"Thank you for helping me improve! I am extremely happy I have had this opportunity to learn more about the clarinet and music in general. I love that you have time to do this and are passionate about teaching music. You helped me gain some confidence with my music to the point that I played in the recital! I'm very grateful you can do this for me and your other students. So again thank you." - Bella
 

“Thanks for your help. Andy is actually playing his clarinet and piano again! 

It is very helpful that you send me a detailed lesson sheet and all other instructions after each lesson. 

Everything is clear and well guided.”  - Mother of Andy

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Private lessons consist of the following:

• Weekly musical and technical development

  • Students perform selections from Essential Elements/an etude once a week to build their musical understanding. They are often shorter than a typical solo piece and allow the student to progress more efficiently through different musical styles. 

  • Students also work extensively out of the rhythm books by Robert Starer and are assigned one exercise a week. The students are required to perform each assigned exercise three separate ways:

    • 1 - Clapping the rhythms (keeping in mind the rests and notes)​

    • 2 - Playing the exercise with their own melody (helps develop creativity while synthesizing the technical and musical)

  • Technical exercises (scales, thirds, arpeggios) - Assigned once a week from Rubank, Klose, and Baermann.

• Solo Literature

  • Assigned 1-2 per year for further study

• Sight-reading

  • Each lesson ends with a 10-minute sight-reading session where the student reads through duets with the teacher and a metronome. This pushes the student to work on practicing sight reading skills on a more regular basis and for the student to keep on going despite making a mistake. 

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Contact Eric via the contact page for information regarding lesson rates.

**This list is not a reflection of every student's workload. The student's assigned material is adjusted based on the needs of each student. 

**Due to COVID-19, all lesson fees have been reduced and will be conducted via Zoom until further notice!**

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Lessons via Zoom:

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