Open Spots for Fall 2023 Private Lessons

Tuesday 1:30 - 2:30 pm - 1pm (starting 12/1)

2023 Rates
$100/hour
$85/45 minutes
$50/30 minutes

Package rates for 12 lesson bundles for the price of 10
12 1-hour lessons  $1,200 now $1,000
12 45-min. lessons $1020 now $850
12 30 min. lessons $600 now $500

My premium ukulele teaching services include:

• Focused attention on each student   
• Seeing and hearing each student "where they are" while guiding them to become the player they want to be
• Creating customized, professional-grade learning materials in tablature and notation
• Decades of experience as a musician and as a teacher
• Personally curated Soundslice files for practicing
• Incorporating short and long-term agendas to help students both create and achieve goals
• Encouragement, patience and compassionate critiques to help students grow
• Performance opportunities in a friendly, supportive environment
• Opportunities to join a growing community of local ukulele players and students
• Access to my comprehensive library of ukulele learning resources
• Clean, organized and friendly teaching studio that accommodates a 1-on-1 lesson or up to 12 students
• Top-quality instruments, computer, and learning tools
• Wide range of ages, (8-88) and experience in most musical styles
• Well-balanced mixture of skill-building, theory, songs and practice techniques to develop well-rounded musicality
• Multiple approaches- note reading, by ear, theory, songs, technique-based methods as well as ensemble and solo scenarios
• Willingness and ability to engage, inspire and connect with students of all levels, backgrounds and abilities
• Direct access to the numerous lessons I have learned through my study, practice, performing, recording, touring, teaching and life-long love of music

My teaching credentials include:

• Experience- An average of over one thousand lessons taught in Austin per year for last 10 years
• Levels 1, 2, & 3 certification in the James Hill Ukulele Initiative
• Lead teacher in the JHUI program
• Thousands of ukulele students taught over the past decade worldwide
• 35+ years as a professional musician
• Skills as a composer, arranger, author, conductor and music content creator
• Proficiency in creating customized learning materials in standard notation, tablature and chord diagrams
• Experience and ease in private lesson, small group and large group settings
• teaching music since 1989
• Published author-Ukulele Ceilidh (2019); The Art of the Ensemble Books 1-3 (2019-2020)
• State of Texas Elementary Education Certification