I have been a working musician for over 25 years, and have been teaching music in NYC public schools for the past ten years. My teaching philosophy is focused around working incrementally toward mastery. I teach students how to embrace the learning process, and to enjoy the art of practicing. I believe we are all ultimately self taught, and my primary goal is to encourage people to learn how they process learning, and to build from there.
I am equally versed in the learning process from a folk art perspective, and from an academic perspective and draw from those and other disciplines as I feel they will benefit each student.
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