I have always cared passionately about my work as a teacher. Over the years, I have developed a variety of teaching materials to fit the needs of my students. In addition to the music and textbook listed below, I have developed curricula for many levels of theory and ear training classes (some of which involve multimedia) for young musicians, through my work at Manhattan School of Music Precollege.
Music
- Children’s Suite (2003)
for solo piano – four movements (7 minutes) a series of short pieces for the intermediate and curious
piano student, exploring new techniques and sounds on
the instrument, these pieces highlight tactile elements of
the keyboard, and are best taught by rote.
Scherzo
– emphasis on the various characteristic rhythmic patterns of 5/8
– some work with double thirds
– basic octave and chromatic scale passages
Adagio
– chromatic scales with octave displacement
– basic tremolando
– slow hand crossing work
- The Etude Project (2006-2007)
for solo violin
Having begun studies in violin at age 24, I was keenly aware
of how much I had to learn. As I progressed, I wrote this series
of etudes for myself, to help gain proficiency and dexterity with a
variety of technical challenges, while also learning to write for
violin from the ground up.
- Eleven Unlikely Stories (2007)
for combinations of violin and piano
based on Italo Calvino’s novel “If on a winter’s night a traveller”
5. “…looks down in the gathering shadow…
for piano alone
Textbook
And On That Happy Note…
a young person’s guide to the study of counterpoint
(more information to follow)