I consider it a joy and a privilege to teach and share with your child something that I am so passionate about and have spent my entire life learning. I take my role as your child’s music teacher very seriously and very much appreciate the opportunity to introduce and nurture music in your child’s
life.
Whether your child is taking lessons for fun, or to compete and audition for music schools one day, I will adapt the lessons accordingly. In all cases, however, I want my students to have music in their lives as a way to reduce stress, and to have a skill that they will carry with them throughout their lives.
It is my goal as a teacher to help your child reach his/her full potential in understanding the language of music. My approach to each child will be different, depending on learning style, personality, attention span, and personal goals in taking lessons. But in all cases, I want my students to be literate and fluent in the language of music.
It is extremely helpful to me for parents to provide any background information about your child’s learning style, personality and specific sensitivities that will help me know the best way to approach him/her in lessons.
During lessons, I teach my students to understand completely what it is they are playing. My long-term goal is for your child to be able to eventually have the skills to figure out how to play anything they would like to play. In order to accomplish this goal, I teach theory, ear-training, music history, note-reading, and anything else necessary to help your child have a complete understanding of music.
It is my priority to make my students feel successful in whatever it is they are doing, but at the same time, it is my responsibility to also help my students understand how to correct the things that need to be corrected. I try to have a good balance between the two of these and I am very much cognizant of each child’s feelings and sensitivities.
While your child is studying with me, I will also be focusing on teaching the following important skills which they can apply to many other areas of their lives:
1) self-discipline
2) self-confidence
3) time management
4) goal-setting/reaching
5) hard work
6) perseverance
7) appreciation for what goes into preparing for a performance
8) academic concepts such as math, languages, and reading