Music Lessons in Kailua, HI. It's your time.

How to read music, scales, finger technique, strumming patterns and chords, transposition, playing melodies and chords together, improvisation.

I have enjoyed teaching children to play the piano and organ for over 50 years. I use classical methods, and I have also developed my own method for instructing that makes it easier for children to learn to play quickly, through the incorporation of color into the instruction method.
(It even works for adults)

I have found that by making it easy to pick up the basics of playing quickly, students learn to enjoy making music - even before they learn the science of music notation or musical theory.

By teaching children to love making music while learning how to truly play the piano, it keeps them interested, makes them happy, and they even look forward to their piano lessons.

All learning happens more quickly and at a deeper level when students enjoy the subject matter and truly want to learn, rather than simply by rote and repetition.

Students will learn to read music, proper piano fingering, scales, and will gradually begin playing simple favorites.

I have been teaching guitar professionally for over 4 years in the Atlanta area. As a recent graduate of Kennesaw State University with a degree in Jazz Guitar Performance, I have developed a deep love for music and the guitar which I thoroughly enjoy sharing with my students. I currently teach and perform, traveling across the United States with various groups performing a multitude of genres, all of which I love teaching and sharing with eager students! I was not a "natural" guitarist, so I have a great method for making guitar/music make sense so that all of my students can be successful. I look forward to working with you!

Have you ever wanted to learn how to play the piano? Well, your dream is about to come true! I have a beautiful Kohler & Campbell Upright in my living room and you get to play it!
When I meet a new student, my goal is first to find out your personal music preferences and goals. Then I usually start with warm-ups, exercises and scales. You get to choose from my wonderful literature of music on your path of discovery! If you want me to I'll keep records of your musical as well as your technical progress. But above all it's important to me that you have fun! So let's get started -your dreams are within reach!