Elizabeth S  
Instruments: Piano
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Gospel, Showtunes, Spirituals, Swing

I have been teaching during my college days and had received my first student while there. Currently I have been teaching for the past 13 years through traveling in the Lake and Mchenry county areas. What inspires students is the great passion they see in you but truly having fun in the lessons while teaching them the foundational components that are important in the beginning. I definitely encourage consistent daily practice times which will be key in seeing their love for it ignite. I enjoy introducing new material as it adds a variety of options and color to really discover their style as they continue to grow. It is highly important from the very beginning to set the stage for them to truly love what they do and everything else will come out of that. Also, I have worked with students to prepare them at their schools for adjudications for solo ensembles and thoroughly enjoy the process of preparation to performance. I love watching students I have had for years grow and take their passion for the piano to college and I look forward to seeing many more excel!

For my beginner students who are children I typically start out with either Hal Leonard or Fabre lesson books to learn all the very important foundational keys in music. As I notice they are grasping the concepts and able to apply them I then like to find outside resources such as sheet music, classical, pop to allow them to enjoy and discover what they love most. When it comes to my beginner adult students I usually start them off in the Fabre adult beginner book. I like to find out what types of music they would have interest in learning from the beginning and then start to introduce that as we continue in the lesson book. I find it very important to stay connected to my students and want them to have fun as we are learning along the way!