flute
Hello! I am trained in classical music. I started playing music at age of 7: at first: violine, then flute and piano, afterwards; I was trained in opera voice. I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Music in the U.S.A. I've performed in school, festivals, art walks, solo, duo and trio. I've also performed in a band and orchestra. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read More
Instruments: Drums
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I wanted to pursue music out of high school. The thought truthfully entered my mind after hearing of a band called Sleep. They showed me the music of the underground & the prospect that being a musician was just being a rockstar, but an individual who was very well versed in their craft, that if needed, would wear multiple hats to make a living. Touring, teaching, creating instruments, working in the music business. The one thing those was making sure that you are professional in playing, relationships, & teaching. You cannot do this without the passion & skillset that the role mandates.
Become a teacher was a process, but one that I've wanted to fulfill now for years. Its been almost 4 years of teaching music & I'm happier with my decision more and more each day!
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
Yes. The earliest family members from Italy, that my family knows about, has been involved with music. My mother's mother and her family were known as a musical / artistic group of individuals. She knows that a variety of individuals ranging from her grandfather, uncles, mother, and children, including my mother, were musicians. Some were playing as fun, some played & created for the city of Philadelphia's orchestra as well as marble carvings. Music & the Arts have always been in my family!
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
I would say anything avant garde or comprised of experimental components. It's due to my enjoyment of looking to push boundaries or try new things in the realm of music.
What is your dream piece to perform and why?
I would say, at this current moment, anything by Lee Morgan. Would love to collaborate with a quartet / quintet of jazz players to cover some of his music. Particularly the Cornbread or Gigolo records.
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
Normal is about an hour or hour & a half.
10-20 minutes of chopping incorporating ideas & theories amongst patterns. Taking 5,7,9,10 stroke rolls etc & turning them into repeating patterns, i.e. quintuplet, sevtuplet, nontuplet etc.
10 minutes from a book called stick control. Refine weakness or potential sloppiness with left hands.
15 minutes from a book called new breed to work on interdependence amongst the four limbs.
15-20 minutes of working on polymeric playing amongst two or more limbs.
20-30 minutes of playing along to a song to either test licks & chopping or to practice ear training / playing parts from a song.
At this point, its constant refinement & search for new material.
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
Moeller technique or percussive stroke techniques. As well as the interplay between wrists & fingers.
All the books I use are list above. I chose them as I learned from them, revisited them to further work on technique, & to evaluate their effectiveness. Fortunately many of these works are used as staple texts in a drummers vocabulary & will give them the springboard to dive into their topical studies i.e jazz, rock, interdependence.
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
Accurate improvisatorial approach to the instrument. To keep constant diversity & creativity in the instrument. Stop going to the licks, phrases, & figures that are easy or difficult or fun, but that the player has mastered. It's trying to blend or funnel your influences in a new way, constantly. You will always sounds & approach the drums as yourself, but what can be add to the vocabulary & your original statement; the thumbprint.
Have any of your students won awards or been selected for special honors? How have they succeeded?
Many students have been selected as first chairs in the middle school jazz band or in their elementary school concert ensemble group.
Most of my students started between the age of 6-12, so I have yet to see them reach their full potential & I am so excited to see where it goes! Also, I am excited to add more students that will be put onto a trajectory of success!
If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
Probably working in a record store or something with history. Even cooking.
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