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Instruments: Voice Violin Viola Music
I have a passion for classical, jazz, folk, as well as world music, and have performed across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Taiwan. In addition to music, I am also a psychology researcher and have studied and published articles on experimental educational psychology practices. I am a freelance writer of scientific articles, blogs, and grant applications. I also teach English and lived in Taiwan for 2 years where I taught English and music to Taiwanese students. Read More
Instruments: Voice
Simple breathing techniques, Hal Leonard's Vocal Warmups, is a good book I use for beginners levelsand other techniques will be taught to my beginners. We will discuss each student's goals and what they hope to accomplish in their classes. I will ask each student to sing a couple of notes and songs that I have prepared in order to assess their vocal range (alto, soprano, etc.). With the song of your choice, we will go over tone, vowel placements, translations, and performance enhancers (supporting additional sound, staging, etc.) to make the song your own and better than you have performed before. Read More
Instruments: Voice Saxophone Clarinet
My PRIMARY goal is to instill a love for music in my students. My goal is for my music students to keep music in their lives so that it is an important part of their world, long after they are finished taking music lessons. My teaching experience includes all levels, from Middle School to University levels and adult students. I have taught Choir, Jazz Bands, Orchestras, Music History and Music Theory; as well as private clarinet lessons to students ranging from beginners to advanced college students. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice
Nothing is more rewarding than seeing a student make progress while developing their passion for music. During a lesson, I make corrections based on what I see needs to be improved. I make sure to encourage the student, praising them for their successes. I think it's important to have strong communication during a lesson. I want to know what the students is feeling, and I want them to have awareness of their own body as well. Read More
Instruments: Voice Flute
Growing up with multiple educators in my family has had a huge impact on my life as a volunteer in classrooms. My volunteer experience began when I was in fifth grade, and has continued throughout all of my education experience at Concordia. As I kept growing into a stronger individual, I discovered that the age group I wanted to work with also grew older with me. Working in multiple classrooms throughout my life has only strengthened my resolve to be a teacher because of the communities I have discovered through volunteering. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Saxophone Clarinet Bass Guitar Synthesizer Ukulele Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
For kids I find that having a large quantity of music to learn at each level gives more variety and sense of achievement, so I usually recommend beginning students have multiple books to aid in learning. For example a young piano student will study from lesson, theory, performance, and technique books each week. This yields a well-rounded student who is proud of their achievements and eager to move forward. For adults I recommend a lesson/theory combination book at least to help with reading music. Read More
Instruments: Voice
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
My favorite genre of music to play is heavy metal. I enjoy this genre because it combines the showmanship and virtuosity of classical music with the modern instrumentation of many styles of music. Metal has the characteristic ability to absorb elements and stylistic choices of other genres to create new sub-genres, while still remaining heavy metal. Name another genre of music, and there is probably a form of heavy metal that has made use of it! There's viking metal, pirate metal, thrash, classical metal, progressive metal, black metal, death metal, the list goes on! There is a lot of fun to be had when a genre of music can have so many other things added to it, yet still clearly be that same genre!
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
A normal practice session to me lasts for about 20 minutes. I have three different structures that I use for setting up a lesson. First, 20 minutes of stretching/flexibility work with various types of shouting to create vocal freedom. Second, 20 minutes of vocal exercises to work on a specific vocal hurdle; this allows the weak point to be addressed without the added pressures of learning a song. Third, 20 minutes divided into 10 minutes of voice exercises and or stretching, followed by 10 minutes of working on music. Students can also work on learning the rhythms/words to songs independent of any singing/musical work; learning the elements of a song separately will assure greater memorization and confidence.
When will I start to see results?
Beginning lessons are much like beginning a workout routine; every individual progresses differently, and this can be dependent on a variety of factors: age of the student, previous musical experience(s), level of motivation, frequency of lessons, and level of consistency in practice. Results will likely happen quickly at first, and slow down as a student becomes more advanced. Should the teacher be okay with this, students may wish to record their lessons as a means to gauge their progress over time; this will also give them a way to remember and re-explore discoveries that happened during lesson. Additionally, making a performance recording (i.e. sing/play the whole way through a song without stopping) every 1-3 months can be an excellent way to measure results.
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Every student is different, and which instrument a student is learning will affect the amount of time they can practice in one sitting and in a day. For singing, I find that the most frequently successful method is to practice daily, multiple times a day, for 15-20 minutes each practice session. This balances practicing for long enough to accomplish goals, while being short enough to avoid vocal fatigue and diminishing returns. Practicing should be planned as a part of the daily routine, ideally written into a student's daily planner for specific time blocks. The student should have specific things to work on for each practice session (e.g. a specific set of vocal exercises, or a specific song/part of a song), but should be willing to change the practice routine if things are not working. Discussing how to set up practice sessions with the teacher will also be very helpful, as they are better able to guide the student with specifics.
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