Angelica D  
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trumpet, Trombone, Clarinet, Euphonium, Tuba
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Marching Band

I am a graduate of Long Island University: Post Campus with Bachelors of Music in Music Education with emphasis in Trombone Studies. I have maintained a small private low brass studio for the past three years and teaches students ages -12 on various instruments in multiple music schools across the island. In addition, I am a frequent performer. I have played for the LIU Post Wind Symphony, Wind Ensemble, and Orchestra during my undergraduate career on both Trombone and Euphonium. I continues to perform with the LIU Post Trombone Ensemble and Brass Ensemble. I have always had a love for music and frequently indulged in one-on-one lesson opportunities at LIU Post each semester, including instruments such as piano and euphonium. I currently work in Roosevelt as a General Music/Chorus teacher.

For beginning students, I always start by learning the notes on the staff that corresponds with their specific instrument. Knowledge and confidence of this is crucial to the learning process. Next, I pick a method book to work through to learn the fundamentals. For trombone, I use Rubank's "Elementary Method." It is a great progressive studies that has great explanations, exercises, etudes, duets, mini-solos, scales studies, and more for young students. Once the student has shown me that they have a good grasp of the fundamentals of music and trombone, I put them on Gerald Bordner's, First Practical Studies for Trombone. Once I see that the student is comfortable and doing well with these two books, I introduce repertoire that is appropriate for their level.