Ryan S  
Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Cello, Drums, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin, Double Bass, Music, Keyboard, Djembe
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, Opera, Funk, Hip Hop, Punk, Avant-garde

I have worked with students aging from 6 with no training to 55 with 30 years of training. Every student is different and presents unique challenges. I find that the less a student know the easier it is to see improvement. Often with older players there are fundamental basics that are working against them that need correction. You can not unlearn something, only learn something knew. The most important thing in music education is starting them right because muscle memory is extremly hard to change.

Throughout the 8 12 years that I have been teaching I have been learning a lot about many different methods and teaching styles. I always had thought that what I was being taught could have been taught in a more natural and more efficient way. I have borrowed many of my ideas from some of the greatest teachers in history and believe the most in the “bel canto” method created but David Jacobsen who is an alumni of the Curtis Institute of Music, the greatest school of music in the world. It approaches technique and music as a 3 in 1 system in which each part is of equal importance. It is an absolutley amazing method and philiosophy and have seen immediate improvement in not just my own playing but all of my students.