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SHEET MUSIC SAMPLES
CREDITS
AMEB (Australian Music Examinations Board) Certificates in Performance, and Music 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.
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. |
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JON DUNMORE PIANO TUTOR
Piano Teacher, Music Teacher
(update: October 2012)
LESSONS
Professionalism. Patience. Progress.
From beginners to advanced levels.
We decide what YOU want to achieve
and I help you get there.
Young children follow a basic curriculum: we work on notes, timing, hand position, playing simple pieces from a starter book, and making sense of those crazy splotches called music.
Older children alternate between a course book and playing favorite pieces - it reminds them of their ultimate goal: enjoyment (and maybe parlaying that enjoyment into a career); by playing something they know and like, they grasp what seemed impossible!
Young adults, mature students learn the rudiments, 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 when you do!
While thinking mechanically and behaving artistically, everyone learns something by accident!
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CLIENTS
(These are companies I have worked for in the capacity of musician, they are not "piano tutor" clients--my piano students are all private learners like yourself.)
Nancy Sinatra
American Quarter Horse Assoc. (AQHA)
Anita Sarawak
Aquarium of the Pacific
Celebrities Onstage
Chris Everly
Disneyland Hotel
Dodger Stadium/Levy Restaurants
The Gas Company, LA
Gillette
Globe Theatre, Universal City
Hilton Hotels (Singapore, Malaysia)
House Of Blues, Los Angeles
Lone Wolf Tattoo Show (Sydney)
Los Angeles Police Dept.
Marriott Hotels
Parramatta Leagues Club (Aust.)
The Queen Mary, Long Beach
QVC Arena
Royal Festival Hall (London, UK)
Selina's Entertainment Centre (Coogee, Aust.)
Sheraton Four Points Hotels
SunGard Treasury Systems
The Palace, Hollywood
Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas
...many more...
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PRICES
(Oct 2012)
$35 half hour
$60 hour
If you have two, three or more children/students all taking my lessons, I can definitely consider discounts.
PAYMENT PLAN
Your very first lesson is a cash payment. 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 location, different payment methods apply.
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) Wednesday only.
YOUR EQUIPMENT
Preferably, you have a well-tuned piano at home (grand, upright or spinet), but if you don't, then a good digital piano will suffice - it must have full-sized keys and touch-sensitivity. Modern digital piano technology is so good that I have no problems in recommending them (as opposed to 30 years ago, when everything electronic was plastic crap!).
If you need an instrument and are unsure of what to purchase, let me know. I can review online ads that you are considering, and if you'd like, I could even attend a piano showroom or music store with you (for the price of one lesson) to try out pianos/keyboards and recommend one within your budget.
TRAVEL
If I travel to your location: add $5. I can travel about 3 miles from each of the above locations.
See the Travel Map for Encino.
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REFERENCES
Jeff Gold, Owner, WEST VALLEY MUSIC CENTER, West Hills CA (Woodwind Tutor, Guitarist, Conductor)
westvalleymusic@sbcglobal.net
818-992-4142
Daren Burns (Bassist, Tutor, Composer), Arizona.
daren@darenburns.com
818-693-1734
John DePatie (Guitarist, Nancy Sinatra),
Hollywood CA.
john@johndepatie.com
323-702-5706
Damon Pipitone (Producer, Composer, Drummer, Vocalist)
Pasadena CA
damon@damonpipitone.com
626-441-3863
Philip Lincoln Smith (Drummer, Composer, Vocalist),
Glendale CA.
flipflavin55@att.net
818-242-5864
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