Guitar Lessons New Mexico

Instruments: Guitar, Trumpet, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet

The joy of teaching privately comes from the discovery of each individual studen's relationship with music and helping it to grow. For me, a love of teaching was secondary, a natural consequence of first developing a love for music. By adapting pace, materials, and methods to the individual while still maintaining high standards and remaining positive, it is my goal to help the student find their own love of music via their own path. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Synthesizer, Keyboard

I teach beginning piano using the Faber Piano Adventures method, as well as the Suzuki method. From there we go into classical training, then on to jazz or pop. This includes music theory, technique, and the major and minor scales. I teach songwriting if you are looking to create songs, and I teach music theory as well as music composition. I teach music production, electronic music production, and all aspects of Ableton Live. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Violin, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

All of my students with LIYH made significant progress and I have some very good stories of remarkable progress with a few students - Alois Gorner (11 years old) progressed from being brand new to playing through Fur Elise, in 5 months. Taly Turchin (13) Another violin student who had a successful audition into her school's chamber orchestra with the piece we were working on (Bach Cello Prelude in G Major - transposed to D Major for violin). Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer

I want everyone to feel that they can learn music and that music can be fun to learn and grow in. So I strive to learn how a student learns and do my best to cater my teaching style and the materials I use to help them learn tothe way they learn. For example, if you are a repetitive learner than I will try to solidify the techniques by teaching those techniques over and over again until they areabsorbed. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Flute, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin, Recorder, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

This has also allowed me to provide professional developments for classroom teachers to incorporate with their lessons for their students of all levels. These skills I also apply to my private lessons to customize for one-on-one students so they get the most out of their musical learning. A great music educator is constantly pushing their learning and educational skills through training in the professional music field and teacher developments. Learning to be flexible and improvise, as a musician AND a teacher, allows for life's interruptions to not be disruptive to a student's process! Read More