Ileen Zovluck Guitar Lessons
About
My teaching approach: I work with classical and acoustic players at all levels. For intermediate and advanced players, emphasis on sight reading/crossover styles. Group coaching for guitar with all combinations of instruments. Quiet rehearsal studio 3 miles west of Manhattan via NJ Transit #168 & 175. My influences are: I attended Wittenberg University (sacred music) where I studied conducting and orchestration with John Williams and Ian Polster, New York University for humanities, and the Mannes College of Music (MM classical performance and theory), where I studied with Robert Secrist, Frederic Hand, Charles Kaufman, Julius Levine, Yakov Kreizberg, Leo Edwards and Marie Powers. My guitar lessons take place in: The teacher's studio Guitar lessons typically take place on these days and hours: Monday - Friday 12:00PM-8:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following: My early career as a concert musician began in the 1970's. I'm a working musician and musicologist/annotator, published at any given time in approximately 75-100 running technical and cultural publications. In early 2006 I was included in Who's Who in American Women and Who's Who in Education in America, and as of 2009 was included in the International Who's Who in Music. A guitar lesson with me might entail the following: Acoustic private or chamber lessons, emphasis on classical repertoire. The qualities I look for in an ideal guitar student might include the following: Qualifications: Education Mannes College of Music (1987) New York, New York, USA Degree: M.mus Major: Classical guitar Concentration: Guitar performance, theory emphasis Mannes College of Music (1986) New York, New York, USA Degree: B.mus Major: Classical guitar Concentration: Performance Wittenberg University School of Music Springfield, Ohio, USA Degree: Undergraduate coursework Major: Vocal performance Concentration: Choral conducting
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What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Mannes College of Music 1987. M.mus Classical guitar Mannes College of Music 1986. B.mus Classical guitar Wittenberg University School of Music. Undergraduate coursework Vocal performance
How did you get started teaching?
I first taught guitar at the unlikely age of ten. To my surprise, my first student became very proficient very quickly and still plays today. The idea that anyone has the potential to do something well really sold me on teaching. There are standard ways to learn this instrument, but when a reliable method falls short, it's up to a qualified teacher to get their students to achieve their goals. The guitar has a poor reputation as a serious instrument, when it fact it is quite difficult, even physically un-natural to play. Bad habits can not only set you back, but take a great deal of time and effort to un-do, and can even cause physical pain or damage. I can't understate the importance of selecting a guitar teacher who has extensive experience with physical technique, and how it can free the guitarist from sluggish learning, frustration and most musical limits in their playing.
What types of students have you worked with?
With the small devotion of 30 minutes a day to your practicing, I can make a novice player become a good guitarist, and a good guitarist into a great player. For beginning pre-teen students, I most often begin with the Alfred Auberge method. For those who can already read music or have played another instrument, the Mel Bay method is a good start. For adults, I often use the Frederick Noad books Segovia Diatonic scales and Giuliani arpeggios. For intermediate and advanced students, I often use the period-based methods of Frederick Noad while introducing the larger works in the guitar repertoire.