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Levels: Beginner to Advanced
In-Home Lessons: No
In-Studio Lessons: Yes
Ages: 5 & up
Subjects Taught
Piano, Clarinet, Music Theory, Songwriting
Education
Towson University - Music Thoery and Composition - 1993-1996 (Bachelor's degree received)
Montgomery College - Music - 1989-1993 (Associate degree received)
Specialties
I draw upon many styles or genres depending on the student's interest. Lately I have a fondness for ragtime piano.
Lesson Details
I chiefly consider myself a guide for my students on their own individual musical journey. As their guide I attempt to watch out for trouble spots along their travels and challenge them on their decisions. Perhaps there is a path they can take that may look very difficult and challenging, but the sights and destination for that path are worth the effort? I approach lessons in a very laid back way, and do my best to incorporate my sense of humor. I want all my students to end up with the same
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lifelong love and passion for music that I have developed.
Remember how I said I'm a music geek? So I like to help mold and create other music geeks...
I have been teaching since 1994, and I am a member of The Music Teachers National Association, The Maryland State Music Teachers Association, and The Music Teachers Association of Greater Baltimore. I have two pieces of paper on the wall that are supposed to say I know a thing or two about music, namely a Bachelor of Science in Music Theory and Composition from Towson University, and an Associate in Arts in Music from Montgomery College. Some of the more commercial and mainstream stuff I've
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composed includes: Theme music for The Bargain Basement Game Show by Treyhawk Productions; Songs for The Rude Mechanicals’ production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing; Title music for the unabridged audiobook productions of The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell and Star Surgeon by Alan E. Nourse; and numerous pieces of theme and incidental music for productions by Prometheus Radio Theatre. I have some tracks of my piano playing available for download from iTunes, CDBaby, Amazonmp3, and many other online music sources, and you should be able to listen to excerpts in my teaching profile here.
Now that all that serious stuff is out of the way, let me just say that I'm basically a music geek. I started on clarinet way back in the 4th grade, but piano became my main thing during college.
