David H
Instruments: Trombone, Euphonium
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Musical Theater, Opera, Showtunes, Swing, New Age, Marching Band
David H
Instruments: Trombone, Euphonium
Styles:
Classical, Jazz, Musical Theater, Opera, Showtunes, Swing, New Age, Marching Band
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 10-80
Bachelor Degree: Alderson Broaddus University, Master Degree: Shenandoah Conservatory
I'm a passionate musician that has a love for teaching. I graduate in 2017 from Alderson Broaddus University with a bachelors degree in Music Education, Music Performance, and Musical Arts. Then in 2019 I graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory with a Masters degree in Music Performance. After that I was the second trombonist with the Loudon Symphony Orchestra and the principal trombone of the 2019 Shenandoah Summer Music Theater company. I have had the great opportunity to perform with a very wide variety of ensembles and as a soloist in some amazing venues, most recently on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. In my lessons I focus on teaching my students how to approach playing in a healthy way and focus on their growth as a musician. My goal is to give my students the tools on how to be a successful musician for the rest of their life no matter the career path the eventually decide to follow.
I started teaching lessons when I was in my undergrad and really enjoy working one on one with my students and watching their incredible growth and how they fall in love with their sound and music along the way. I encourage students to practice as much as they can without hurting themselves. While taking private lesson is a great step for becoming a better musician only seriously practicing for one hour a week while I teach will not get them to where they want to be. I hold my students accountable to maintaining a practice journal and finding a practice routine that works for them. I don't normally give an outline of how practice should go because it's an extremely personal time and each students playing and needs are as unique as their personalities. IN a typical lesson I am fast to work on the basics and implementing playing tunes by ear. This gets the mundane fundamentals mixed in with the fun of playing music!
For beginners I focus mostly on creating a solid tone, building the muscles around their embouchure for endurance, flexibility, and ear training. I typically will start working with students out of Book 2 of John Kinyon's Basic Training Course for Trombone. Eventually, I will introduce the student to more of the typical etude books like Voxman's Selected Studies, Arban's Famous Method for Trombone, and Joannes Rochut's Melodious Etudes for trombone. Once I feel a student is ready I will begin to introduce solo repertoire appropriate for the student's skill level and as my studio grows I hope to have students working together in small ensembles and perform in a recital.
My teaching style is based around my love for storytelling and pictures. I will often ask students how a melodic line or etude makes them feel when they hear it or play it. I develop on this and start to guide the student to see the over arching theme of an etude and to develop a wide pallet of many colors to create a picture with their sound. These links to our other senses help us to create a deeper sense to the music and grow overall as musicians. I want students to be able to turn to their own music in times of struggle and happiness to help them express their self and see music as a lifelong companion.
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