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Roxanne
- Rate Rs 2,373
- Response 1h
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Rs 2,373/h
1st lesson free
- Piano
Experienced tutor in Piano in Cohasset, Roxanne offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- Piano
Lesson location
Recommended
Roxanne is a respected member of our tutor community. She is highly recommended for her commitment and the quality of her lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Roxanne
Welcome to Rock with Roxanne, where music education is tailored uniquely for you! Located in Chico, CA, with an emphasis in online lessons, I specialize in providing personalized beginner and intermediate piano and advanced music theory lessons. I have special experience in music theory after studying for my master of music degree at San Francisco Conservatory. I nurture each student's musical journey by creating a supportive environment that inspires learning and creativity.
I started teaching trumpet private lessons in highschool. I also led group sectionals, where I needed to give individual and group guidance. I continued teaching trumpet lessons and given trumpet sections during my undergraduate degree, and become a Japanese tutor at the Student Learning Center at my university. Then I moved to San Francisco and started teaching piano lessons while going to school for my masters degree in composition four years ago. I was so impressed by the viability of private teaching as a career path financially and in terms of personal fulfillment that I took it seriously post-graduation as a means of supporting myself.
Bachelor of Arts (Music). Master in Music Composition. Professional training by working for Myriad Music School, Village Music School, and Vibo music school for multiple years. I auditioned on piano for my Composition studies program at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, with the repertoire including one of my own pieces. I play piano to compose and record my own music, and update my youtube channel with favorite pieces by other composers too on occasion. I played trumpet in various genres for 20 years all throughout school as well as professionally and I continue to play.
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- English
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1) Assess their experience level based on their age and whether they have taken lessons before. Try to gauge where they're coming from in terms of pre-existing interest and how much time they will realistically have to practice.
2) Do a "piano tour" if new. Ask them about high notes, low notes, groups of 2 and 3 black keys, and letter names of the keys.
3) Ask music theory questions on the whiteboard. Can they read rhythms yet? If I play a simple rhythm, can they write it down?
4A) Based on this assessment and how quickly they pick up on new information, pick a method book. I choose between Musicolor (color-based, for 5 and under or if they are intimidated by music theory), one of the Piano Adventures (My First Piano/Primer/Level 1/Accelerated), Wunderkeys (for my rock/pop enthusiast students who don't like methods using a classical-sounding approach), and John Thompson or Keith Snell for kids/adults with a bit more experience.
4B) Some students have very specialized interests like singer-songwriting and little interest in learning piano for the sake of learning piano. For these students I'll design a curriculum around their interests--to gradually develop some technical skill, without sacrificing their primary motivation for picking up the instrument.
5) Check in and adjust course whenever necessary! Students can drop as early as a month-in if the teacher isn't aware of how they need to be adjusting their approach. Some students aren't vocal about what they know and don't know--and sometimes you might even be requested to teach them a song significantly above their skill level. When its too hard, too easy, or not the kind of music they want to play, they're the highest risk of not practicing and eventually dropping out.
Kids ages 5+ and adults. I've worked with shy personalities, creative and bombastic personalities, fast-learners, slow-learners, persistent and confident learners, easily discouraged and super sensitive learners. I've taught 5 year old students who are just learning what a quarter note is, and 20+ year-old students who are learning to analyzer harmony.
The best performers are not always the best teachers. Patience, kindness, humor, and person-ability mixed with firmness, clarity, and concise consistency are very important qualities in a teacher.
The premiere of my most recent commission "Bustling Ethernet", a saxophone quartet. Writing the piece took 1-2 months. You can find it on my website on the "composition" page.
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What music do you already enjoy? Why are you interested in learning piano?
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Perfect! Roxanne is a great teacher. She is patient and knows how to engage young kids in the class. She prepares many different thing to keep the kid's attention, board game, sticker, colorings.
And especially the the color method is working great with my 5years old. We are really pleased to see him go and practice piano everyday by himself.View more reviews
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I have been pursuing classes with Roxanne for about a couple of months now and the experience has been amazing. I'm an adult learner and started learning Piano, in the little time I have outside of work, with the Alfred's series.
Roxanne structured the classes beautifully to fit alongside the series that I was already following and then extending the periphery with music theory, ear training and practicing songs that I wanted to learn.
In the little time, I've started my classes with Roxanne - I can construct scales and write small songs on my own - this in little over two months. I can't wait for my toddler to join the class as soon as he's 3(he's a little over 2 now). I highly recommend Roxanne to young and adult learners alike. She's thorough, professional and an excellent teacher.Roxanne is a wonderful teacher with fun and inspiring tricks up her sleeve. She is able to captivate the imagination of young minds and help them achieve a consistent learning experience. I am so impressed by how effective her teaching methods are in keeping young restless minds interested in learning music. Roxanne's lessons are playful which is perfect for kids and adults alike. She creates fun musical games and creates funny stories and characters around musical concepts to help children remember. This is so much more fun than just plain memorizing! She even invents new games for individual children based on their own personal interests; recently she came up with a treasure hunt game in a young boy's backyard to help him learn about rhythm. Her YouTube channel keeps kids excited for the next lesson with creative and kid-friendly videos. She truly is an ingenious music teacher. I cannot recommend her enough to inspire you and your children in the way of music.
Roxanne is a great teacher. She has a very deep musical understanding but more importantly her disposition is a great balance between patient and empathetic teacher and inspirational mentor. Roxanne teaches both our 12 year old daughter and 10 year old son who approach the piano in very different ways and she does a phenomenal job inspiring them both. We have worked with Roxanne both in person and over zoom and both paths have been effective and a delight. I could not recommend Roxanne more highly.
My son has looked forward to trumpet lessons since we began working with Roxanne. We've only experienced instruction via Zoom, yet we all feel he's learned quite a bit and he feels he has become a better trumpet player. As a parent, I appreciate her flexibility and clear communication. I have confidence in her teaching style and the apparent vision she has for this point in my son's musical journey.
My kids have been taking lessons (guitar and piano) with Roxanne for a few months now. Roxanne is very enthusiastic and excited to teach music which helps my kids stay engaged. I have seen so much progress in their ability to read notes and play their instrument. Thanks Roxanne!
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Rates
Rate
- Rs 2,373
Pack prices
- 5h: Rs 10
- 10h: Rs 20
free lessons
The first free lesson with Roxanne will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1h
online
- Rs 2,373/h
Details
My rate depends on the area in which a student lives. I charge $70/hour in Chico, and $105/hour for the Bay Area, for example. My students pay monthly. When sick or absent, we schedule a makeup lesson. If I have to miss and a makeup lesson is not possible to schedule, I will refund or give a credit towards next month (depending on how close the next payment is).
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