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Instruments: Piano Drums Orchestral Percussion Djembe
The best way for students to improve their proficiency on an instrument is through consistent, weekly practice. In our lessons, we will discover overall musical goals and then weekly goals to help us achieve our dreams. Yes, the dedication must be put in by the student, but organized practice is the quickest way to truly improve. In my lessons, we will work on technique and sight reading as well as improvisation and learning songs. Read More
Instruments: Piano
I have over 25 years of teaching experience with children and adults. My method is the shortest way to free playing piano, I can teach to play classic, jazz, rock and to know harmony of music for both beginners and advanced piano players. I worked in different music schools in Ukraine as well as in internationally renowned Tchaikovsky Music Academy in the Department of General and Specialized Piano teaching classics and jazz. Read More
Instruments: Piano Cello
Ballet Piano Accompanist at New York City Ballet. I rehearse and prepare ballet and dance music for dancers of all levels; beginning, intermediate and advanced. My dancers range from young children, to adult and senior beginners. I also play for serious teenagers who train to perform with some of the worlds most sought after ballet careers. Edit International Ambassador of Western Music May 2014 - May 2014 American Music Abroad My cello quartet toured throughout Eastern Europe for 30 days performing and teaching classes and chamber groups. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Drums Bass Guitar Synthesizer Ukulele Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Conga Latin Percussion Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Djembe Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I started teaching music lessons back when I was 14, when friends would ask for tips or lessons, and local parents wanted lessons for their children. I fell in love with the act of helping others to realize the music inside them, and have been teaching consistently ever since. Learning any musical instrument involves learning about oneself. The student and teacher must work together to define their goals, be comfortable confronting shortcomings, discover how they learn best, and find the patience and drive to practice for long enough to get better. Read More
Instruments: Piano Trombone Euphonium
Every student is different so I never take a cookie cutter approach in my lessons. I will address every issue or question each individual student has. I like to figure out what inspires my students and use that to cater their lesson to them. If one of my students really like movie theme music we will learn those songs. If one of my students doesn't like playing classical music we will work on jazz, funk, and rock! Read More
Instruments: Piano Drums Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion
I began teaching music while I was in high school to younger students. Once I began college, I discovered that I really enjoyed teaching music and had a gift for verbally communicating complex musical ideas in an easy fashion. After moving to New York, I opened my own private studio and began teaching full time. I have experience teaching people of all ages and experience levels; ranging from beginners, to college students, to professionals, and I love all of it. Read More
Instruments: Piano Synthesizer Keyboard
I am a passionate, empathic and patient teacher who has a life long passion for music and composition. I graduated New England Conservatory in Jazz Piano Performance in 2001. I've had the chance to perform all over the world and at spaces including Lincoln Center and BAM. I've composed and scored feature films including Supergirl which recently appeared on PBS. I've released two albums under Glass Ghost and I am currently getting ready to release my newest album of ambient pop music, Wave In Time, early 2019. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Music Keyboard Acoustic Guitar
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
I am most proud of my work with the Schubert Club Solo Singers in Ensemble: it was with my colleagues singing in harmony, and working on scenes, that I learned the most and felt the most exalted. The sounds of the various voices blending together filled me with joy, meaning, purpose, and created a rich, textured musical fabric with vitally interconnected threads of melody; musical line; rhythm. I can say the same about my work as a youngster, playing piano trios, quartets and quintets at (Fiorillo LaGuardia) Music & Art H.S., Mannes College and at Blue Hill, in Maine, where the piano, violin(s), viola and cello were each important to the utterance of the musical expression of the compositions.
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
As stated earlier in my profile, I use a variety of different teaching methods from Suzuki style work (rote; listening; duplicating), to traditional method books like James Bastian's and John Thompson's series, etc.
Guitar-- I enjoy Mel Bay's Method books, but I also use Alfred's and the Berkeley Method....There are many pathways to learning an instrument, including the voice. I first stress musicianship. YouTube has become a veritable library of incredible, valuable information which includes all sorts of teaching tutorials. Sometimes I might deploy part of a video and a snippet from other printed matter found online, drawing from recent research and discovery!
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
One of the most difficult things to master is reading notation and playing the right and left hands in different clefs. (Piano)
Voice-- one of the most difficult things to master is hearing one's own pitch and finding notes that skip or leap in a song (singing in tune); this requires learning and mastery of how scales work; and of chromatic harmony.
Guitar--As a guitar player must 'make' his or her own notes by applying pressure with the left hand fingers on various places on the fretboard, it is most difficult to master awkward positions, wide stretches and adequate pressure to produce a viable sound.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
I didn't. It was chosen for me.
Have any of your students won awards or been selected for special honors? How have they succeeded?
One of my students was legally blind and I had brought him from beginner to being a leader of his High School jazz band; another boy started with me at age 3 going on 4, was still having temper tantrums, sucking his thumb, and holding on to his teddy bear, but with the help of his parents assisting me at every lesson and practicing with him every day, this student earned gold ratings in the state's Young Musicians Festival under my tutelage. Another young woman voice student of mine landed a lead role in a local Musical and prepared to sing at ball games.
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