My job for any student is to help cater to the student's individual goal while also making learning the cello as painless as possible. When I work with a student, I want the student to achieve the following concepts: 1. Setup. Cellists will have good posture and be able to make cello playing feel easy. 2. Tone. Every sound a cellist plays should come from a good sound. 3. Intonation/Music Reading. Every cellist has the ability to play in tune. In order to do that, they will become fluent in reading music. 4. Musicality. The fun part of music making is when they are able to express music with ideas. Cello playing is daunting and can seem impos...

As the founder of the Elite Piano Academy, I have many years of teaching experience, including at the university level. I've instructed classes at the University of Michigan, North Eastern University, and Arizona State University, where I also taught private lessons to music majors while working on my Doctorate in Piano Performance. I've had the pleasure of teaching children of all ages, young adults, college students, music majors, professional pianists, competition winners, and passionate music lovers. I am also a concert pianist and have performed in the U.S., Korea, and Europe. Making music is my greatest passion. Through my rich experien

Most of our students are world ranked, including three top three musicians over the past two years. If someone wants to play for fun we do that too. most important, we have fun playing music and there are opportunities to perform and travel the world -- even for our youngest students. Executive Director Kell Chole has a masters degree in education and is also a world champion musician. How do we roll? We teach on Saturdays and operate under these basic rules: Be kind, have fun, and learn a lot. We accept kids starting at 3 thru college age and also have an adult program. Everyone gets a private lesson because everyone learns at their own pa...