Piano with Jesse S.

Hi, I'm Jesse! I have played many instruments throughout my life, starting from a very early age, but I chose percussion as my primary instrument to focus on in 5th grade. I studied music education at Eastern Illinois University, learning the basics to many more instruments and studying percussion all the while. To this point in my life, I have studied percussion for over 12 years! That's over half my life! Piano was the very first instrument I took lessons on, which has stuck with me over the years; I now play keyboard in a band. For this endeavor I also work with Ableton Live 9 and NI Massive. I will travel up to 30 miles for lessons, but this site won't let me enter more than 10 miles, so don't hesitate to contact me if you're more than 10 miles away! I offer lessons in several areas of music, but in most cases you will need your own instrument to practice on, which we will most likely use for your lessons as well. In the case of mallet percussion, if you are currently a student, we should coordinate lesson times so that we could use your school's instruments unless you have your own instrument. In any case, contact me to make arrangements regarding instrument availability.