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Patient, encouraging 5-star Spanish, Music teacher/tutor
Elizabeth N.

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My 5-star rating is built on excellent education and extensive experience in both Spanish and Music. Introduced to Spanish from an early age by my mother, a Spanish teacher, I earned a B.A. in Spanish, including a year abroad in Spain. I maintain near-native fluency through travel, various bilingual positions, and friendships with native Spanish speakers from several countries. My two Music degree programs included excellent teaching methods courses and professional performing experiences. I...

My 5-star rating is built on excellent education and extensive experience in both Spanish and Music. Introduced to Spanish from an early age by my mother, a Spanish teacher, I earned a B.A. in Spanish, including a year abroad in Spain. I maintain near-native fluency through travel, various bilingual positions, and friendships with native Spanish speakers from several countries. My two Music degree programs included excellent teaching methods courses and professional performing experiences. I train students of all levels of ability.

In 5,800+ hours of tutoring both subjects for over 11 years, I have honed the ability to explain concepts clearly and sequentially while making the learning experience enjoyable and personalized to the individual's interests, goals, and learning style. In every Lesson Summary, I provide links to online resources related to that lesson. Students describe me as "knowledgeable," "patient," "encouraging," and "the best." Both struggling and motivated high school and college students improve their skills, confidence, and grades, free to ask questions in a non-intimidating setting, excelling beyond their expectations. For adults, I have a specialty in Medical Spanish, equipping medical professionals to communicate directly with patients. I also teach conversational Spanish for travel, family, and community contexts and am a certified Rosetta Stone tutor. I am fully bilingual in English and Spanish and have also studied other Romance languages, enabling me to make comparisons for students with experience in those languages.

Music Theory can be an intimidating subject for many gifted, artistic musicians. I proceed systematically, encouraging the student and relating concepts to familiar music. In Music History, we compare trends in art, architecture, and culture of the period and look at the biographical information on composers, their influences, and their contributions to style trends.

It would be my joy to share my love and knowledge of Spanish and Music with you!

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Education

University at Albany, State University of New York
Spanish
Westminster Choir College of Rider Univ.
Masters
Westminster Choir College of Rider Univ.
Other

Additional Languages

Spanish

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $50
  • Rate details: "No shows" are late cancellations. I wait for 15 minutes and send two reminder messages before logging out. There are no make-up lessons for late cancels, except in the case of a medical emergency.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 11/20/2015

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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General Music

General Music

My broad and extensive musical career began with an excellent foundation of classical training. My education prepared me to teach people of all ages and levels of ability. I have taught volunteers in churches and communities as well as middle/high school music and college courses in music appreciation. I have also taught voice and piano privately for many years. One of my specialties is to make music approachable and understandable to amateurs and music lovers.
Music History

Music History

I have Masters and Bachelors degrees in Music. Course work included four semesters of Music History: Renaissance to Baroque; Classical; Romantic; and Twentieth Century and two semesters of Choral Literature, spanning about 500 years. I taught two semesters of Introduction to Music Appreciation and a music history survey course at the Community College of RI.
Music Theory

Music Theory

I have a Masters and Bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in Music, both from Westminster Choir College of Rider University. I have many years of experience as a teacher and director. I have taught private piano lessons for several years, in which I incorporate music theory into every lesson.
Sight Singing

Sight Singing

I have Masters and Bachelors of Music degrees. Coursework included four semesters of sight-singing and ear training. I was trained in "moveable do," and I also use the numbers of the scale. As a choral director for many years, I have helped individuals and groups learn how to sightread new music through interval recognition, coupled with an understanding of where a particular note fits into the context of the chord.
Spanish

Spanish

Having tutored all levels of Spanish for many years, I am very familiar with the points of grammar that give students the most trouble. I help students to build their confidence in learning the language by tapping into their learning styles and by my personable and encouraging approach. It is also a joy to share my love of the language with other adults for their personal or professional needs. My bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature included a year abroad in Madrid, Spain, where I developed near-native fluency that I have maintained throughout my life.

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Incredibly kind and knowledgable tutor.

Elizabeth was incredible. She was exceptionally kind and understanding of my situation and had zero judgements about any background knowledge going into our lesson. Not only is she great at explaining topics in a way tailored to how you learn, but she ensures you learn the content you intend to learn no matter what. Cannot recommend enough.

Jake, 3 lessons with Elizabeth
Tutor responded:

This college student came to me for last minute help before an oral Spanish final exam, and then he came back the next week for last minute help before a Music Theory final project. I was happy to boost his confidence and help him end the semester strong.

Wonderful Turtor, Exceeded my expectations.

Elizabeth is a professional, confident tutor, she knew the subject well, she is patient and very attentive and helped me with all what I needed, I highly recommend her to anyone who needs help with music composition and theory.

Sam, 2 lessons with Elizabeth

Amazing teacher.

We feel so lucky to have Elizabeth on our son’s academic team. He looks forward to their sessions and learns so much. She is always kind, encouraging, patient, and provides great lesson follow up notes. Thanks Elizabeth!

Melissa, 13 lessons with Elizabeth

Amazing teacher.

My son looks forward to his sessions with Elizabeth. After each lesson, he is always in a good mood. Elizabeth is amazing and a great teacher. We are so happy to have her our team.

Melissa, 13 lessons with Elizabeth

Very patient tutor

Elizabeth works extremely well with my daughter, and she also goes out of her way to offer great additional resources based on the Spanish subject my daughter is working on after the tutorial is over. I highly recommend her.

Kristine , 9 lessons with Elizabeth

Great start!

We just had our first lesson with Elizabeth and she is very understanding, encouraging, and patient. We are looking forward to having her on our support team.

Melissa, 13 lessons with Elizabeth

Spanish

My daughter is in 10 th grade and really like the way Elizabeth explain her the Spanish topic. She just took one lesson yet but we are looking forward to see her again.

Manjari, 1 lesson with Elizabeth

First lesson, first impressions.

My first lesson was very successful. Elizabeth N. took extra time to orient me on how to use the site features. Then we discussed my confusion over direct object and indirect object pronoun placement and she was able to help me understand that. I'm looking forward to the next lesson.

Michael, 10 lessons with Elizabeth
Tutor responded:

I love teaching students who want to learn! I am so glad that WyzAnt has partnered with Rosetta Stone so that we can help even more students.

A truly skilled teacher

Elizabeth knew where I wanted to go with my lesson and she took me there with great skill. As a result. I feel strong confidence in her going forward. I know I’ll be able to master Spanish to the degree I wish to. I’m lucky to have found her.

Don, 10 lessons with Elizabeth

Very helpful!

Helped prepare my daughter for a speaking assessment in her Spanish class. My daughter found the extra practice with this tutor very helpful. She also sent us a very thorough summary of the session with some extra resources.

Jacqueline, 2 lessons with Elizabeth