Whether you want to use music theory for songwriting, classical compositions, analyzing, improve your sight singing or aural skills, or better in context keyboard skills I can help you get ready for collegiate level music making and make theory easy and fun to learn! In that time I graduated with my Masters Degree in Music Education from UW Stevens Point and wrote my thesis on Standards Based Grading in the Choral Classroom specifically for Sight Singing skills! I taught in the private and public sector for 8 years including professional level choirs, professional Percussion Quartet, and taught production classes, AP and Intro Theory Courses, and Ear Training/Sight Singing courses over the past five years specifically. I graduated from Carroll University with a triple degree in Music Ed for Instrumental Education (Percussion/piano as my primary instrument), Choral Education (Tenor voice) and General Music Education (a focus on composition and music theory).
My favorite part is connecting with people and watching music make people's lives better! Other hobbies include: video games, star wars, anything nerdy, outdoor adventures, and hanging out with my daughter! Whenever I try to improv or do anything apart from sight read music, I can’t, it makes me feel like I’m musically deaf, which in turn just makes me feel bad about myself.A former High School AP Music Theory Teacher that loves making music theory fun, exciting, and relevant for everyone from classically trained musicians, to pop/rock musicians, or future/current music educators. Watching him and listening to other live recordings, he looks so free that it made me realize like, how do I get that good musically where I can seemingly just play 24/7, but obviously on the piano. I’ve been a big John Mayer fan my whole life and recently saw him perform. but recently I haven’t been enjoying it and I’ve been feeling like I locked myself in a cage because I don’t see myself improving musically. I’ve mostly tore through Chopin etudes, his first ballade, Liszt, Grieg, and a lot of Bach…. I practice almost every day, scales, chords, inversions, arpeggios, chord extensions, sight-reading, pieces, and sometimes ear training. I picked it up from my sister after watching her play in lessons, and eventually, my parents also got me lessons and I stopped for 2 years. I’ve been playing piano ever since I was a kid.
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