Lessons
a grand adventure in every key
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Customized lessons built around each student's personal goals
Teaching Philosophy
I believe the best way to fall in love with music is to experience it through multiple senses—engaging with its many forms, genres, and characters. Music is not just something we hear; it's something we feel, see, and express through creativity and connection.
Each lesson is grounded in
four key goals:
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Establishing strong technical and musical fundamentals
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Cultivating curiosity and a love of learning
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Building confidence through progress and exploration
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Discovering the joy that comes from creating something beautiful and sharing it with others
Musical success requires
a team effort that includes a positive, knowledgeable, and dedicated teacher; encouraging and involved parents; and a student who sets goals and practices with consistency and purpose.
There is no "one size fits all" method in my studio. Every student brings a unique personality, learning style, and set of goals. I customize lessons to meet each student where they are, and to guide them where they want to go.
Finally, I believe in the power of performance. Regular opportunities to perform—whether in formal recitals, casual studio classes, or community settings—motivate students to work hard, celebrate progress, and develop the confidence to share their music with others.
The Man in the Arena
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
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-Theodore Roosevelt