Piano Lessons Northeast

Instruments: Piano

What is rewarding to me is to see my students develop a love and passion for music. I make sure to work with each student at their own pace and encourage them to practice regularly . When I praise my students for a job well done they feel a sense of accomplishment with a desire to learn more. The ultimate climax of that accomplishment is when they perform at their piano recitals. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar

I teach music at extracurricular programs in many elementary and pre schools across the Northern Virginia and Maryland area. I also teach piano and guitar in my home studio in Fairfax. I feel qualified to teach children, age 5-18, and to do so in a way that each child feels happy, special, and encouraged. I have gained many skills over the years and the most valuable skill I gained is how to make students love the instrument they play! Read More

Instruments: Piano, Organ, Music

I have extensively studied music theory, music history and keyboards (particularly organ) at the undergraduate (at Vassar College) and graduate level. I am particularly well-qualified to teach beginners and children. GRADUATE CLASSES TAKEN: -2 years of private organ lessons -Counterpoint, Harmony Form: 1500-1800 -The Liturgy, Ritual Chant of Medieval England (Sarum Use) -Church Music in Early Modern European Cities, 700-1700 -Perspectives on the Cantus Firmus Mass -Hymns their Music -Music Theology in the 16th Century -Music Morality -Theological Aesthetics -Sacred Music: Unity Diversity UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES TAKEN: -3 years of private organ, voice and piano lessons. (Sang for 3 years in the select chamber ensemble, mixed chorus, and Womens Chorus.) -Independent Study in Choral Conducting -Independent Study in Basso Continuo -International Phonetic Alphabet -Music Ideas I: The Power of Church Court -Music Ideas II: Enlightenment the Influence of Rationalism -Musicianship Skills I -Musicianship Skills II -Musicianship Skills III -Modal Counterpoint -Tonal Counterpoint -Harmony -Advanced Harmony -The Sound of Space: Intersecting Music, Architecture Physics -The Art of Orchestration -Composition I Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I am a self taught musician who started learning in my teen years. I graduated from The College of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 2021. I have been performing since a young age, starting on drums, and then guitar and voice. I am interested in many genres of music, including traditional, blues, folk, rock and punk. Currently I play in multiple bands, and have a band of my own, and a solo project. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Clarinet, Organ, Euphonium, French Horn, Tuba, Music, Keyboard

The method of teaching is as follows: 1) assess where the student is in music and in life, 2) ask about goals in music, 3) formulate objective to reach those goals, 4) rethink things when needed (students aren't cookies, so I can't use a cookie cutter). I do focus on things in order though. If you don't know your fundamentals, then that's where we start no matter what. After learning fundamentals, however, we can begin to pick and choose the battles and wars. Read More