Music Lessons in Estes Park, CO

Instruments: Piano Keyboard

For beginning adults and teenagers, I like to use Faber Adult Piano Adventures to teach the fundamentals. I complement these studies with other pieces according to each student's taste and technical needs. For very young children, I like to use Music for Little Mozarts and for older children, I use Faber Piano Adventures. I also compose for each student based on skills I believe they could benefit from practicing. I teach every student music theory, using Alfred Essentials Music Theory workbooks. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Banjo Ukulele Mandolin

I encourage my students to be enthusiatic dedicated and creative. I focus on improvisation as a earning tool for theory, and encourage experimentation, collaboration, and original composition whenever possible. I build functioning guitar players who can read charts, improvise comfortably, and play with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Voice Harmonica Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I love music. I still find joy and challenges every time I play. I began studying at a very young age and alot of things are imbedded in my soul. Listening is the most important gift we can give ourselves. Whether in music or in life we can all teach ourselves the gift of listening. I think experiencing the thing we call music is beyond theory. My time in school was nothing next to the thousands of gigs I have accumulated in my 45 years doing music. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Music Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

During my time at RRCC i took almost every music class they offered and started private lessons again with guitar and piano. Every bit of experience has helped my growth as a musician from my first lesson piano lesson at 5 years old to today. I plan to continue it all the way to a Doctorates Degree in Composition and to the grave. With all this time and experience I started to make my own home studio and write my own music and work with music and other musicians at every opportunity i get. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice Trumpet Organ

I'm a progressive and dedicated instructor who loves to share his personal experience with traditional and non-traditional music. While in college I had the opportunity to sing in several different choral settings (chamber, mixed, men's, small group acapella men's, quartets) working with many different styles and eras of musical composition and arrangement. My senior year also included the opportunity of a tour in South Korea exploring their awesom choral traditions. Read More

Instruments: Clarinet

I want to support my students learning the basics so that they can play what they want with more success. I try to encourge the developing the practicing and self-pedagogical skills that help them learn when I'm not there. I nurture a strong and confident grasp of musical expressivity. Ultimately, I want my students have a great time playing! Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Synthesizer Keyboard Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I began practicing music without a theoretical background, on piano, at age 8. My first exposure to music theory was in college. The written basis for the logic I'd already been hearing enraptured me. Then as now, an increase in my understanding of music theory equates directly to a practical application on multiple instruments. I believe this correlation between theory and idiomatic technique is the bedrock of any long term practice, serious or amateur. Read More