Korie B
Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Trombone, Euphonium, Music
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Blues, Gospel, Musical Theater, Opera, Funk, Showtunes, Spirituals, Latin Jazz, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul
Korie B
Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Trombone, Euphonium, Music
Styles:
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Blues, Gospel, Musical Theater, Opera, Funk, Showtunes, Spirituals, Latin Jazz, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 8-80
Bachelor Degree: Murray State University
Taste of The Arts Scholarship
Department of Music Scholarship
Roger E. Reichmuth Scholarship
Racer Band Scholarship
Missouri A+ Scholarship
Fellow Trombonist and former Murray State Music Performance major Korie B. here! I am thrilled to enter my journey into teaching lessons as I’m on my 12th year of playing and want to share everything I’ve learned thus far with future students. While at Murray State, I performed 3 recitals and played with the Kentucky Intercollegiate Band, MSU’s Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Band, Jazz Combo, New Music Ensemble, Racer Band, Racer Pep Band, Concert Choir, Women’s Chorus, Trombone Choir, Brass Choir, as well as many chamber ensembles. When Traveling home to Missouri for the summer periods, I would perform with the SEMO Regional Jazz Orchestra, Cape Municipal Band, and the Jackson Municipal Band. As a student performer I have made appearances at the International Trombone Festival, International Women’s Brass Conference, Bands of America, Kentucky Music Educators Association, 3 NCAA tournaments, and the Elmhurst Jazz Festival. Post graduation, I have been freelancing between home and Austin, TX. I just wrapped up my band season with the Austin Civic Orchestra, Austin Brass Band, Austin Symphonic Band, and subbing for U.T. Austin’s Lab Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, and Hispanic Caribbean Ensemble. I also am a performing artist for the Chromatic Brass Collective and also serve of the programming committee!
I will be fairly new to teaching lessons in general. The bulk of my lessons teaching during my undergrad was supposed to happen when the pandemic came into view. Although, I have taught a few mock lessons around the time that occurred. I feel totally equipped to teach from past experiences of my own. If anything, I make sure to keep record of what an essential and fundamental lesson should be from past teachers. I would do my best to I would always ensure that there is an equal amount of opportunity for the student to be exposed to any and all music, techniques, and theory there is to offer. They should feel successful, creative, motivated, and most importantly prepared to become the best musicians and people they can be after each lesson. In the meantime, I would have high hopes to see them outgrow me and become an even better and more polished teacher and performer than I will have the chance to become!
For students of all ages including myself, I follow and pretty strict but still flexible practice routine. In my own sessions, I tailor them around future performances, auditions, and styles of repertoire that I would like to improve upon. A typical structure would be to go through a series of of exercises that pertain to the music being studied. During the first lesson, I should be able to understand what level of playing capability the student is at. After the first lesson, I would introduce an adaptable routine of how to maintain healthy habits for retention, pick a few etudes and duets, and collaborate on choosing a solo that would follow along with their current level of playing. In between the lesson, I would run a series of Stretching, Breathing, Alignment, and imagining a healthy environment and state of being as they are crucial to the foundation of each lesson. The goal for the end of then lesson is for the student have felt accomplished, hopefully have built their interest in new materials, tips, and tricks, and most importantly that they enjoyed the music that they were able to create!
I have strived for my teaching style to be the most inclusive, accessible, and overall enjoyable experience. That is the way I was taught from previous instructors and I plan to utilize some of the beneficial resources they have shared with me over the years. I want all of my students to realize how powerful the world of music is and the large sense of community that comes along with it. Would highly reiterate to the students that they have the chance to be as grand as any professional player well-rounded teacher. I want to ensure that each student has developed self-sufficient habits, has established many genres and styles that they have become inspired by, and have reached the point of being able to depict an image of what kind of player and person they plan to be.
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