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Learn More About Michelle's Experience:

composition (music) I began studying composition in high school and continued on into college. I understand part-writing, chords, song forms like sonatinas and inventions. Classes I have taken include: counterpoint, song form and analyisis, music theory I have written pieces for solo piano, small instrument ensembles, singers, chorales, and even pieces for dance performances. general music I have studied and been involved in music for my entire life. I can play the recorder, piano, some guitar and some piano. I can write music as well as sing on pitch. And am knowledgeable of major genres, song forms, and musical periods. music history I took AP Music History in high school along with taking classes in college. I have studied the history of music from it's beginnings (Gregorian Chant, Motets) all they way up to the present day. I know the musical periods (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemperary) along with many composers and the periods they belong to. Baroque - Bach, Scarlatti Classical - Mozart, Beethoven Romantic - Chopin, Schuman Contemperary - Debussy, Ravel I have also studied ragtime and Jazz, which includes composers like Scott Koplin or Duke Ellington. music theory I have studied music theory all through high school (including AP Music Theory) and college. Chords, inversions, rhthyms, key signatures, time signatures, modes, modulations, intervals, ect. I have analyzed contless songs, including sonatinas, symphonies, piano solos and inventions. Music Theory is a necessity for Composers, you can't write well with that knowledge. piano I have taken piano for over fifteen years. My senior high school recital included: Prelude in C# Minor - Rachmaninoff Toccata - Khatchuturian Nocturne in E-Flat - Chopin Other pieces I have played, include Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer,Moonlight Sonata, Fur Elise (I played in Middle School.) I have been teaching for over five years and love every minute of it. I am currently working on my own piano method curriculum. songwriting Music theory is the back-bone of all music writing and I have had tons of it. To have a good song, you need a good melody, a chord progression that makes sense and sounds nice, and a great lyrics. I have written pop, rock, and even taken a stab at musicals.