Tanner W
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trombone
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Musical Theater, Opera, Marching Band
Tanner W
Instruments: Piano, Voice, Trombone
Styles:
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Musical Theater, Opera, Marching Band
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 12-80
Bachelor Degree: St. Norbert College
I am a music educator located in Winnebago County who loves to work with someone to find their own love and brand of music making. I have experience in may different musical styles, some highlights include many years in musical theater, jazz ensembles as a singer and trombonist, and years of classical lessons for voice and piano. From graduating St. Norbert College in 2022 with a degree in Choral and General Music Education to today, I have tried to widen my teaching style in order to give student the best experience they can!
Throughout my years at college and afterwards I have taught the full gambit of ages. Student teaching had me in the elementary classroom teaching K-5 students the fundamentals of music as well as teach high school singers the importance of harmony and support in their singing; my first teaching job had me help middle school singers find their voices as they were actively changing and build a safe space for singers and musicians of all types. Throughout these experiences I have had opportunities to work with singers one on one to find out what make them inspired to make music and what we can do to foster that!
The main goal is not only to improve a student's musicality, but also to foster what make music interesting to them! With that in mind I start off by finding what path they would like to take (i.e. musical theater, jazz, a rounded approach, etc.) and try to build a plan that holds their interest while also gives them important lessons and building blocks that apply to various styles. Start off with the baseline technical, explain how they relate to their path, then have the STUDENT explain what that means to them so it stick more and we can further their lines of thought.
My teaching style focuses on figuring out what makes the most sense to the student themselves, because I can toss as much information at them as possible and the only stuff that will truly stick will be information that they can break down and put into their own words. Building blocks of knowledge that they lay themselves set upon a foundation of musical love and intrigue build the best basis for consistent and wanted growth. The lessons from my college years that still stick in my head are the ones that my professor had me explain back, any interest I had in music that could attach to the ideas increased the memory of the lesson tenfold!
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