Benjamin Young
8 Reviews
New York, NY
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Benjamin Y.
Benjamin Young

Benjamin Y.

8 Reviews
New York, NY
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During our lessons we will focus on the fundamentals of the piano. We will learn correct technique, scales, ear training, and note reading. The other portion of the lesson will be focused on learning songs. The student can pick a song, and then we will learn it. All the while, adding new techniques and skills.
This is a fun way to learn music!! You get to learn an instrument while learning your favorite songs.

About Benjamin Y.

Benjamin is a musician in the NYC area. He has been studying music since the age of 3. His background includes Violin, Cello, Percussion, Drum Set, Voice, Electric Bass, and Upright Bass. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music where he majored in Upright Bass Performance. He has studied with Dave Zinno, John Lockwood, Bruce Gertz, and Susan Hagen. He has performed with John Oates, New York Voices, and Kevin Mahogany, Becca Stevens, Mario Jose, Kurt Elling and many others.

Benjamin is mainly a jazz/contemporary musician, focusing on bebop through modern jazz, top 40, rock, pop, RnB, and many other styles. He is also trained in classical music.

Benjamin has been teaching privately for 6 years. He has a comprehensive approach that brings in technical study to any style of music. Benjamin will gear each lesson to the students needs and interests.

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Jamie
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Just had my first lesson with Benjamin and it was great. Looking forward to more lessons

Posted May 20, 2020
Kimberly
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Posted Apr 30, 2020
Indrajit
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Great beginning. Look forward to many more classes.

Posted Jan 20, 2019
Robert F.
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I had my first lesson with Benjamin last night, and I’m already playing better!! Clear, concise, and you can tell he really loves to teach - can’t wait for my next lesson!!

Posted Sep 25, 2018
Patrick
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Very knowledgeable and engaged, delivering the content I needed at a level that made sense to me.

Posted Apr 18, 2018
Spencer
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He's always super helpful in learning both theory and technique, as well as where different styles are useful. All of the lessons have been great at expanding my knowledge of how music works and how different eras and genres utilize theory to achieve a certain goal.

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Posted Apr 11, 2018
Walt
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Great instructor. Focuses on the basics and provides a lot of encouragement which helps. Also, allows student to decide what they'd like to learn and allows you to select the type of music you are most interested in.

Highly recommended!

Posted Feb 20, 2017
Allison
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Benjamin is great. He has the task of teaching a 46 year old longtime electric bass player and a 12 year old electric bass player (father/daughter). He is teaching us both the fundamentals of the upright bass, which is such a different instrument. We look forward to continued lessons with Benjamin.

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Posted Jan 23, 2017

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Experience

Instructor/Facilitator
Apr 2019 - Present

Musical IQ

Teaching group music classes in the NYC public schools. I teach all ages, but mainly focus on elementary and middle school ages.

Accompanst
Jan 2014 - Aug 2018

Berklee College of Music: Voice Department

Play Upright and Electric Bass for Berklee Voice Department classes and ensembles. Play styles ranging from Jazz to Folk and everything in between.

Education

Bass Performance
Sep 2013 - May 2017

Berklee College of Music

Languages

English

Fluent / Native Proficiency

Affiliations

Berklee College of Music Alumni
May 2017
The Berklee Alumni Affairs Office embraces the college’s alumni as valuable members and vital stakeholders in a lifelong, global community. We strive to foster and strengthen alumni engagement in meaningful and innovative ways that support the interests and goals of alumni in their professional and personal pursuits. Guided by the college’s mission, we seek to build a sense of shared community, pride, professional achievement, volunteerism, philanthropic support, and commitment to Berklee. We celebrate and applaud our alumni as they seek to improve the world around them through their creative pursuits.

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