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Nathan writes music and produces audio for video games!

 

Nathan has been playing piano and saxophone since the 1990’s. He began playing saxophone in 6th grade band after falling in love with the sound. For his undergraduate work, Nate attended Oklahoma Baptist University and went to Texas Christian University for graduate school. His two degrees are a bachelors in K-12 Music Education (Instrumental Focus) and a masters in Saxophone Performance. Nathan has been a Texas state certified teacher and has been writing music and producing audio (voice overs and sound effects) for video games, films, stage productions and other projects since 2005. He has a strong passion and love for teaching others how to play musical instruments. Nathan has been teaching since 2000, and offers classical, jazz, pop, rock, and blues styles.

Meet our instructor Timmie

Five Questions with our fantastic instructor, Timmie in Staten Island NY
I’m Timmie and I’m a singer, specializing in classical music, opera, and music theater. I teach voice and piano to students of all ages, and in all styles. I’ve been teaching voice and piano since 2007, and like to apply traditional techniques to modern and popular genres of music, as well as the classics.

How did you get interested in music? My family took a weekend trip to New York City to see The Phantom of the Opera and Cats. When we came home I wouldn’t stop drawing pictures of the scenes and singing the role of Christine around the house. I’ve been singing ever since.

What have you been up to professionally? I just finished a run of Pagliacci with a company in Northern NJ, and will be singing in La Boheme this Fall.

What’s your number one practice tip? Muscle Memory! Create healthy and regular habits by allowing yourself to take the time get it right. Whether it’s taking a low breath when singing or curving your fingers a certain way when playing, the more you do it correctly, the more easily it will come when you need it.

What are you listening to right now? Turn Blue, the Black Keys new album. I’ve been a fan for years!

Our Cello Instructor Justin

 

Justin holds a Bachelor in Cello Performance from the University of NC Greensboro, in Greensboro, NC. He also has has over eleven years of study in Cello Pedagogy. Justin has been performing in orchestras, chamber groups, and pop/rock bands since the early 2000’s, and currently performs in various bands and venues. Along with teaching and performing, Justin is also a recording artist and expert in audio engineering. He’s began teaching in 2012 and offers classical, pop, rock, R&b, Hip Hop, religious, and World Music, among other styles.

Personality rating: easygoing and outgoing

Piano teacher Shiori teaches traditional and Suzuki violin methods

Shiori began her piano studies at the age of five in Tokyo, Japan, receiving grants and prizes as a young child which led to a concerto performance debut at the age of fourteen. She then attended the pre-college at Manhattan School of Music. Shiori graduated from the Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY in 2014 with a Bachelor of Music-Piano Performance. While there, she took piano pedagogy courses and was in a piano teaching internship program for three years. She continued her education at Manhattan School of Music in NY to receive a Master of Music-Piano Performance in 2016. There she held a piano instructor position at Manhattan School of Music’s community division. Shiori plans to continue her education to receive a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in the fall 2016 at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Shiori has been teaching since 2008 and offers both traditional and Suzuki methods and offers classical and contemporary styles.

Personality rating: outgoing

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Michael in NYC teaches all instruments and all styles via skype

Michael

Michael graduated from the Empire State College in 2010 for Music/Education. He’s been teaching since 1977 and teaches piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, lap steel, accordion, harmonica (both diatonic and chromatic), bass guitar, trombone and upright bass. His styles include classical, jazz (all early forms, up to and including bebop) country, folk, western swing, Cajun, bluegrass and Italian ragtime. Michael is a musical director, lyricist/composer and music producer with an extremely varied background. He formed and performed with a Medieval ensemble for the premier of Robin and Marian (starring Sean Connery), and a Country-Western band for the South African equivalent of the Kentucky Derby. He’s a former musical director for National Lampoon’s live shows and television specials, including Class of ‘86, for which he also wrote several songs. Michael wrote and directed for many television shows and during its original New York run, he conducted Little Shop of Horrors, as well as directed many musical productions. He has appeared in several Broadway and off-Broadway shows as an actor/musician. Michael has performed, arranged, or written music and lyrics for numerous corporate clients, such as MCI and Bayer, among many others. His awards include one from the American Song Festival and several from the New/Old Music Styles Alliance. He is sought-after as a “biographical lyricist,” having been flown all over the world to perform at events honoring Board Members of multi-nationals. Michael continues performing and recording with many great musicians from Jimmy Dean to Richard Gere. Recently, he recorded all the keyboards and arranged the music for a Platinum-selling CD.Personality rating: Thoughtful and courteous

James has a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Performance from Yale

James

James received a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Performance from Yale University in 2001 in New Haven, CT.  Before that, James graduated from the University of Houston in Houston, TX with a Bachelors in Music Performance in 1994.   James has been teaching since 1996, and his styles include jazz, rhythm and blues, pop, Broadway, and classical, among other styles.  He is currently on the staff at UCLA as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach for the music department, and over the summer has been on faculty at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA and as opera coach for the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.  He frequently performs throughout Southern California in well-known venues, piano bars and cabarets.  He has directed and played for numerous Broadway productions and for numerous headlining shows.  James is also a concert pianist, performing concertos with several symphonies.  His awards include prizes in the New York Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the National Chopin Competition, the Washington International Piano Competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Olga Koussevitsky Piano Competition in New York, the Salon de Virtuosi Awards in New York, the Houston Symphony Ima Hogg National Young Artist Competition, and the title of Top Instrumentalist in the World Championships for the Performing Arts in Burbank, CA.

Mom LOVES Skype lessons

Marybeth’s Review

5 Star Review

• Service
• Will Recommend
• Price for Value

Summary: Love it!

Review: My 9 year old daughter is taking voice lessons through Skype!  Best thing I have ever done!  I just didn’t have enough time to drive her back and forth to voice lessons.  She read through the bios and chose her own teacher and it is great!

• Reviewed By: Marybeth G.
• Review Date: 01 Feb 2013
• Reviewer Location: Harrisburg, PA