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Jon
Dunmore: Piano Tutor
JANUARY 2010
TEACHING:
From beginners to advanced. We decide what YOU want to achieve
and I help you get there.
Young children follow a basic curriculum: we work on timing, hand position, recognizing which notes are which, and reading those crazy splotches called music. This promotes discipline, dedication and, most notably, progress.
Older children alternate between learning from a starter book and playing favorite pieces - it reminds them of their ultimate goal: playing is enjoyment; by playing something famous, they grasp what seemed impossible!
Young adults and mature students learn the rudiments and move into chord progression, rhythm, technique exercises, and playing by ear. You apply all this to pieces YOU want to play. It won't be easy when you first try to figure out your favorite song, but it's more fun than you can possibly imagine!
While thinking mechanically and behaving artistically, everyone learns something by accident!
RATES:
(March 2010)
$55 per hour.
$30 per half-hour (for young students/beginners).
LOCATIONS:
I am at two locations during the week:
1) Encino home studio location. Every day.
2) WEST VALLEY MUSIC studio, West Hills (Valley Circle & Vanowen). Wednesdays.
TRAVEL:
Travel to you: add $10. I can travel within 3 miles of each of the above locations.
This fee is negotiable depending on circumstances/distance, etc. (e.g. if you are literally around the corner, the fee can be waived, or considerably lessened.)
| MY MUSIC EDUCATION BACKGROUND: |
| AMEB (Australian Music Examinations Board) Certificates in Practical and Theory. |
| I started teaching piano in 1983, at age 18, after ten years of classical training. My students have ranged in age from 6 to 81 years old. |
| As Session Musician, toured Australian East Coast, New Zealand and United States with rock acts. (I always joke that I’ve *forgotten* more songs than most students will ever learn.) |
| My clients include: the LAPD, American Quarter Horse, Disneyland Hotel, major hotel chains (Marriott, Ramada, Hyatt, etc), Nancy Sinatra, Dodger Stadium, the Queen Mary Long Beach... many more... |
| With extensive experience in the music industry as performer, producer, composer, manager, tutor and stage lighting director, yet being classically-trained, I not only bring all the requisite technical knowledge to my teaching, but encourage a dynamic, all-systems-go approach to the performance of the instrument. |
PAYMENT PLANS:
Your very first lesson is cash upon completion. No
obligations. After that lesson, if you would like to continue,
we schedule lessons for a month and payment is made in advance for that
month. Cash or check.
(NOTE: If you visit the West Valley Studio location, various payment methods apply.)
HEAR DUNMORE PLAYING:
Visit my AUDIO PAGE and choose from the selection of soundbytes: piano, organ, even vocals and funny little synth sounds.
VIEW DUNMORE MUSIC:
Click here to view some tablature of my original compositions. You can hear the written pieces of music by clicking on the links at the top of the music sheets.
CALL ME:
to consult on your plan of action!
Sincerely,
Jon Dunmore
818-906-8633
| REFERENCES: |
| Jeff Gold, Owner West Valley Music Studios, West Hills CA. (Woodwind Tutor, Composer) 818-992-4142 |
| Paulette Adamec, Vocal and Piano Tutor, Owner, THE MUSIC
CASTLE, Los Angeles CA. 310-993-4790 themusiccastle@earthlink.net |
| Daren Burns,
Composer, Bass Guitar Tutor, WOODLOWE
MUSIC SCHOOL, Woodland Hills CA. 818-693-1734 daren@darenburns.com |
| John DePatie, Composer, Guitarist, Hollywood CA. 323-874-4925 john@johndepatie.com |
| Visit my resume for further performance, production, songwriting and touring experience. |
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