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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in Addison . 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 Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Harmonica Recorder Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
my teaching style is fun and fast. as each student progresses at their own pace. it is very important to set realistic goals. i motivate kids by giving them stickers for each exercise they passed. and that allows them to study and practice more. after they finish a method book, they receive a certificate of achievement. i can successfully guide students thru any challenges they go thru in the music learning process. that gives them the motivation to keep going. i teach them discipline and to have a consistent practicing schedule. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Violin Viola Music Keyboard
My methods depend on my students' ages, experience, and instruments. I incorporate books from Full Voice, Suzuki, Schradiek, Piano Pronto, Bastien, and more! I ensure that my students are getting the essential education that will help them grow and succeed as a musician. In addition to teaching exercises, technic, warmups, scales, chords, arpeggios (and more), I also ensure that students are applying these things to pieces that are important to learn through lesson books and with songs that my students want to learn. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Synthesizer Music Keyboard
My teaching style is relaxed and easy going. This is because I try my best to cater to my student's needs. My goal when teaching a student is to be a resource to help them reach their full musical potential. This can be done by setting realistic goals, practice routines and using tension free techniques. I also try my best when teaching to give my students a safe space where they can feel free to grow, create, and express. Read More
Instruments: Piano
I have used different piano books since I started teaching and find the methodology of Faber Piano Adventures suitable for students of different age groups and levels. Students can learn how to play songs in different varieties such as jazz, classical, rock, theme songs from Disney movies and well-known festival songs which they can sing along. Also, most of the repertoire has a duet section for me to play together with the student which makes the learning more fun and enjoyable. Read More
Instruments: Piano Drums Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Conga Latin Percussion Music Keyboard Djembe
Going back to my first drum lesson takes us back 8 years into the year of 2012. I started teaching lessons as a casual event in my basement to local kids in my neighborhood. While this was taking place, I was not asking for any money whatsoever. Eventually, I started to build a community of well rounded musicians that were attaining success in my studio. This led me to start charging money as my studio grew to about 25 students a week at its best. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Organ Synthesizer Keyboard
Her song, "Lullaby," was also a Regional Winner in Flavorpill's A Band Apart competition and was featured on the Chicago Regional Winners mixtape. She was chosen as a Semi-Finalist in the Intel Superstars Competition and as a regional Semi-Finalist in the OurStage Warped Tour Competition. She has opened for Marky Ramone the Speed Kings, D.I., Rev. Norb the Onions, and Val Emmich. In 2015, Mary released a 5-song EP with her band, Mary The Immaculate Rejections, and most recently, she released a 3-song EP of old recordings, entitled "Coal Miner's Granddaughter: The Lost Tapes." In 2017, Mary appeared on Rupam Sarmahs Together in Peace album. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Trumpet Bass Guitar Ukulele Keyboard Electric Guitar Djembe Acoustic Guitar
My experience with learning was fun. Since I was learning multiple instruments it was fun to tie everything together. I could say the best part while learning was understanding theory...that part of my learning opened up many doors for me musically. I started to understand why certain notes could and couldn't be played, why and how to use different scales. Those things are the same things I try to reveal to the students when the time is right. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Trumpet Trombone Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Ukulele Mandolin Recorder Euphonium Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
My mother knew piano at one point but I have never seen her play. My father can't even clap in time to the Friends theme song. Some of my siblings were in band in high school, but none have pursued music outside of school. I am hoping that I can have a stronger influence on their children than I did on them.
The exception here is my stepdad. The first trumpet I ever played was his, and I had to learn guitar on his guitar before my parents agreed to buy me my own. He doesn't play often, but he understands the joy of it. Lately he has found pleasure in building his own instruments, which I think meshes better with his brain (he is an engineer).
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I wasn't very good at anything else. So the decision was kind of made for me in that respect. "Music" is a very broad field and can manifest in many different ways, so it can appeal to most kinds of people, if they can choose their own path, and not be forced down the path somebody else wants for them.
If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
I have a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education (also known as a BME). When I was near the end of high school, I knew that the only thing I wanted to do was music. Music Education seemed like the most straightforward path to accomplish that. The process of teaching other and watching them learn and love the art of music as I have has brought me a type of joy I would not have thought possible when I was just starting out.
What is your dream piece to perform and why?
I don't have dream "pieces" to perform, I think many pieces could be fantastic or miserable depending on the people you're playing the piece with. Some of my favorite performances have included playing a piece that started off as a joke, but the people I was with made it amazing.
If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
The reason I'm here is because I don't have an answer to that question. I have been in public education for 9 years, and while I need to leave that environment, it's not because I don't love what I do. So you could say I quit being a Music Teacher so that I could teach music.
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
In general, I dislike questions about "favorites." Music has a vibe and an emotion and a story and an entire world can exist inside a single song. What I like and what I want to play varies with my mood and changes by the day and I would never want to limit anybody to any one style.
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I first learned trumpet, which I was taught in school. Later, I taught myself guitar. While shopping for a guitar, I saw a combo pack that had an acoustic guitar and a mandolin. That seemed interesting, so I bought it. I found the similarities between guitar and mandolin interesting, and enjoyed how two things so similar could sound so different. This led me to other string instruments like bass and cello.
After switching to euphonium for college, I realized that, like string instruments, all brass instruments had shared qualities also. As part of my degree, I had to learn piano and woodwind instruments as well, and the more instruments I learned, the more my mind understood the similarities between them. Once that is discovered, learning a new instrument is just a matter of applying what you already know to a new shape. To this day I'm still picking up and learning new instruments on a regular basis.
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
I don't believe there's such a thing as a "normal" practice session. Certainly, if a teacher has limited expectations and requirements for a lesson, then you can have lessons that conform to those parameters. But "normal" is boring and music should never be boring.
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