Sunland, CA Trombone Lessons

My services provide you with an opportunity to learn from a balance state of thinking to achieve success in your goals for the chosen instrument. Whether its technique, learning how to read both musically and literally, my teaching methods are very self reflective and introspective to provide the understanding you're looking for. All in all my sessions are very people friendly and driven to meet your needs. This helps to learn on a deeper level so that you may appreciate, learn faster and enjoy a greater sense of awareness for the fun of the music making process. I have a very warm and easy going approach with an emphasis on FUN so that we can connect to what we love to do which is make music.

April 2017
Matthew Smith is a freelance musician from San Diego California and began playing musically professionally in 2001. Matthew attended California State Fullerton where he earned a bachelors degree in jazz studies in 2012. Currently Matthew is attending CalArts Matthew has studied with the likes of Duncan Moore, Joey Sellars, Amir Ziv and Ari Hoenig. Matthew has his standards set high and plans to keep striving higher, both with his music and with himself.

The student will be instructed on the basics of proper playing techniques, music theory, and musicianship. They will learn to read music and also play by ear which will make them a well rounded player.

I have been playing trombone most of my life and it is the first instrument I learned to play. I specialize in breathing techniques, flexibility, endurance, range, improvisation, and much more!! I will push you to be your best!

I can get you proficient on the trombone to where you will understand breathing technique, slide position and tone production. We will also focus on reading and understanding music.

Junior trombone performance student at Ohio University. I am an experienced beginning and intermediate private instructor and I will help you achieve better playing through tone development, proper instrument handling, and repertoire study among other things. I am very flexible as a teacher and I want you to have the teaching style that you need to learn! Shoot me a message and lets start improving!

"We don't need anyone else who plays trombone, we need more people who play music."
-Shachar Israel - Assistant Principal Trombone - Cleveland Orchestra

I have been teaching for over 10 years. I teach beginners, intermediate and advanced students. I gave classes at universities and private lessons to music performance students preparing for jazz college auditions I work with them particularly jazz, classical and others. I also teach them jazz harmony, theory and jazz styles.

It is my primary objective to figure out how each of my students learns best. Then I customize their lessons so they get the most out of each session.

My students are always challenged, and I make it a priority to find interesting and fun material to work on.

Learning an instrument should be enjoyable, and there are many times the instrument can seem “too hard”. It is in these rare instances that I have been able to save my students from throwing in the towel. I find another way to teach the material that they will enjoy

Hello everyone, I’m Louis!!!

Are you looking to learn how to play the trombone?
Do you want to learn how to play different styles?
Do you want to improve your skills or your getting ready for a college audition?

If so, I can help you.

I first and foremost believe that we should make music and enjoy what we are doing. So with that in mind, we are going to work a lot on technique because that gives us the tools to be expressive and have consistency in our playing. We will then apply the technique that we practiced to various compositions.

I am a patient person and if you are not sure of something you can always ask. We are here to learn and grow. I thrive to make sure that you will learn something in our lesson. Within our lessons, I will in sprinkle some music theory/ear training/ and music history. Music theory allows us to understand the structure of music. Ear training work on our ears to be in tune, play what we hear, and to be able to recite it. Music ...