As a percussion instructor, it is my duty to inspire students of all ages to learn and grow in what they want to study, to give them the support they need to discover their own learning process. I wish to share my experience and the information I've collected over many, many years of being a drummer and percussionist.

I started learning drums in the late 1960s and played in my local school concert band, orchestra, jazz band
and district band. In my teens and twenties, I played, toured and recorded with such artists as Aimee Mann and some semi-famous 80s punk and garage bands.

Later, I played with some local Philadelphia R&B artists such as Herb Johnson, Ronnie Walker and Bobby Eli from MFSB.

Lately, I have been playing percussion with the Temple University Night Owls Band and the Roxborough Orchestra.

I continue my drum and percussion studies with Sam Ulano in New York City.

Having graduated from Westminster Choir College, I have learned many techniques for helping students to understand their voices better. I have taken voice lessons myself for the past 8 years, and still do take them. This gives me the opportunity to learn new and different techniques. As every student is different, there are many different techniques that can help the student to find their voice.
One style of teaching that I really feel is important when discussing the voice is the idea of just singing. Often times, as was my experience, when people hear voices they like they will mimic that sound. The problem with that is that the person will start singing with a voice that does not belong to them. That is usually the first goal for a voice teacher to achieve, is to find the students voice again.
After that it is teaching the student technique and helping them through the growing process of their voice. This technique is for the healthiest kind of singing...

I grew up in Glenside moved to Pittsburgh for school and came back because I love it here...I've been playing for 17 years and have a smorgasbord of influences from Zepplin to the Beatles to Phish to Radiohead to the dirty projectors to Jay Z to Kurt Rosenwinkel & John Scofield... I have been composing and working with original bands for some 11 years and play regularly in the city and up and down the east coast. I have also been teaching for the past 11 years all over the Philadelphia area. i teach from a method I derived myself from years of learning both in and out of school. I think teaching music is both aural as well as visual and encourage students to listen to music a lot. most of all i feel that music is fun and the students should enjoy learning so i incorporate their favorite artists and favorite songs into our studies. for serious students i love theory and love sharing what I've discovered over the years.

My name is Tim D. I am 27 years old and have a life long Musical devotion. I started playing the piano and drums at around 5 yrs of age. My grandfather was my main teacher as he was a working musician himself in traveling bands. When I was in junior high school I started to attend Settlement School of Music and studied there throughout my early teenage years. I served in the US army for four years and was able to use those benefits to pay for schooling when I got out. Now I am a double major in Music Education and Theory at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance. I am currently studying piano under Dr Yanovitsky there at Temple also as my major is piano concentrated. I am looking to build my teaching resume and work with some motivated students and give them my inspiration and influence.

Maja Lisa has maintained a private voice studio since 2005. She has also taught at the University of Iowa and Camden Country Community College. She has also taught at Stagecoach school of the Arts, PA Performing Arts, Mainstage Center for the Arts and the Conservatory of Music and Dance. Her students have been cast as leads in musicals, are performers in NYC and have received top awards.

Maja Lisa is an active member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing), MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) and on Sony's list of teachers.

Maja Lisa is an active performer and recently played Hansel in Hansel and Gretel in Delaware Valley Opera’s summer festival. Upcoming performances include Meg in Falstaff in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Center Stage Opera. This year she performed Mercedes in Carmen with ConcertOPERA Philadelphia (while also covering Carmen), and the Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica in NYC with Opera...

Dena is a professional vocalist, teacher and music therapist. With more than 30 years experience as a singer in a variety of styles including jazz, opera, musical theatre and classic rock, Dena brings a wealth of performance experience to her teaching. Her more than 15 years as a music therapist brings a flexible, patient, joyful style to her teaching; helping students express themselves through their music and leaving them looking forward to what comes next. Dena has worked with students of all ages and levels of training; she has also developed teaching techniques that have proven effective for students with a variety of disabilities such as Asperger's Syndrome, Down Syndrome and speech delay. Dena will shortly be releasing her first CD of children's songs; energetic and fun original songs that teach and entertain.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Music, State University of New York at Potsdam

Master of Music Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA...

