Brianna S.

The thing I am most interested in as a teacher is making you better. If you're just beginning, awesome; I want to help you start out! If you already play beautifully, I want to help you be the absolute best player you can be. For beginning students, I typically use the Suzuki lesson book, but have my own method of teaching it. We will go through a (non-Suzuki) scale book to learn notes and finger placement, then hit Suzuki's songs to learn how to play. I also incorporate note-learning into my lessons, something Suzuki often doesn't hit early on, but music is a new language, and you should be immersed in it, notes and all! We'll go through that, and any music you might want to go over from school. For more advanced students, I want to cater what you need to *you*. We will absolutely go over scales, and can go through the Suzuki books as I believe the repertoire can be extremely helpful. But I also want to go over any pieces, solos, stuff that's tripping you up, that you might be tackling in an orchestra whether that's through school or extra-curricular. Ultimately, I want you to leave my studio every day having learned, having worked, and a better musician. I am supportive and encouraging, and happy to let you know what you're doing *right*, but I'm not gonna let you slack! There are no finger placement stickers here, and I'm not gonna let the little things slide, because what we both want is for you to be the best musician you can possibly be. And I believe that you can be great.