Lesson Details
Piano
- Levels Taught:
- Beginner, Intermediate
Daniel teaches
About
- Teaches students:
- Ages 5+ and special needs
- Teaching since:
- August 2007
Music lessons should be fun and focus on what you want! I am willing to travel to you or welcome you to my studios: Reseda pr Canoga Park. I travel to homes San Diego and Los Angeles Counties.
What is your goal? School or Church choir? Musical programs?Learn to Cantor or lead songs at Church/Synagogue? Disney careers, rock/pop bands? Becoming a professional or just for personal enrichment!! I am able to help you move closer to reaching that dream!!! I am a graduate of USD with a B.A. in Philosophy with an emphasis in musical performance. I also hold a Masters degree, completed California Teaching Credential Curriculum from Chapman University and completed Doctoral Studies at Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. I studied voice, guitar and piano classes throughout grade school, high school, college and post-graduate training. I specilized in vocal training with Robert Austin and in San Francisco with Richard Nichol of the Garcia-Marchesi Institute. I sang with the Palm Beach Florida Opera Company. I am a tenor with a 3.5 octave range. I also sang and performed in Musicals and Operas and Sacred Oratorios from Maui to Florida. I am the proud "dad" of two high school aged children who are excellent students!
I teach voice (beginner to professional levels), guitar (acoustic and electric: beginners to Intermediate) and basic piano. I have been teaching private lessons for 7 years. I also offer voice or guitar classes at St. Cecelia's School of Music in Canoga Park, and privately in my home Reseda. I focus my instruction on "correct" breathing and proper singing. My time-tested techniques will improve and protect your voice from injury.and produce a beautiful tone and wonderful performance. I teach guitar chords, reading standard musical notation as well as tablature. For beginning piano students of all ages I teach you how to read music, play scales, strenghten your finger strength and play cords and song.
Experience
Voice and Guitar/Piano Instructor
May 2007 - PresentIn home or studio/private or group-family voice, piano and guitar lessons
Education
BA Liberal Arts with secondary emphasis on Theater and Musical Performance Teaching Credential
Sep 2000 - Aug 2001Education
Sep 1999 - Aug 2000Languages
English
Italian
Spanish
Certifications
California Teaching Credential
Dec 2001I completed the Credential Course and immediately took a position as Department Chair of Performing Arts at Mercy High School in Red Bluff CA
Awards
Outstanding MC and Entertainer/ San Diego Coalition for the Homeless
Dec 2014Day Jams Vocal Instructor of Excellence
Jul 2011Affiliations
National Association of Music Merchants
Sep 2007NAMM is the not-for-profit association that promotes the pleasures and benefits of making music and strengthens the $17 billion global music products industry. NAMM's activities and programs are designed to promote music making to people of all ages.
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17 Reviews
Write a ReviewDaniel was a great instructor to learn with, he was very kind and likable as well as being a good teacher with a great understanding Spanish with an emphasis on spoken Spanish over academic Spanish. Daniel was a great teacher I would recommend to anyone.
Daniel understood exactly what my goals and abilities were. He presented the first lesson in an easy-to-understand manner. I am excite to work with him.
If I could give 10,000 stars I would! Daniel is an amazing, ( incredibly patient), fun, great teacher! He is charasmatic and is able to make everything fun so you never feel like you're bored! He is so kind, and I would recommend him to anyone and everyone who wants to learn guitar!
+ Read MoreDaniel is a fantastic voice teacher and coach. My style of choice is mostly rock/blues, as I've been playing guitar forever, but only this year began to sing. He has taught me the correct way, recommended teaching material, and now that I'm recording, is helping me find my own voice. I think he could help anybody in most any other style too. He's the best.
+ Read MoreI'm 25 and had never learned singing in my life, but wanted to surprise my girlfriend (a singer herself) as part of a proposal. Mr. G was an extremely experienced, knowledgeable, and supportive teacher who carefully considered my strengths and weaknesses to deliver a personalized training plan. In a few months after being a total beginner, I was ready and the proposal was extremely successful. I cannot thank him enough for this wonderful gift, and I continued lessons since because I enjoyed his exceptional teaching. 10/10 would recommend.
+ Read MoreI was honestly speechless during my first lesson! Daniel G is the person I have been looking for in a long time. Daniel G is a great teacher! He has such a powerful and controlled voice and what a great personable guy! I just recorded a song tonight and I can already hear and feel a difference. After my voice changed, I kept getting frustrated trying to find the right teacher. I actually think I learned and improved more from my first lesson with Daniel than weeks with others. I'm almost hesitant to write this review in fear Daniel will have less time with me. 8-)
+ Read MoreMR.G Is a great teacher and because of him I am not scared to sing in public.
Very patient and flexible with your schedule. My Son has had so much fun.
Was just what we were looking for.
Daniel's instruction and support have been invaluable to me. He has an amazing ability to identify where I am having difficulties, and his insightful visualizations have really helped me understand what and how to improve. Daniel's teaching has shown me the great joy in singing.
+ Read MoreAwesome is all I have to say. Daniel Griesgraber is my daughter's vocal instructor and she has learned many techniques. She has improved a lot on her breathing and singing abilities. We love Mr. G
Daniel is a great singing instructor, with a broad knowledge of singing styles ranging from Opera to pop. It's very apparent he knows his craft and he is able to break it down to its basic parts for the beginning student.
Daniel is as passionate about singing as he is about teaching. He is very technical and knowledgeable about how to use the different body parts correctly to produce the best sound. My daughter enjoyed taking lessons from him and learned a great deal.
I am so happy with how things are going with Daniel, a.k.a., Mr. G.! He is working with my 5 year old son to help him with his speech issues (i.e., clarity, continuity, strength of breath, etc.) and has made it so fun for him. These are still very much so vocal lessons, where my son is tapping into his singing abilities too. But, Daniel has provided us with vocal and breathing exercises to do during the week and my son actually enjoys this. We are seeing the improvements already. My son feels very comfortable with Daniel, who is very capable of reigning in a little boy with 'ants in his pants'. I love that my little son is looking forward to his next lesson with Daniel. I highly recomment him!
+ Read MoreThis guy knows his stuff and communicates clearly I learned more about breathing--fry, diaphram, 3 levels of breath intake--than I ever did with other teachers,
Bravo, Daniel G
Daniel, is currently working with our 7 year old daughter. She is really enjoying her lessons and he does a great job working with her and making it fun.
My daughter has taken lessons with at least 5 other voice teachers over the past 4 years, and Daniel is by far the best fit. He is encouraging and knowledgeable. The difference between a song we think she has down, and the song after she works on it with Daniel is just amazing. She wants to sing and play bass professionally, so we tap into Daniel's expertise about the music industry and bring songs for auditions, solos, performances, etc. to him with no advance warning and he teaches her how to approach them. He consciously expands her range on the low side as well as high side. Most importantly, he is very professional, kind and supportive about life, not just in music. And, of course, there is his amazing voice that can shake our house if we ask him to sing something!
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