Benjamin S  
Instruments: Piano, Saxophone
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel, Musical Theater, Latin, Funk, Hip Hop, Electronic, Showtunes, Spirituals, Reggae, Merengue, Latin Jazz, Swing, Bossa Nova, Soul, Avant-garde

I've been teaching for more than 10 years, and have been teaching intensively for the last 5 years. Since graduating with my bachelors degree I've worked for several companies in the Midwest teaching piano lessons and have maintained a schedule of teaching saxophone lessons privately. I've been successful teaching all ages of beginning and intermediate piano and all levels of saxophone with positive, disciplined lessons that also encourage students to find music that they love to play. I love meeting new people and being part of the process of their adventures in learning music!

For beginning piano students, I like to teach out of the Faber and Faber books. I like to go through three method books and then move into more advanced solo repertoire. For saxophone I use custom and tailor made assignments and methods focusing on sound primarily, followed by technique so the student can understand the fundamentals of how their body works with their instrument. For both saxophone and piano students I encourage a high degree of self direction as I believe that gives students the ability to seek and find what kind of things they enjoy and want to get better at.