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Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Clarinet
I am a Music Educator with a lot of trumpet playing experience. I have never stopped playing my trumpet. I practice my trumpet as time permits and perform every chance I have. I like to travel and study musical styles and instruments from different countries. I also love the outdoors. I am passionate about instrumental music and want my students to feel the same. I want them to share in the knowledge that music is a special skill they will have all of their life and I hope that they will be enthusiastic about sharing their skills, knowledge and love of music with others. Read More
Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Trumpet
I am an instructor and performer from Los Angeles where I received my degrees in music education, trumpet performance, and a single subject credential in music education. I have experience in a wide array of styles to cater to various musical needs. I have arranged for and performed regularly with the Vignes Rooftop Revival gypsy jazz collective in downtown Los Angeles. I worked as a sub as an improve soloist for the LA Mambo All-stars. Read More
Instruments: Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn
I started instructing and leading my peers at high school in 2008, then at college in 2011 as section leader in the Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band. Before graduating I did my student teaching in Grambling, La at the laboratory school. This school had students from K - 12 and I had the opportunity to work with all grades. In 2013, I started teaching professionally in Alexandria, La. This is where I learned how to start students on an instrument. Read More
Instruments: Trumpet
I do not adhere to a methodology nor a pedagogy (which to me is a four letter word). I apply a the credo "Song and Wind" to quote the late, great Arnold Jacobs, Principal Tuba of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during much of their heyday. I combine this musical and airflow based approach with the science of sound production in a pipe (a trumpet) and the physics of human anatomy in producing this sound with nearly zero effort. Read More
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trumpet
I teach piano classically by reading music and patterns. As we progress, sometimes the student gets disinterested. At that point, I introduce the chord method as well as the number system- having them play certain progressions as I prompt them to play. My teaching technique for vocal students are as follows: I find out what their forte is vocally and find out what key they sing a particular song in. Read More
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