Kyra H
Instruments: Saxophone, Flute
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Marching Band
Kyra H
Instruments: Saxophone, Flute
Styles:
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Marching Band
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 10-80
General studies, Rogue Community College
Director’s Award 2009 Director’s Award 2011 2013 - First professional performance with One Eleven Productions 2014 - Top Three in State Solo Competition 2015 - Principle Flautist in the Youth Symphony or Southern Oregon 2017 - Timberline Music Co. Competition 1st Place
I am a passionate, experienced musician with a special place in my heart for helping beginners. I have two years of teaching fifth grade, middle school, and high schoolers with flute and saxophone. I want to primarily work with young or beginner flute players to help build them up into prominent players and watch them grow. I have been invited to play professionally and for fun all over Southern Oregon since I was a Junior in high school, and since then have also been asked to come teach at many schools around the area.
I really began teaching when I was in high school and then going into college. During high school I was discovered by different middle school and elementary school music teachers and asked to come teach their students. As I began working at different schools, I was asked to give private lessons. I taught beginner masterclasses, private lessons, and traveled to different schools for about two years. In 2017 I was offered a visual and musical teaching position with the Grants Pass Highschool Marching Band.
For beginners, whilst working with a Standard of Excellence book, it's important to take the time to work on things on a smaller level throughout. Although working through the books and going onto the next level is the goal, I find it imperative ensure that the techniques are being fully utilized along the way. For example, we don't want to just read the notes and play along, we want to make sure that articulations, tone, breathing techniques and fingering is also being focused on. For more advanced players I like to also work on perfecting these things, along with breaking down whatever is being worked on into smaller bits. Practicing phrases slow
I first find out how the students learns best. Knowing if somebody is hands on, likes to listen, needs to watch, be shown etc. can impact the experience and quality of the lesson. Using analogies is something that has really helped me in my practicing so I enjoy passing that on. Setting realistic short term and long term goals are absolutely essential to progression, along with finding an inspiration. I have always found a player who inspired me and would figure out what they were doing to sound the way they sound.
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