Music
The Sing-Play Approach
The Sing-Play Approach is a dynamic teaching process that is easy and effective for students of all ages. Sing-Play will enable you to master an instrument, retaining and enhancing your innate love of music throughout the process.
You will learn to:
- Listen to music and remember the melody;
- Sing the melody you hear;
- Learn to reproduce that melody using your instrument.
Sing-Play will help you develop your creativity as you learn to sing and play all your favorite songs.
One-on-One
I offer one-on-one instruction using the Sing-Play approach for all my students, children, and adults, including those with disabilities.
My music teaching is informed by my training as a teacher of the Alexander Technique. I guide my students to help them adopt good breathing and postural practices, including the best way to hold an instrument, sit on a piano bench, and stand at full natural height.
I give Instruction in:
- Piano
- Voice
- Clarinet
- Saxophone
Adults $100 per hour
Teenagers $90 per hour
Children $60 per hour.
Sliding Scale Available.
Music Outreach
We all have a natural, in-born ability to make music. It is the unhesitating impulse of a mother to sing to her child to soothe it, to make it feel better, not to call attention to herself or her own vocal performance. She is making a gift of her lullaby to her child. Doing this, she does not need to wonder if she is singing in tune, or whether she is ready for Carnegie hall.
We activate this generous impulse to give of ourselves every time we go and sing with — not to — seniors at a nursing home. The purpose of singing is to help these older people feel better, not to get a top score in a competition.
Outreach programs take place in senior and assisted living facilities, where your music will awaken a profound joy, a sense of well-being for you and for others, that will have you wanting to come back week after week. And like magic, week after week, your music – and your well-being – will grow.
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