Aiden S  
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trumpet, Recorder, Euphonium, French Horn, Music, Keyboard
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Musical Theater, Opera, Showtunes

I've been giving lessons since I was in high school, but I was able to expand the instruments I'm able to teach from my college training. I have been teaching with Webster's Community Music School for the past year and a half and I have had great success with teaching young beginners, although I have started older kids and even adults with great success (I just use a different curriculum with older students). I teach in home, so I come to you. I encourage students to do recitals (I'm putting one on in April) to allow students the opportunity to practice performing. I am looking to add some more students to my studio starting the beginning of the year.

For young beginner students (Ages 3-7) I typically start them with the Music for Little Mozart Series (4 books total). I pair that with fun music games, rhythm practice, listening activities and other misc. activities. At this age it is difficult for them to sit at the piano bench for the whole lesson so we only spend about half the lesson (but split up) at the piano and the other half learning basic music concepts through games. For older students (7+) I usually start them in the Bastian Series as it goes pretty quickly into playing. This is also a more intensive series and we generally spend the majority of the lesson at the piano. But we will still have rhythm activities and listening activities we do away from the piano. Sometimes with the elementary age students we will still do some fun movement games as well.