1^st lesson free

Michael

Rate $48
Response 24h
Students
Number of students Michael has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
1
Number of students Michael has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

$48/h

1^st lesson free

Piano
Keyboard
Synthesizer

Learn music at the piano! Actively gigging multi-instrumentalist with 30+ years in music offers ear-training and lessons in harmony, music theory, and improvisation (and each as encountered in jazz)

Piano
Keyboard
Synthesizer

Lesson location

- online

About Michael

I make my living playing music. Since 2011, I have performed as a member of over two dozen groups with concurrent involvement in about a dozen on average since 2016. In any given week, I have gigs and rehearsals on electric bass, saxophone, and piano (which I have played for 21, 24, and 32 years, respectively) with regular instances of doubling or tripling in a single day. I learned how much I love theory as a saxophone major in the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at UNCG and the intervening years have been spent exploring, applying, discovering, and learning much more. As a performer, arranger, and composer with expertise on melodic, bass, and chordal instruments, I am able to offer a uniquely well-rounded and insightful approach to the relationships within music. I would love to share.

About the lesson

Starting by ear at age 3, I took music lessons throughout childhood and adolescence until eventually majoring in music.

My teaching method follows a similar path beginning organically with the student's knowledge and ear and then fortifying and training each through repeated exposure and practice of essential concepts. This holds for harmony, theory, and ear-training.

As for improvisation, I do not teach patterns or the "paint by numbers" approach. My model is based on developing a solid grasp of both phrasing and harmony, and training a nimble ear to navigate the essential balance between the two.

Less suitable for complete beginners, improvisation and jazz theory lessons are geared for those who have, at minimum, acquired keyboard fundamentals and begun to build repertoire. New to jazz is not an issue! Harmony, theory, and ear-training are available to all levels.

Rates

Rate

Pack rates

5 h: $240
10 h: $480

online

$48/h

free lessons

This first lesson offered with Michael will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

1hrs

Learn music at the piano! Actively gigging multi-instrumentalist with 30+ years in music offers ear-training and lessons in harmony, music theory, and improvisation (and each as encountered in jazz)

Lesson location

About Michael

About the lesson

Rates

Rate

Pack rates

online

free lessons

Other tutors in Piano

Mermi

Mariam

STEF

Lukas

Kimia

Deborah

Rosie

Vivian

Baland

Mitra

Veronna

Kass

Carmen

Sina

Marc

Natalia

Shenger

Artur

Elias

Siena

Learn music at the piano! Actively gigging multi-instrumentalist with 30+ years in music offers ear-training and lessons in harmony, music theory, and improvisation (and each as encountered in jazz)

Lesson location

About Michael

About the lesson

Rates

Rate

Pack rates

online

free lessons

Other tutors in Piano

Mermi

Mariam

STEF

Lukas

Kimia

Deborah

Rosie

Vivian

Baland

Mitra

Veronna

Kass

Carmen

Sina

Marc

Natalia

Shenger

Artur

Elias

Siena

Share

Verified tutor profile

levels

All languages in which the lesson is available

Review

Reviews

Recommendations

free lessons

Report this ad