Rebecca M  

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Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Ukulele, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Styles: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Funk, Soul, Punk

Around the age of 15, after about five years of performing, I started teaching guitar lessons to kids around my community and discovered a love for sharing my musical knowledge with others. When I went on to college, I continued teaching individual students and in my sophomore year joined a volunteer teaching group called SLAM! Through this twelve-week program, I had the opportunity to lead a group class of fifteen underprivileged middle schoolers with little to no musical experience. In my 9 years of teaching, I have worked with students ranging from four-years-old to thirty-years-old on everything from singing Disney ballads to studying advanced music theory. I love connecting with new students--whether they're five or eighty-five--and working with them to achieve their unique goals on their personal musical journey.

I believe that choosing lesson material should always be a collaborative experience between student and teacher. Flexibility is one of my core values in teaching music, as I’ve found that each student has unique interests, goals, strengths, and weaknesses. Rather than going into lessons with a set curriculum, I like to give students some agency over what they’d like to learn while making sure to cover fundamentals as they apply along the way. I always start new students out by getting them familiar with their instrument as well as finding out what inspires them to play; Building lesson plans around this core drive makes the learning process fun and exciting for everyone, no matter their age or skill level!