Teaching Approach

Every student, regardless of age, experience, or strengths, has the innate ability to learn and enjoy music. My job is to empower my students with supportive and informed guidance, to steer them towards becoming curious, creative, life-long musicians. 

My specialty is individualized music education. No two musicians process music exactly the same. The ways we perceive pitch, rhythm, and visualize musical concepts, varies for everybody far beyond the typical categorizing of age and neurotypes (Autism, ADHD, etc.). This means I don’t rely on standard method books. Rather, I help students discover the ways they uniquely hear and comprehend music. Lessons are carefully designed and sequenced to student’s interests, strengths, and needs, so they can successfully realize their musical goals.

My teaching looks quite different from what you've likely seen in other studios. We sing, dance, play on the floor, build with legos, and start creating at the very first lessons. This playful exploring enables students to internalize musical concepts far more effectively, making the notoriously hard parts of music like note reading and theory much easier to grasp! Imagine being able to fluently read notes, not having to chant through silly memory tricks like “Every-good-boy-does-fine” and decode one letter at a time. If any of this approach resonates with you, reach out so we can chat.