Grover N  
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trumpet, Synthesizer, French Horn, Keyboard
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Gospel, Musical Theater, Opera, Latin, Funk, Hip Hop, Electronic, Salsa, Showtunes, Spirituals, Latin Jazz, Swing, New Age, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul, Marching Band, Avant-garde

I have taught music lessons both in college as well as for several years before that. I have experience coaching chamber groups, performing and running groups, as well as teaching both musical and non-musical subjects at a variety of levels, including one-on-one tutoring. I base all of my methods on proven cognitive research and fun yet rigorous hands-on experience. When I was younger, I experience many struggles as a musician, and had to work both hard and smart to overcome my more immediately talented peers. My approach to teaching is never to assume a student is bad or lacking talent if something does not come quickly to them. I always try to empathize and work alongside my students to discover and develop their specific proficiencies.

I usually prefer a phone call or use the first lesson to guage the interest level, previous experience, and goals of the student and/or parents. I have used a variety of teaching books and methods, and will generally try to contour my methods to the needs of students while also keeping costs low. I do not often rquire students to purchase expensive music books, and prefer using repetoire and music directly relevant to students long and short-term goals. For beginning students I always help them build fundamentals with a focus on their particular physiology and musical brain in relation to their instrument. For more advanced students, I may choose to focus on advanced musicianship or theoretical understandings of pieces to enhance their playing if their playing is at a sufficiently advanced level.