Teaches online

Teaches Beginner, Intermediate

Age: 1-99

Speaks English

Teaching since 2014

Bass Performance

About Benjamin Y.

5.0

(8)

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.

Instructor details

Subject

Location:

Teaches Online

Teaching Hours

Monday

6 AM-8:30 PM

Tuesday

6 AM-8:30 PM

Wednesday

6 AM-8:30 PM

Thursday

6 AM-8:30 PM

Friday

6 AM-8:30 PM

Saturday

6 AM-8:30 PM

Sunday

6 AM-8:30 PM

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Pricing

30 minutes

$20

45 minutes

$30

60 minutes

$40

ReviewsWrite a review

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8 Reviews

Jamie

Online

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

Posted May 20, 2020

Indrajit

Online

Great beginning. Look forward to many more classes.

Posted Jan 20, 2019

Robert From

Student's home

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

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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

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.