Music: voice, piano, songwriting, theory, acting & speech

From 58 $ /h

It's time to learn to enjoy making music from a teacher who customizes your lessons around your goals and styles.

I teach voice, keyboard/piano, composition/songwriting, theory, speech, and acting. With multiple music degrees and a lifetime of performance experience, I provide the technical know-how and combine that with my creativity and fun-loving personality to truly customize your learning experience.

I've performed most styles, from Gospel and worship music to opera and hip-hop. I've lived and made music in four countries including three Latin American and Caribbean countries, which has helped shape my style and creativity.

My learning and teaching style is analytic, and so I take care to make sure that you understand each process and idea as concepts build on one another. But my no-nonsense approach insists that you will be playing and singing your favorite music almost immediately.

On the piano, I generally focus on chord theory and build from there. My sight reading method is unique and helps you to bypass the endless process of tedious reading laid out in the popular method books. For young students, I might start them with sight reading until they are able to understand the logic of chord theory.

For singers and songwriters, as well as speakers and actors, we lay a solid basis of technique and then look at popular examples from artists and styles you admire, whole working to expand your musical niche.

Most importantly, our goal is to ensure that you will enjoy creating music for the rest of your life.

Location

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At student's location :

Around Saint Paul, MN, United States

At teacher's location :

Lebanon Church Minneapolis, Lebanon church Minneapolis

About Me

Practical
Personal
Analytical
Creative
Out-of-the-box Thinker

I teach the way I always wanted to be taught, in a down-to-earth, practical way that pushes you just enough to to show you what you can really do.

Education

Graduate Level -
Contemporary Vocal Performance and Hip Hop Studies, McNally Smith College of Music, Saint Paul MN

Undergraduate Level -
BA - Vocal Performance (secondary emphasis on composition and jazz studies), University of Minnesota-Duluth

AA - Music Performance, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN

Experience / Qualifications

Teaching since 1991.

Performing nearly all my life (since the late 70s).

I grew up with music and was harmonizing before I could speak. The youngest of 7 musical children, singing was an obligation. When I was in high school at a small private school, they found themselves in need of a music teacher and I was nominated. I never looked back.

I went back to school to broaden my experience, and have been active in participating in a wide range of venues and musical settings in order to continue to broaden my horizons.

For several years I was a professor of music and humanities in Balan, Haiti. When unrest made it too dangerous to stay, my husband and I and our Haitian pup moved back to Minnesota where I am working on rebuilding my music studio.

Age

Preschool children (4-6 years old)

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

30 minutes