Education/experience Background:

Bachelor of Arts from Spring Arbor University
Major: Church Music with emphasis on voice and saxophone
Minor: Psychology

**Have been teaching private lessons since 1997
**Church music director and Christian school elementary music teacher.

VOICE

I accept older voice students who may enjoy:

**preparing for a church solo.
**wanting to improve in the church or community choir.
**Always wanted to learn how to sing or join a choir but just never had the opportunity.

The younger and older beginner may enjoy:

**rhythmic concepts
**musical phrasing
**music reading ability
**ear training
**resonance/tone
**singing without vocal tension
**good breathing concepts/posture
**maintaining vocal health
**performance techniques

The more advanced singer will experience:

**all the above along with a broader repetoire of music including theatre or vocal classics.
**preparation for difficult literature in college, etc.
**advanced music reading ability
**All voice students are required to purchase a cassette tape (for recording) and folder. Most styles of music accepted.

SAXOPHONE

The beginning/intermediate saxophonist will learn:

**correct finger positioning
**embochure placement
**music reading ability
**ear training
**sight reading ability
**correct posture/breathing
**overall care/maintenance of the instrument
**performance techniques
**variety of styles of music to Jazz, classical and sacred.

PIANO

The beginning piano student will learn:

**music theory
**ear training
**basic piano/keyboard skills such as fingering, posture, and technique