Music Lessons Midwest

Instruments: Saxophone, Music, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

As mentioned before, lessons will be geared towards the needs and interests of each student. It’s not enough to just work on the “fun” things that we’re good at! I like to work with a goal oriented mindset. For example, we may say “I will be able to play my scales in sixteenth notes at 90 BPM by the end of the year” or “I will be able to perform this piece on an upcoming concert”. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone, Clarinet, Music

I custom tailor lesson plans for each individual student based around the "Three T's" I assign every lesson. The first "T" stands for technical exercises, where I assign students specific technical exercises that best facilitates the growth where in the student's technical prowess that I see that they're weak in. For example, if a student is having trouble with playing a C major scale, I might assign them Klose's Daily Saxophone Exercise #1. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Music, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

For beginning students I want to establish a strong connection to their ears and hands in order to give them a rock solid foundation that benefits their body and instrument for the long song, known as life. As the students progresses and begins to grasp the basic fundamentals of their instrument and music knowledge we will go over parts of songs or riffs that are appropriate to their skill level. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Ukulele, Recorder, French Horn, Tuba, Music, Keyboard

The most important parts of learning any instrument is reading music and posture/hand positions. On piano I typically use Faber's Piano Adventure series. I've found that this series teaches the fundamentals in a fun and easy way. On brass and woodwind instruments I would start a beginner with the Standard of Excellence series and supplement with the Rubank method books. With ukulele I like to start with Hal Leonard method books and then shift to Johnson's Ukulele Aerobics. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Music, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

As far as my teaching methods go, I do not use any of the course books commonly used by many teachers and studios. I feel that this cookie cutter approach doesnt successfully work for everybody as it assumes everyone is the same. I have taught thousands of students over the decades and can say that I havent seen two students exactly alike the entire time. Instead I get to know the students and their goals and streamline a method to get them to accomplish their goals in the shortest possible time. Read More