Private Cello Teacher - Hartford, CT (06105)

• Undergraduate:

  Indiana University - Bloomington

• Graduate 1:

  Masters, University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music

• Location:

  Hartford, CT (06105)

• Travel Radius:

  25 miles

• Tutoring Certifications:

  Cello - Ear Training - General Music - Music Theory - Piano

• Tutor's Fee Per Hour:

  $60.00 pay-as-you-go or $48.00-$57.00 with the purchase of one of our packages.

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• Session Cancelation Notice:

  24 Hours

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I started piano at the age of 3 and cello at the age of 10 under a piano teacher as my mother. I have taught both piano and cello over the years and have fallen in love with teaching.
I am currently a Masters student at the Hartt School of Music of the University of Hartford. I am principal cellist of the HSO, and graduated as the principal cellist of the University of Washington, where I received my Bachelors of Music. I also received my Performers Diploma from Indiana University in Bloomington, 2004-2006. I have over 10 years of teaching experience on the cello and am confident in my ability, not only to teach, but to engage the students in the learning experience as one that is enjoyable and productive. I adhere to the needs of individual students, not following strict teaching rules that cannot be bended. I look at each individual as a new person with new needs and new ways of learning and teach in a way that is most effective for the particular individual. I have often explained the same concept in 100 ways so that the student will have different approaches, as well as different opportunities to understand and apply the same, important concept. I have taught all ages between 5 and 50, adhering to the needs of each age group and personality.
I enjoy teaching very much and wish to build in my students a love of music, as well as an enjoyment and satisfaction from seeing oneself improve. I like to build in my students a certain kind of patience and focus that helps not only to improve in music but to improve their daily life and success in other subjects as well. I believe music is not a single-subject career, but an enhancement to life as a whole.

• cello

  I have been teaching cello for the past 10 years to all ages between 5 and 50. Having started cello under a kind teacher who went out of his way to help me not only improve on my cello but as a musical person in general, I learned the importance of helping students grow in their own way. I have studied under Janos Starker and Helga Winold at Indiana University Bloomington, Toby Saks at the University of Washington, and am currently studying with Mihai Tetel at the Hartt School of Music in University of Hartford. Having been under these many professional musicians, I have experienced many different teaching approaches, as well as having developed my own. I realized that students all have different ways in understand a single concept, and it is up to the teacher to find the right explanation for the concept to "click" for the student. I often find myself explaining the concept in 50 different ways, at least, to each student until the student is able to understand it. I never give up on any student and believe that each student can grow and learn to enjoy music as an essential part of their lives. I am currently the principal cellist at the Hartt Symphony Orchestra, and was the principal cellist of the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra(2008-2009). I am also part of the Performance 20/20 program at the Hartt School of Music, an intensive chamber music program given to two cellists from the school for full tuition. I have won numerous competitions including: University of Washington all instrumental concerto competition(2006), INDIVIDUALIS International Competition for Strings(2004), Marjorie Easley International Competition for Strings(2004), Renton Young Artists Competition(2004,2003), All State Cello Solo Competition(2003,2002).

• ear training

  I have been a musician for 20 years and have been trained and educated in music for that long as well. I have done all of my formal theory and history in schools and was fortunately enough to have perfect pitch, which enabled me to skip through most of my ear training classes. However, I have had many friends and colleagues that suffered through ear-training for most of their college years. I believe ear-training is something that needs to happen from an early age. I believe musical ears can be developed and an awareness of pitch can be planted in children so that they will grow with this knowledge already a part of them. Of course, learning ear-training at a later age is still helpful and I am happy to teach students of all levels. I know what it is to listen for intervals, to listen for certain sonorities, and to distinguish one interval from another. Ear-training is taking another step forward towards a higher level of music-making, as well as enjoyment of music.

• general music

  Having trouble reading notes? Learning rhythm and beats? Want to know what the fraction at the beginning of each piece means? The basic musical principals and notations are simple, once learned. It is like a language of its own. This general music is the beginning to playing any musical instrument and having a firm foundation is essential to faster progress, and less frustration in the future. I've seen so many students, even at the college level, whose sense of rhythm is not up to par with others that have had that strong foundation. This is frustrating for the student because he/she feels that they cannot compete with others at the same level. Also, having a firm foundation is key to sight-reading, an essential to any orchestral or ensemble works. Having been from a musical mother who knew the importance of these basics, I have set my firm foundations and have also developed fun ways for the student to absorb these principals.

• piano

  I have played piano since the age of 3 under my mother who was a piano teacher. Having had a mother who was a teacher helped greatly in the development of ideas on how to teach piano to students of all ages, since she taught everyone from the age of 3 to 70. I learned the importance of interest in the children in piano in order for them to like it. I have seen numerous cases of students that dropped out of other studios because they did not like the teacher or could not get what they wanted out of lessons, but when they studied under my mother, they all stayed for years. I have taught several of her students and other students that she could not teach and enjoy teaching piano because it is a very simple way to enjoy music on one's own time. I like teaching beginners to intermediate levels as they see progress and are thrilled to play more complicated pieces.