Christina M
Instruments: Clarinet
Styles: Classical, Marching Band
Christina M
Instruments: Clarinet
Styles:
Classical, Marching Band
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 10-60
Colorado Technical University Online- Associates Degree United States Marine Corps- School of Music
2002- Performed with The Colony High School's highest band at Carnegie Hall
2004- Performed with the Quantico Marine Band at Carnegie Hall
2005-Performed with the Quantico Marine Band at the Virgina International Tattoo in Norfolk in honor of our veterans
2006-Marched with the San Diego Marine Corps Depot Ban in Pasadena's Tournament of Roses Parade
My love for music and passion for teaching has given me the best experiences of my life since I started my clarinet career in 6th grade. I strived to ensure to meet and exceed the expectations of a clarinetist in middle school in high school. I furthered my career by auditioning for and making Marines as a clarinetist. I travelled many places to include New York City for the 9-11 tribute parade and the Italian Pride parade.
I've taught the clarinet since my high school days, offering lessons on how to play and how to march to my fellow band members as well as others in my neighborhood and surrounding cities. I did the same in the Marines to my fellow Marines as well those in high schools near my duty station. I take the time to understand what my students want to accomplish and set short and long term goals while having fun and motivating my students to learn more.
No matter what age, any starting clarinetist needs to understand the fundamentals of the clarinet. Once these fundamentals are acquired, we move on to the basics of reading music and playing the clarinet such as learning the circle of fourths and practicing pieces of music that is from a certain major scale. Ear training and music theory will also be involved in each lesson to understand music further. Each lesson is fun filled and packed with many activities to motivate my students to love music and have a passion for playing the clarinet.
Each person is unique which transfers to a different learning technque for each student. I firmly believe in making sure each student learns at his or her own pace. If my student is having difficulty learning something new, I will ensure the student understands the lesson a different way i.e. singing a piece, clapping the rhythm, drawing pictures... etc. No matter the lesson, each student will have fun and exceed in accomplishing their goals.
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