Available for ages 17 & up

 

Conducting is the art of leading an instrumental or vocal ensemble.

Conducting lessons would be great for someone wanting to learn to lead a group, practice basic skills or hone their craft.

Basic instruction starts an assessment of your goals and experience.

If you are a complete novice, we will begin with basic music theory, which is crucial to understanding and leading your ensemble.

Actual conducting will begin by learning basic beat patterns, beginning with 4/4 and adding 3/4 and 2/4. You will practice conducting both to recordings and live music.

Once basic patterns are learned, we move on to cueing and more complicated patterns, holding a baton, physical conducting expressions, and score study.

More advanced students will study deeper music theory, orchestration, music interpretation and more.

 

What I can offer

 

• 30+ years of conducting: mostly choral but also instrumental.
• Expertise at conducting from the podium and from the piano
• Former college choral professor
• Access to live ensembles for practice at certain times.
• A passion for conducting and teacher
• Lots of patience and a willingness to go at your rate and toward your goals.
  Lessons are available Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m-8 p.m.I teach in my home in the Twin Peaks area of San Francisco and am also happy to setup lessons online.If you do come to my home, please know that there is a cat present.

  My current teaching rate is $70/hour, $55/45 minutes or $40/30 minutes.

  Lessons during the first month may be paid as you go. Lessons after the first month must be paid in full in advance, at the beginning of the month.

  Payments may be made by cash, check, via PayPal, Venmo, Ca$h App, Zelle or on my Shop page.

  THE FINE PRINT

  I will be 100% committed to your education in music theory and ask the same from you. Working between lessons and completing assignments are important.

  Except for the first month, lessons must be paid for in full at the start of each month. This ensures that I am able to keep your preferred lesson spot available each week.

  If you must miss a lesson, please let me know as soon as possible. Cancellations made a minimum of 24 hours in advance will be rescheduled based on our mutual availability. Lessons canceled in less time than that will not be rescheduled except in unusual circumstances.

  If I need to miss a lesson, you will receive a credit toward the next month.

   

  For questions or to schedule your first lessons, please contact me here.