Piano with Samantha D.

Samantha started taking piano lessons at age 3 from her mother, who was also a music teacher. She played piano continuously through school, and also learned to play clarinet, guitar, flute, trumpet and sax, often playing different instruments in her school's band. She also learned the violin and cello all before graduating high school and starting college. While still in HIgh School, she started teaching young beginners in her mothers studio. Samantha strives to make learning a musical instrument fun and build confidence. She has several students that are on the Autism spectrum and works with the parents and therapists to form goals for each student as needed. Colleges Attended: Pensacola Christian College, majored in Piano Performance and studied with Daniel Nagy from Brazil. Bachelor of Science, Piano Performance from Clearwater Christian College, Tampa, Florida studied with Department Chair, Dr. Craig Ralston. Minor Degree Cello Performance Previous work: Seffner Christian Academy, Tampa, Florida. Band director for Beginning and Intermediate Bands and assisted the Advanced Band class. Milford Music Center's music school, Milford, Delaware. Private and Group lessons instructor and Piano Sales. *** Lesson Details *** Samantha believes in teaching the fundamentals of music first, which will make the following lessons easy and fun for the student. She has used a variety of methods on different students and will use whichever method will be best understood by each individual student. She enjoys getting to know the strengths and weaknesses of each student and building on the foundation teacher and student have built together. As a team, teacher and student will put together short and long- term goals and work towards each goal with every lesson. Samantha asks each of her students to commit to practicing and to give their best effort at each lesson. If the student can make that commitment, goals will be reached quickly and easily. The student will also see marked improvements in their school work, attention span, confidence and overall well - being. Students learn music theory, basic improvisation, harmony, music analysis, technique and interpretation. *** Studio Equipment *** Yamaha Grand Piano, Kawaii Digital Piano *** Specialties *** Classical, Contemporary, Pop, Christian, Band and Orchestra Repertoire, Faber and Alfred Piano Methods, Suzuki and other well known methods