April C
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Violin, Viola, Flute, Piccolo
Styles: Classical
April C
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Violin, Viola, Flute, Piccolo
Styles:
Classical
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 10-80
other: University of South Florida
Lifetime musician with 10 years of teaching experience. I studied music performance at the University of South Florida, where I focused on flute as my primary instrument. I have also studied piano, strings, voice for over 2 decades. I have learned under many great music instructors, various members of the Florida Orchestra and also a direct student of Dr. Suzuki himself. Aside from teaching experience, I have also performed in small chamber ensembles professionally for events such as weddings, charities, and live music nights at restaurant and am also involved in a few community volunteer ensembles.
I began teaching private music lessons during my college days. I was taking music education classes along with my performance degrees and the combination of the classes made me feel like i could teach lessons in a new and innovative way. A big focus in my curriculum is music theory. Music theory is such an important backbone to learning your instrument. I feel very confident that students will feel a complete understanding of the pieces they work on, because of the emphasis we put on theory. Despite all the hard work that comes with learning an instrument, my biggest goal is to make lessons and learning enjoyable so it does not feel like hard work. Students will feel encouraged to learn and grow their love for their instrument through our lessons.
For beginning students, I like to start from Essential elements, Suzuki 1, or Piano Adventures. Students will also likely have a theory workbook or worksheets that match the level of their current repertoire. Intermediate students, we will start using a program called smart music that plays the accompaniment for pieces that we are working on. This will really help develop a great internal sense of rhythm and help students recognize immediately when something needs correcting. We will also use the more advance levels of Suzuki study books. Advanced students will be playing hand picked repertoire pieces and continue to use smartmusic. We will also start to really focus on how to properly practice to advance our skills to the professional level- this will include method books, etudes, technical and lyrical exercises, orchestral excerpts and more.
My teaching style really focuses around developing a love for your instrument. If the student loves their instrument and the music that is written for their instrument, they will feel encouraged to practice. I try to pick up on the student's personality and learning styles and make each person's lesson a combination of my teaching styles and what works best for the student. Once we find the routine and groove that works for the both the student and myself, then the learning should come along easily and fun.
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