McKeesport, PA Music Performance Lessons

Music Performance is key when it comes to being a great singer or musician. The key is to keep the audience engaged. I will teach you how to do this as I have many years of performing experience on stage. Whether you want to audition for a school play, be in a band, whatever your goal, I will work with you to accomplish and attain them.

Vocal technique
Vocal performance
Diction
Acting through singing

The private lesson experience is unique in that it allows for more “customized” instruction that group lessons or rehearsals alone are not able to give. The instructor and student work one on one as a “team” toward the ultimate goal: a better understanding of their instrument, and a higher level of musical development.

In every lesson, we will work to improve technique, tone production, and listening/music reading skills, among other things. I will assign exercises and/or pieces each week that are meant to challenge, not overwhelm! Sometimes I will assign an exercise that is expressly meant for a particular area in which the student may not be the strongest, in an effort to develop that area. Learning an instrument is a skill that takes time to develop, and it is within the journey where most valuable learning takes place!

Emphasis on performance practice for actors who need to sing, language and diction coaching. Attention us focused on developing your distinct sound using healthy technique while staying true to your own style.

I offer Voice lessons, Vocal coaching, Language Comprehension in Singing. Performance preparation, Audition and Role preparation taught from my home in a very relaxed environment. I believe the best singing happens when we are free of worries and insecurities and teach from that view point. If you love to sing and aren't looking for the empty room with the baby grand piano: I just might be your fit.

I have a decades worth of experience in performing on both guitar and electric bass in many genres of music in both the LA and Seattle music scenes. Over the years, I've memorized close to 700 songs in all 12 keys, and have spent countless hours arranging and composing for myself and other clients. I have experience as a musical director. My years of being active in two music scenes has taught me many things into what goes into a successful music performance like preparation, song selection, song order, number of sets, overall theme of a performance, instrumentation, how to write clear charts for other band members, etc.

I believe in having recitals 1-2 times per year for my students. Performances make students progress at a faster rate. Also giving them solos or songs to play and preform later on. I have played with rock bands many places, including Hollywood California venues like the whisky a go go. I've played many places with jazz band and marching bands. Troopers drum and bugle corps gave me the chance to nearly play in every major stadium in the united states. Some competitions were even in Canada.

Your performance is just that...YOUR performance. Without question, the best way to ramp up your performance level is to make it your own. But how? That's something we'll work on at length. Are there gimmicks and showy things one can do to add to it? Certainly. But you can overdo it and ruin your show. We'll discuss that, too.
This is a great subject to combine with other subject areas. This is something I'm always happy to do. For some students, this can justify a 90 minute lesson. I have adult students who spend as much as two hours at a time with me.