...am majoring in Music Studies with a concentration in Composition and Viola Performance. I plan to graduate with honors in May, 2022. I've been teaching piano and viola for several years, in addition to taking lessons for over fifteen. I have taken pedagogy seminars and am well-versed in repertoire, as well as teaching beginner to intermediate level musicians. I am also involved on campus in a number of positions that showcase my initiative and passion...
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...skills in the classroom, the community, or professionally, I'm here to support you! As a professional performer, experienced chorister, and dedicated teacher, I work with students on music-reading skills, sight-singing, ear-training, diction/language, dialects, vocal health, musical style, and dramatic interpretation. But my passion comes out in helping students understand their learning styles, practice techniques, preparation of materials, and good mental habits for learning and performing. Past students from my private studio have competed and placed...
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I recently graduated from Northwestern University, where I studied Theatre and Pre-Speech Pathology. I work with students on music theory and writing, two subjects which can be daunting but become much simpler when broken down. I want to help you break these subjects down, and even learn to love the process along the way!
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...and I earned my Bachelor of Science in Music Industry Studies. As a composer and producer, I have recently worked on several artistic projects, such as short films, a web series, and an online children's piano textbook. I am fluent in Logic Pro X, composition, mixing, songwriting, and other necessary aspects of music creation. I would love to share my knowledge and skills with students whom are interested and understand the importance of combining technology...
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...roadblocks. I strive to lessen any fears and negative associations students might have with a given subject. I want my determination to work hard to be an example for my students. I graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in Music History with a minor in Mathematics. I have a track record of excellence in academia overall, and have done well in math courses well beyond calculus. I have tutored mathematics and taught voice lessons...
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...my education, and I hope to do that for others. While in college, I tutored music theory, ear training, and piano. Music has always been one of my favorite subjects to help others with because I come from a household of musicians! I also have always had a knack for patterns and rules, which is why I am a huge grammar nerd, and love subjects like language and math! I believe that any student is...
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..."confusers", but I've always loved them. I was a databased programmer for several years. For three years, my office was in a trailer back of Epcot's World of Motion... which I saw transformed to the current Test Track. Later, I moved to an office above the Main Street Bakery at the Magic Kingdom. There, I set up an intranet for Theme Parks Finance so managers in shops, food service locations, and at attractions could adjust...
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...Kansas City. My expertise and passion lie with teaching middle school students to be life long music makers. I believe that music education enhances life experiences and exercises the brain, improving critical thinking skills, multitasking, and literacy and fluency, therefore transferring critical skills into various other subjects. In my opinion, it is imperative that learning music is fun, engaging, and challenging and I have no shortage of fun and successful strategies to help anyone improve...
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...a wide variety of subjects including SAT, ACT, SHSAT, math and reading. Before teaching, I worked at CTB/McGraw-Hill, one of the companies that makes and scores standardized tests. I obtained my Bachelors at Oberlin in Music, played in several chamber music ensembles and worked at the college radio station WOBC. Outside of teaching I work as musician and dancer, and have performed in Broadway and off-broadway shows performing regularly throughout the city. I have also...
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...am a band director! I'm very passionate about music and education! I have a bachelors degree in Music education.The arts and humanities are my home! We owe it to ourselves to stay adaptable, well rounded, curious, and enthralled with this world that has SO MUCH wonderful knowledge and experiences. If I am to be your tutor you will expect full investment in your success in the subject we will tackle together! I will be your...
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...the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. I've always believed that learning is fun when viewed from the right perspective, and I try to introduce that perspective to students I tutor. Every person is different when it comes to learning, and I firmly believe that a personal approach should always be taken when teaching a subject. I love helping students find their unique learning style and subsequently gaining the confidence to apply that style to...
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...the Upper West side. This summer, my husband and I moved to Oregon where we currently reside with our dog, Nina. Teaching is my passion and I am grateful every day for the ability to do so! I believe in multiple-sensory education and using many routes toward the same goal. I use a process which relies on questioning and independent learning methods so my students reach the 'answer' in a way that is easily memorable...
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Music is all around us. We can relax to it by curling up with a pair of headphones, dance with thousands of people at a rock concert, or even catch faint riffs as we walk up and down the aisle of the grocery store. Music theory puts tones together, creating organized sounds. Humans have been making music for thousands of years, first vocally, and then with instruments of their own making.
Music theory generally explains the ideas behind music and helps us to understand it as a process. It gives words and explanations to the mechanics behind the notes that make us feel and experience the sounds. Music theory is especially helpful to learn if you have an interest in composing or arranging music.
If you need music theory tutoring, look no further than Varsity Tutors! Varsity Tutors can find you a first-rate music theory tutor, ready to help you to learn the art of music theory.
Here are some of the subjects covered while studying music theory with your tutor:
The development of a strong sense of melody, rhythm and harmony - the three major elements of music
They history of music theory, starting in 600 B.C. with the mathematician Pythagoras developing the system of the octave scale
Music through the ages, covering the Medieval era, when music became prominent in the church, all the way through to the modern age
Other important musical terms, including pitch, consonance, dissonance, chord, timbre, scales, form, expression, notation, and modes
Music analysis, perception, cognition, genre and technique
Staffs, clefs and time signatures
Students receiving aid from a music theory tutor are given guidance that is tailor-made to their own special needs. They are easily able to access a specialist to address issues and questions as they arise. Students looking for tutoring enjoy a learning environment suitable to their own learning style on a flexible schedule, so that their unique needs are met. A music theory tutor is able to get to know each individual student, allowing for what is truly one-one-one learning.
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