My+Philosophy+on+Teaching

= My Philosophy =

I believe that all students can benefit from private lessons and music education in general. When studying music, students learn the values of patience, dedication, and determination. They see the benefits of starting something, working on it, and hearing and seeing the results of their hard work pay off. Through the process of working through a piece of music students learn to have confidence in themselves and their abilities. When studying music students learn empathy for others and other cultures while studying various styles of music.

I use a wide variety of music to teach lessons from Classical pieces of music to pop music that is on tv and the radio today. I believe that students learn best when they experience a variety of styles of music, and when they get to help pick part of the repetoire that they are learning to play and/or sing. If students bring in a song or an idea for a song that they are interested in learning I will do my best to help them learn it and/or find a version of it that they will be successful in playing.

Growing up I watched many of my peers drop music lessons because their private music instructors did not pay attention to the type of music that they were interested in learning and they became bored and disinterested in their instrument and music education in general. In contrast I believe that students learn best when they get to have a say in the songs that they are learning and strive to work with students to use music lessons to teach them the type and style of music that they are most interested in - while still working in a few of the classics! I also use a variety of technology in my lessons from internet sites to music apps to help students learn and stay interested in learning music.