Piano Lessons Oakland County, MI

Instruments: Piano

Nothing is more rewarding than seeing one of my students develop a passion for music! Therefore, it's important that each student progresses at his or her own pace. I encourage this by setting realistic goals for my students at each lesson. By having these realistic goals, students will feel greater accomplishment at what they achieved as I do not want to overwhelm the student with too much material or information. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice

What it boils down to is good posture, proper breathing, healthy support, efficient vocal cord closure, and exercises designed to strengthen and stretch the voice. For piano, I teach primarily from the standpoint of the theory behind music, since piano is such an excellent instrument with which to "see" music. Then we can take that music theory knowledge and use it one step further to learn how to compose music. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice

Singing: Bel Canto. I use the Vaccai exercise books for more intermediate singers. This helps to open up the throat by singing on Italian vowels. For repetoire I will use the Easy Song books for beginners, First Book of Songs for Intermediate and for more advanced students we pick out repertoire for specific voice types. For musical theatre I use the Singers Musical Theatre Anthology Series. Piano: Young children (5 or 6 years old) I start with the Music Tree primer. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice

I started teaching voice and piano a year out of college. My first piano student was 2 years old. What a thrill! My oldest student was a voice student 73 beautiful! Ive taught an array of singers from different genres. novice basic singing lessons to other students having professional experience. My coaching and training encompasses a variety of teaching styles. I can tailor my lessons to the needs and interests of the student being the early beginning piano student or beginning voice or seasoned voice student. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Trumpet, Trombone, Drums, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Double Bass, Euphonium, Tuba, Orchestral Percussion, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

For each instrument, I have the same basic approach: discover what they like, assess what they can do, and begin with the fundamentals.  If a student is more advanced, I still like to spend time on fundamentals at the beginning anyway to see if we can fill in any foundational weakness that the student may have.   For each instrument, I also have a wide array of repitoire that I give students that zero-in on technical challenges a student will be presented with. Read More