I believe in a balanced approach to musical development. The basic skills of good tone production, solid technique and accurate music reading are only part of learning to play an instrument. I encourage students to listen critically and understand the complex process of musical growth. My goal is to help my students to perform with musical expression. Specific skills we work on are tone production, tonging, range expansion, flexibility, scales and technical studies, music reading, interpretation of different musical genres, music theory, and improvisation.
Advanced students work on orchestral excerpts, transposition, and standard solo literature.
I encourage students to bring to their lessons any school music or other performance material with which they would like help. Most importantly I want my students to enjoy making music. Teaching Locations Marin Music Center 1559 S. Novato Blvd. Most students take lessons every week.