Sarah

Rate $125
Response 1h
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Number of students Sarah has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
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Number of students Sarah has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

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Experienced tutor in Piano in Alexandria, Sarah offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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About Sarah

My teaching is " holistic" in that I take into account all aspects of a person when teaching, choosing songs, and deciding how much to push a student and when.

There is no " cookie cutter mold" for teaching music. I try to take into account the many factors that make a student unique and encourage them to understand how those things can enhance their abilities in music.

I have taught piano, started and directed a choir with students ages 5-18 for ten years, started and directed a teen music ministry for ten years, and co founded and directed a traveling teen retreat team with my late husband. This was a 45 member team that included an eight member music team. We did this for several years.

I began playing piano at age four and eventually taught piano to students from age 5- adult. I've also taught pre school music and directed summer music camps.

Empowering people with the knowledge of music is both exciting and rewarding to me.

I love seeing the light come on in a person when he/she masters a familiar song and or grasps a musical concept.

I began teaching on my own when I was 21 years old.

At age 24, I began working at a music studio and did so for seven years.

I played/took lessons from the time I was five. I attended guild and festival every year and as a high school senior received my high school music " degree".( this was not easy.)

I studied piano under Dr. Rupert at Centenary college in Shreveport La. I took college theory, voice, and music education classes there.

I taught under Louise Schneider of Marksville La for seven years. She had a degree in music education with piano as her major instrument.

I directed a youth choir for ten years, directed a music ministry team for the next ten years, and basically incorporated music and teaching into everything I did after that.

About the lesson

My process begins with getting to know about the student, specifically; what are the reasons for deciding to take piano lessons.

As we know in cases of children and teens, it's often the parents who decide the child will learn piano. In this case, my job is two-fold: teaching the basics while also ensuring that the student is quickly introduced to a piece he/she is familiar with( in the simplest form)

With regards to students who decided for themselves to learn piano, we discuss favorite types of music, that " piece" he/she has always wanted to learn, and then we discuss the effort required of that student to achieve that goal.

I have worked with pre school students through adults.

I would suggest that a potential student look for a teacher who has experience. Also, look for a well rounded teacher; one who can teach classical music as well as popular music . A piano teacher who can sing is also a plus. Often times, students want to play popular music want to accompany themselves while singing those songs .

A few things worth thinking about before reaching out
Why are you taking piano?

What type of music do you want to learn and why?

Do you or have to ever played piano or any other instrument?

Are you willing to practice?

If you do not have a piano or keyboard will you have access to one?

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$125

Pack prices

5h: $625
10h: $1250

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$125/h

Details

SUMMER SESSION SIX WEEKS

25 dollar registration fee( this includes music books and pieces of music used in one semester.

40 dollars for 45 minutes per week

TOTAL 265

145 dollars due one week before first lesson.

(This includes payment for three weeks plus registration /materials fee)

Remaining balance 120 due prior to last week of lessons

FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS

WEEK OF September 16-WEEK OF December 2

10 weeks

Registration fee 35 dollars for each

Registration fee plus four weeks fee due one week prior to semester .

Summer semester: June 10-July 30 ( six week session with an extra week added for vacation.

Student must sign up for an entire semester and payment is required whether he/she attends or not.

Make up lessons will be offered for those students who contact me prior to a missed lesson.

If the student has to miss at the last minute because of something emergent, I will offer a make up lesson.

Experienced tutor in Piano in Alexandria, Sarah offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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Experienced tutor in Piano in Alexandria, Sarah offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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About Sarah

About the lesson

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Rate

Pack prices

online

Details

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Michelle

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