Adrian B  
Instruments: Piano, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, R&B, Gospel, Latin, Funk, Salsa, Showtunes, Merengue, Latin Jazz, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul, Marching Band, Mariachi

My teaching experience began about 12 years ago. As a young college student, I was lucky enough to teach beginner students both privately as well as group lessons. After college, I began working in a music school in Caracas, Venezuela that was part of "El sistema". This was an experience like no other, I remember having as many as 10 trumpet students together for group lessons. These students were as young as 7 years old up to 14 years old. It was very interesting to see how the older students would motivate the young students and at the same time how those older students learned new things from the younger students. This experience taught me a valuable lesson that no matter how old or experienced you are, there is always more to learn. In the United States, I have been teaching private and group lessons for the last 6 years in different states such as Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

For the very beginners, I like to use Essential Elements 2000 or Standard of Excellence Book. Depending on the student's development the next step will be H.L Clarke's Technical Studies. After this, I would find easy music that the student can identify with and be interested in, such as Disney books, Harry Potter,etc. For the more advanced high school students, they will also use Clarke's Technical Studies, Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for trumpet, and Rubank Method Books which come in Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced levels. We will work on any concert, marching band music and any other piece of music that the student will be interested in learning. For adults, I will continue to use Arban's and Clarke's methods. I will also include more challenging books such as the Claude Gordon Systematic Approach and Max Schlossberg's Daily Drills and Technical Studies.