Clarinet Lessons Midwest

Instruments: Clarinet

As a teacher, I am most interested in helping students develop solid fundamental technique while discovering the joy of playing and mastering an instrument. I am very flexible in the use of method books, prefering to discover the individual needs of my students and tailoring instruction and materials to each individual. My teaching stresses the fundamental operation of the instrument (use of air, embouchure, posture, and hand placement) in order to unlock the student's full potential. Read More

Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Recorder, French Horn, Tuba, Piccolo

My passion for music began in high school when I joined marching band. When I was in ninth grade, after my very first marching band compeititon, I knew I wanted to be a music teacher when I grew up. Since then I have devoted a huge amount of my time furthering my own education so that I may further others' music education. During my time in college, I performed in many ensembles and, as a hobby, I coach and choreograph color guard work (flags and rifles of marching band) for several competing schools in the area. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone, Clarinet

I have been teaching private lessons to students since 2004. I mainly teaching clarinet and saxophone privately, but I also teach beginning and intermediate instrumental music students in the public schools. In the schools, I have taught flute, clarinet, oboe, bass clarinet, saxophone (alto tenor), trumpet, trombone, euphonium, violin, viola, cello, and string bass. I have loved teaching all of these instruments! My specialty area remains woodwinds, mainly clarinet and saxophone. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone, Clarinet

Do you know what's more rewarding than seeing one of my students develop a passion for music? Nothing! Therefore, it is important that each and every student progresses at his or her own pace. I encourage this by setting realistic goals for my students at each lesson. Acknowledging accomplishments helps motivate and fuel desire to progress, practice and learn even more. By learning what inspires the student, I can successfully tailor my instruction to his/her wants and needs. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone, Clarinet

I really enjoy watching the week to week progress of a motivated student and sharing in their passion for the wonderful art of music! I remember when I was a young student and didn't understand why my teacher was having me prepare all those scales and arpeggios? Why couldn't he just make me play better. Well I realized many years later that it just didn't work that way. I had to practice the scales because just like professional sports teams work on fundamentals all the time to keep playing well, so do musicians need to work on fundamentals. Read More