Music Lessons in Oella, MD

Instruments: Piano Voice Music Keyboard

You will have a fun and rewarding experience. Each student is unique; so your lessons and repertoire are customized to suit your needs, utilizing method books and learning music theory, the foundation. Included with your lessons are: *opportunity to perform in recitals twice a year *email support *weekly lesson notes *progress reports *recordings *performance classes *fun learning games *supplemental music *reference materials For singing, we start out with warm-ups and then work on songs of your choosing or mine if you want some advice. Read More

Instruments: Trumpet Music

My methods are all tailored to the individual student. There’s no one method that works for everyone and defendant on what the overall results desired are, there will be an in depth analysis to determine the course of study. We will go over standard methods such as Arban, Schlossberg, James Stamp, Bill Adams, Timofei Dokshizer and various others. We may also review modern methods such as Windworks, which is a very different approach to playing then previously mentioned. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Bass Guitar

For piano, I typically use the entire Schaum series. I feel that it is the best, most affordable, systematic option out there. After that, I typically use the Thompson method or any selected material by the student that is appropriate to their level. Also in order to make the lessons more engaging and fun for the student, I allow some time for music making where the student gets a chance to play any notes with my accompaniment in the background. Read More