Hello and welcome to my music studio. My name is Kimberly Walton, and I have over 20 years of experience teaching private lessons and group classes virtually and in person. I am based in New York City, and I love teaching all types of music, from voice and piano lessons to songwriting and music theory. My students have performed at Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, Symphony Space, the Barclay Center, and the Apollo Theater, among other venues. I have received a community education award from the Grammy Foundation, and I am an active member of National Association of Teachers of Singing, Piano Teachers Congress of New York, and the Nat

I love dance. I love to teach it, do it and I really enjoy seeing my work executed. I have been teaching tap, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, lyrical, reggae Dancehall, and Afrobeats for over 20 years and choreographing routines for solos, groups, children and adults. My style is unique and fun. Dance is my life.

I offer a fresh perspective on the role of the music teacher. I'm certainly here to help my students learn the fundamentals, but I believe in a why-first approach to lessons. If I can't clearly articulate the reason why we're doing something and the impact it will have on a student's progress or understanding, then we don't do it. Nothing is arbitrary, and every moment is useful. I try to make sense of things by observing the patterns and relationships at play in the world around me, and I often employ this approach in my curriculum. Whether we're discussing scales, chords, saxophone technique, vocal technique or songwriting—everything can be...