Music Tutor - All styles - New York, NY (10010)

• Undergraduate:

  hunter college

• Location:

  New York, NY (10010)

• Travel Radius:

  10 miles

• Tutoring Certifications:

  Composition (Music) - Drums - Ear Training - Music History - Music Theory

• Tutor's Fee Per Hour:

  $40.00 pay-as-you-go or $32.00-$38.00 with the purchase of one of our packages.

  Question:

  How much does tutoring cost through WyzAnt?

  Answer:

  Tutors set their own rate and most range in price from $30 to $50 per hour, with others either lower or higher depending on experience and cost of living considerations. However, WyzAnt does offer discounts to our students for making an advance purchase.

  • You receive a 5% discount on packages of $200-$399, with a total cost of $190-$379.
  • A package of lessons that would cost $400-$999 will receive a 10% discount, resulting in an upfront charge of $360-$899.
  • A package worth $1,000-$2,499 will be eligible for a 15% discount, with a total cost of $850-$2124.
  • Packages of $2,500+ will receive a 20% discount and cost $2,000 and up.
  Remember, satisfaction with your first hour of tutoring is guaranteed and the unused portion of your purchase amount is both refundable and transferable to any WyzAnt tutor.

• Email John from New York today!

Dear Potential Student,

My name is John. I am 26 years old and a senior at Hunter College, receiving a BA in Music. I am a percussionist who can play and understand different styles and genres of music. For instance, I play in a punk rock band, march in a professional marching band, play timpani in an orchestra, and freelance as a composer. I've written string quartets, percussion ensembles and various 20th Century styles of music.

I believe music should be fun, and the few that can understand the ins and outs of music, have a better experience listening to music.

• composition (music)

  I am a qualified tutor in composition because I have been composing different styles of music for a long time now. Some styles include: String Quartets, chorales in the style of J. S. Bach, percussion ensembles in the style of John Cage and ringtones, which is a fairly new type of composing. I compose with different computer programs while utilizing conventional methods learned in the classroom. Some programs I use and are familiar with are Digidesign Pro Tools LE 7, Sibelius 5.2, Reason 4, all on a Macintosh iMac. But, nothing beats the good old staff paper, pencil and brain. These programs have become an integral part of the composer's palette in recent years, and I believe students should be learning to compose with and without these programs.

• drums

  I have been a drummer since I was born, but didn't pick up a pair drumsticks until 5th grade. Since then, I have developed many different styles of drumming that range from orchestral, chamber music settings, accompaniment with choral groups, marching bands, jazz, punk rock (my milieu), and the notoriously difficult style of John Cage. I have been involved with a professional marching band for 10 years now as the snare drummer and have been in a rock band for 6 years now. Those would be my two longest involvements with the same group. As of recent, I have been writing music for the snare drum, in the styles of marching cadences, and snare drum rudimental solo pieces. I've also been involved in the Hunter College orchestra, as a timpanist.

• ear training

  Everybody has experience in ear training and sight singing. You turn on the radio, iPod, record player, 8-Track, and you sing a long to a song. What you are doing is hearing, recognizing and playing back music. With a little more practice and understanding of chord recognition and intervals as well as rhythm, you can step up your game and be able to sing and tap with a little more enjoyment. I've had at least two great ear training and sight singing teachers who have taught me wonderful techniques to associate intervals, pitches, chord sonorities and rhythms that will make things a lot easier to understand. Hint... having a piano helps.

• music history

  Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Cage, Monteverdi, Chopin, Mozart, Schoenberg... Where did the music come from and where is it going? That is the true question. Being an undergraduate student, Music History has been a huge part of all my courses. Yes, I've had to take Music History I-IV, but even in my music theory classes, we've discussed particular styles and when they were historically popular or how these styles developed over time. There are common themes within all the genres. Everything is carried over and reused. I bet that made you start thinking of the music you listen to and where it came from...