Grace B  
Instruments: Piano, Keyboard
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country, Gospel, Musical Theater, Showtunes, Spirituals

I have played piano for 14 years, and have had the opportunity to teach in informal settings many times. Although I am new to giving private lessons, I have years of experience working with children through my time working in preschool and elementary school settings. I also work as an outdoor educator as a whitewater raft guide, and in this setting, I have the opportunity to work with people of all ages and backgrounds in high-fun setting! Throughout my experience playing piano, I have found that a mixture of technique-focused music as well as music aligned with personal interests tends to work best when first learning.

For beginners who are children, I will most likely start with Hal Leonard's Essential Elements. From there, I will try to select level-appropriate pieces based off my student's interests, in addition to continuing the Hal Leonard's materials until students progress to a more intermediate level. For adults, I will begin instruction with a chord focus, which allows for a wide range of tranferability within many genres of music. From there, I will learn more about the type of music that interests them, and integrate chord instruction with beginner-friendly arrangements of pieces they are interested in.