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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in Orland Park . 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 Voice Trumpet Trombone
I am a person who believes in teaching music to all ages. Through teaching I am hoping that I inspire students to follow their dreams on trying to achieve their goals in life. As a teacher I hope to gain the trust of my students by being the person that can help them progress forward in a chosen music career. I take pride in what I do. Hopefully I can encourage others to do the same. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Violin Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Recorder Euphonium Tuba Mallet Percussion
I began teaching people how to play instruments when I was in high school, by teaching new students to the band how to play percussion. I then continued teaching once in college by volunteering at local high schools helping new students to the band programs learn brass and percussion. From there I worked with the Rich South high school band director and the Jack Hille middle school band directors. Once I graduated college I taught choir and instrumental music for the catholic school system for two years. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Music Keyboard
My goal is to hear that students dont even realize how much theyre practicing throughout the week because theyre enjoying it so much! I always encourage 5 minutes a day to startthat time will usually increase naturally. I take time to get to know my students because I love to incorporate their other interests into the lessons to help keep them engaged. As a lifelong learner myself, I always encourage this quality because I believe that allowing yourself to be a beginner at something new all the time really fosters all-around success! Read More
Instruments: Piano Trombone
I am an experienced and versatile trombonist and educator living in Chicago. I hold a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Denver.. I have been teaching and playing professionally for over 7 years. My professional experiences include playing in big bands, small jazz ensembles, musical theater productions, salsa bands, wedding bands, funk groups, and traveling the world performing aboard cruise ships. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Trumpet Drums Bass Guitar Keyboard
I normally create a lesson plan that develop the student skills yet keep them interested in wanting to learn more about music not just a whole lot of theory. I also believe, the best way is hands on work. (Practical learning) I keep the lesson interesting and the syllabus simple for learn whatever it is I'm teaching with homework for practice. I enjoy creating lesson plans that I read from other books and use the books to help demonstrate and support the lesson I'm teaching. and to follow the guidelines for teaching. 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 Synthesizer
As a kid, I grew up listening to all types of music, from soul, jazz, hip-hop, RB, contemporary, and rock. My mom introduced me to my first piano at the age of 6 and I was hooked. Music became a part of my soul. I had great teachers that continued to help me develop my skills and challenge me. I started in classical, and soon found myself getting into jazz and contemporary; Read More
Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Ukulele Mandolin Lute Music Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
Normally I practice anywhere from 4-6 hours per day, depending on the day. Prior to practicing I do a few stretches to help relax my entire body. Then I look over the music before even touching my instrument and count the rhythms of each voice aloud. Then I sing the voices in my head or aloud. After that I take a note of how I expect the phrasing of the passage to be and identify areas where the technique might be difficult. Then I begin working out fingerings for each measure and practice it very slowly to train my muscle memory for the passage. Then I turn on the metronome and begin working with it to ensure that I am playing everything rhythmically accurate. Once all that is done for the entire piece I begin working sections of the piece slowly and with the metronome until it's committed to memory. Then I play the piece slowly without the metronome and speed it up to rhythm. After each "performance" I look back to the music and figure out where I stumbled, or what I want to be clearer, or anything of that like.
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
There is a myriad of techniques that are very difficult to master, things like tremolo, cross string trills, artificial harmonics, tambora, tremolo rasgueado, and etc. But the largest hurdle I see most guitarists struggle with is the "Barre" a technique in which the performer holds many strings down with the index finger. I've seen many fail to learn it, and I've seen many play it incorrectly. Personally it took me a long time to get used to the technique, but I have a surefire way of teaching it so that the student will master it in no time!
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
I recommend two of them: Scott Tennant's "Pumping Nylon" and Pepe Romero's "La Guitarra". These are not necessary at all to begin lessons at any level. I can supply free resources that are great for learning. Mauro Giuliani's Right Hand Studies, and etudes by Matteo Carcassi and Fernando Sor.
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
Aside from my many performances with Pepe Romero, my big accomplishments personally are having performed many of my arrangements of famous piano pieces for guitar. I've arranged something like 300 pages of music for guitar ensembles, solo guitar, guitar and piano, guitar and violin and etc.
Have any of your students won awards or been selected for special honors? How have they succeeded?
To be completely honest, I have not had many students. The one student I did have for a few months moved on to play in several church bands and continues to play and love the guitar to this day.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
Before I made the switch to classical guitar, I played a lot of acoustic guitar -- mostly folk. Then I heard a music video by a guitarist named Michael Lucarelli on youtube, and decided that I needed to learn how to play that kind of guitar. I searched all over Louisiana looking for a teacher that could help me in learning this gorgeous music, but very few had any inkling of how to play. That's when I discovered Mr.Patrick Kerber, who is a true master of the instrument and he helped me immensely.
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