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Christopher J.

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Teaches online

Teaches all skill levels

Age: 5+

Speaks English

Teaching since 2009

Trumpet Performance

About Christopher J.

4.1

(8)

Chris has been teaching private lessons since 2009 and is currently available to teach lessons at your home and online. Chris has helped students make premier bands, excel in school, win state competitions, and win auditions to highly competitive youth symphonies. Chris received his education and training at San Jose State University, and the Naval School of Music. Chris currently plays professionally for the United States Marine Corps Band, and is finish his Bachelors in Music Education and Jazz Studies. As an expert in his field, Chris ensures new students achieve their personal and musical goals. Chris's lessons are personalized, flexible, and ensure standards are met with knowledge from some of the worlds greatest musicians. Chris also has experience teaching students with special needs. Contact me by pressing the green button to the right and we can discuss in detail what you want from a music instructor and how I can accommodate your musical goals.

Instructor details

Subject

Location:

Student's Home

Teaches Online

Teaching Hours

Monday

12:30 PM-6 PM

Tuesday

12:30 PM-6 PM

Wednesday

1 PM-6 PM

Thursday

12:30 PM-6 PM

Friday

12:30 PM-6 PM

Saturday

1 PM-5 PM

Sunday

1 PM-5 PM

Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Pricing

30 minutes

$27

45 minutes

$40

60 minutes

$52

ReviewsWrite a review

63%

13%

4.1

8 Reviews

Michele

Student's home

Incredibly patient, supportive, and knowledgeable.

Posted Jun 3, 2016

Michael Higashi

Online

Chris taught one lesson to my son, then he cancelled the following week's lesson and never returned numerous phone calls, emails, and text messages. He didn't respond, then the following week at our next scheduled instruction he called me 30 mins before the lesson asking if he could move the date. Needless to say, it was very unprofessional of him, and we intended to end our relationship with him as my son's instructor. The thing got worse when he proceeded to schedule my son for a weekly reoccurring lesson for the next year. I've had to manually cancel each lesson, at least until Jan 2015. I would strongly warn you against signing up with Chris if you expect an instructor who is reliable and responsive to your communications. I'm sorry it didn't work out, but the other problem is that this was my son's first experience to music lessons, so it was a bad first experience.

Posted Jun 14, 2014

Bill Catambay

Online

We're giving 3 out of 5 stars since that seems fair. With regards to the lessons themselves, Chris certainly met our expectations with our son's violin lessons. However, with regards to communications and scheduling, it could have been much better. More than once my son was waiting on Skype after receiving the "You have upcoming lessons" email from TakeLessons. Chris needs to learn how to cancel the lessons ahead of time. He rarely responded to emails (was trying to get him to stop showing our email openly to all his other students, really needs to learn how to use BCC). He never returned phone calls. Due to the canceled lessons, our TakeLesson pay date came prematurely, and since I waited until our son's paid lessons were completed before paying for new ones, we got dropped from the schedule and lost our time slot. Too many frustrations led to finding a new teacher.

Posted May 27, 2014

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Experience

Trumpeter

Jun, 2015 - Present

United States Marine Corps

Private Contractor

Jul, 2012 - Present

TakeLessons.com

I have taught with TakeLessons.com for 3 years, and was selected to debut and test their Skype program, and have had great success.

Education

Jazz Studies and Music Education

Aug, 2009

San Jose State University

Trumpet Performance

Apr, 2016 - Oct, 2016

Navy School of Music

Awards

Scholarship for Musical Excellence

Aug, 2009

San Jose State University

Affiliations

National Association for Music Education

Jan, 2012

Founded in 1907, NAfME is among the world’s largest arts education organizations. NAfME advocates at the local, state, and national levels; provides resources for teachers, parents, and administrators; hosts professional development events; and offers a variety of opportunities for students and teachers.