Teaching philosophy:

 

Regardless of your choice of instrument, there are common theoritical ideas that must be exprienced/learned to become proficient. Each instrument is tied to the others through tried and proven musical theories. If you are truly inspired to learn any instrument, your physical attributes will develop naturally. What makes you play more proficiently? The requisite of your improvement is through that of trial and error (I think that this is called practice or repetition) and the addition of new musical information. It is my belief that one learns as equally from his/her mistakes as from one's successes. So, if you are ready to challenge your intellect by learning an instrument, be ready for some grand wins and possibly some devastating failures. Both will certainly take you a better place.

Like the face on my light bulb which looks like he is experiencing a great deal of pain, great passions usually take a lot of painful attention to detail.When any of my student's learning curve is tough, I make light of their plight by reminding them that "if it was easy, I'd have students ligned up to the stop sign that is visible from my studio. (About 400 meters from my home). How many times does it take to do something correctly?......As many times as it takes.

Our music teachers in our school systems do a fantastic job. Unfortunately, they are many times teaching with a ratio of 100+:1 and with very limited time. My teaching service fills in this very large gap. My private lessons are one on one.....a major difference! Additionally, there are some instruments that are not addressed by the school system and can only be studied privately.

 

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