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Meghan currently lives in Philadelphia PA, and is an Adjunct Voice Instructor at the University of Delaware. She also teaches private voice at The St. Andrew’s School in Middletown Delaware, and at the University of Delaware Community Music School. She maintains a private voice studio in the Philadelphia area, and is an active performer throughout the region.

Meghan is a recent graduate of the University of Delaware where she earned the degree of Master of Music in Voice Performance under the teaching of Dr. Robert Brandt. At the University of Delaware, Meghan was last seen as Rosalinda in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, and as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with the University of Delaware Opera Theater, where she served as the Graduate Teacher’s Assistant for both the Voice and Opera Departments from 2009-2011. Meghan performed as Juliette in Scenes from Roméo et Juliette with the University of Delaware Opera Workshop, as well as directed...

I have a vast professional experience and I have met people of all ages in all walks of life. I find it easy to bond with people in these various environments through the common bond of music, both playing and enjoying. It is the ultimate ice breaker. I have worked with children and adults in many environments and I have taught music to people of all ages as well. Music keeps the "kid at heart" alive!! I am college educated, and I have been educated by the world! Music is universal because it is simultaneously intelligent and enjoyable!

Self taught musician - drummer for 13 years - guitarist for 10

I have been in & out of bands for the past 12 years. I am currently a member (drummer) of the bands
Fight Amp: http://fightamp.bandcamp.com/
and Prophet Said I.
https://prophet-saidi.bandcamp.com/

I've taken part in two full U.S. and Canadian tours as well as other partial U.S tours.

I've recorded all of the instrumentation (drums, guitar, bass, percussion) for a studio project called In Fixtures. You can listen here: http://infixtures.tumblr.com/

I am also a visual artist with a BFA in illustration. In this way and for this reason, mostly everything I do as a teacher applies not just to music, but to art in general.

I love teaching and providing a supportive and creative environment where my students have fun learning to make music. I work with students at their own pace to make their musical experience both enjoyable and educational. My students look forward to their lessons, and our time together each week passes by quickly!

I'm skilled in playing and teaching classical music as well as theater and pop repertoire for students of all ages. I enjoy working with young students who are beginners, and also with teens or adults who are “coming back” to piano, or learning for the first time. I’ve developed a Pop-Piano Method based on learning chord structure and music theory for playing by “ear” for students with 2-3 years of piano or other musical instrument.

In addition to teaching piano, I teach voice for all musical styles -- pop, jazz, rock, blues, country, R&B, musical theater, choral, and classical. I'm knowledgeable about vocal physiology and health, and effective in...

I have over 20 years of performance experience behind the drum kit and almost just as many years showing my students how to achieve success with short and long term goals. I am Berklee College of Music trained and have enjoyed an exciting career involving international touring, a number one song on Billboard Charts, and drumming on songs featured in commercials and TV show soundtracks. My professional background is in rock and blues music, but I am also well versed in country, funk, pop, and jazz and marching band drumming.

Sandra began her training at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. She is a two time recipient of the Mario Lanza Award, and holds a B.M. degree in opera from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. She studied acting at both the Wilma and Walnut Theaters in Philadelphia. In New York, she studied Shakespeare at the HB Studios, and received on-camera training at the Weisst- Barron Commercial School. Sandra is a member of Actor's Equity.

Sandra was engaged for seven years at Theater des Westens in Berlin, Germany, where she performed extensively in Musicals and Operetta. She also toured throughout Germany with the ensemble "Operetten Express". In the U.S., Sandra has toured nationally with "Man of La Mancha" and "Carousel", and has performed leading roles in many regional theaters. She also performed in the Off-Broadway Musical "Mamaleh". Sandra has performed in over fifty productions of Musicals, Operetta, and Opera. Some of her favorite roles include: Aldonza...