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Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
If I could spend the rest of my life just playing, writing, and performing, I'd want for nothing else. I believe that to share the joy of understanding and creating music with another is the greatest gift I can give them. Teaching is how I give back what I feel to be an enormous karmic debt I owe the world for allowing me the delights of acting as a vessel for music. Read More
Instruments: Piano Saxophone Flute Clarinet
It is very important for the music instructor to learn the nature and characteristics of his/her students. It is crucial that the teacher can make adjustments to teach according to the nature of their students, some students can learn really fast and may have a desire to be pushed harder, but many students are either normal or may require a longer time to digest the material. I encourage students to practice in order to help their progress and I always model for students in the lesson. Read More
Instruments: Piano Trumpet Saxophone Flute Synthesizer Music Keyboard
My formal teaching experience began at East Carolina University in my undergraduate years. I had the opportunity to work as an instructor for the Jazz Track at the ECU Summer Music Camp for four years before I moved on to graduate school at Peabody Conservatory. Additionally I've taught many private lessons in North Carolina and York Pennsylvania. I am proud to say my students have received honors including first chair in NCMEA All-District Jazz Ensemble as well as the ECU School of Music Scholarship. Read More
Instruments: Trombone
In 2009, Dan was selected as bass trombonist for the Carnegie Hall Orchestral Winds seminar where he collaborated with the principals from the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, and Philadelphia Orchestra. He has performed with professional ensembles such as Harrisburg Symphony, Waco Symphony Orchestra, and the Gaylen Jeter Jazz Orchestra. Dan has been a scholarship and fellowship recipient for some of the most prestigious music festivals, including the National Orchestral Institute and the Aspen Music Festival. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Cello Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Synthesizer Ukulele Mandolin Recorder Lute Double Bass Mallet Percussion Conga Latin Percussion
As I have taught for many years, I feel encouraged and motivated when I can pass along my love for music. Nothing is more inspiring to me than to see someone's face light up when they pick up their instrument and learn. I set tailored goals for my students to reach every week, so that they have specific targets to reach. Positive reinforcement is the key to keeping a motivated student, and I encourage them in anyway possible making myself available to them throughout the week even after the lesson is over. Read More
Instruments: Piano
My love and passion for music extends even further into my love for teaching music to kids and adults of all ages and abilities. I am a recent graduate from Shepherd University, with a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano performance, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. I have had the opportunity to perform in a number of different settings, including as the pianist in the Shepherd University Community Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, and Piano Ensemble. Read More
Instruments: Piano Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Double Bass Piccolo Oboe Bassoon Music Keyboard
I'm most comfortable working with beginner to intermediate students, ages 7-11. Initially, I will provide my students with an assessment to learn more about the student's interest and performance level. Subsequently, based upon the assessment results, I will provide my students with a series of warm-up exercises designed to support proper posture, breathing and the overall handling of their respective instrument for every session . Each session and lesson plans are customized for my students, and will be scheduled as followed: 5 minutes - Greeting and Warm-Up Exercise(s); 10 minutes - Modeling/ Recap and Collaborative Instruction of Core Skill(s); 10 minutes - Independent Application Recording Assessment of Core Skill(s); 5 minutes - Critiquing of Core Skill(s) Wrap-Up Activity. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Ukulele Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I first learned how to play the guitar but, as often happens, there were 2 other guitar players wo were better than I was at the time, so I "became" the bass player. Over the years, I got better at bass and so that became my primary instrument. But I nver lost interest in guitar and still do most of my practicing on that. I learned the ukulele a few years ago because my daughter liked it and wanted to learn. I became enamored of the uke when I discovered its potential as an orchestral instrument.
If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
I don't have a music degree but I can help students in all of these areas.
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
It was gradual. I never stopped playing and wanting to play better. So, eventually, I got good enough to make some money at it and, then, to take on teaching as another way to apply what I knew.
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
No one else in my family is a musician. My mother loved music and have played piano at one time. She encouraged me to take piano lessons when I was too young to make that sort of commitment, although I would sometimes try to play it and "compose" my own pieces just because I liked the sound of the piano and sort of dreamed of being a musician. Eventually this led me to want to play the trumpet, which got me started really learning music.
I was influenced more by friends and the desire to play in a band.
What is your dream piece to perform and why?
I worked out an arrangement of "Black Orpheus" in classical guitar, which I love to play and dream about making it better and better,
On bass, I've played for years and tried to master "Lopsey Lu" by Stanley Clarke.
If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
If I were not a musician, I would be a philospher and philosophy/humanities professor, as I am anyway. Without the musician part of my life, I would probably have pursued some other artistic avenue like poetry or literature.
Of course, like many musicians, I have had other careers going on, too. I worked in business world for many years doing sales and hman resources.
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
Most of my performing experience has been as a bass player and singer in rock and country bands. So I guess these are my favorite styles to play. However, I like playing jazz, blues, folk and classical styles on guitar, too.
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
As I said above, I use the Berklee series for guitar because it not only offers a credible and practical method of learning both the guitar and music, generally, the duets and multi-part arrangements sound really good once the student has mastered them. They are designed so the student learns all of the parts, giving then experience playing the lead (melody) part as well as chord accompaniment, counter-melodies and bass parts.
For teaching beginning bass I use one of the Hal Leonard methods best suited to the student interests and level. For more advanced students I have used methods by Chuck Rainey, Carol Kaye or Ray Brown. These are well-accepted methods, developed by very famous bass players. I also use "Scott's Bass Lessons", a whole website and Academy developed by Scott Devine.
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
I practice almost every day. Because of my changing schedule I don't always have a specific block of time set aside. Playing is almost like therapy for me, so I often will pick it up because I heard something or feel something that makes me want to express myself musically.
Once started, I have a set of exercises or maybe just improvisations that I work through. One thing leads to another and I'll spend an hour or more practicing a song or embellishing it until I'm satisfied.
Other times I will work on a specific piece that I am learning for a band or to support a student.
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