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Airshine Music - Erica Calvert
- San Diego, CA 92116 (map)
- (858) 376-7664
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Airshine Music - Erica Calvert • San Diego, CA • $45-60 per hour
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I mold music makers. I teach piano and voice. With 12 years of experience in private lessons, class instruction, accompanying, vocal coaching, and performing, I'm prepared to help my students bloom and grow musically.
I graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with my degree in Music, and I am currently studying for my teaching credential and Masters of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) at PLNU.
In a half-hour lesson, I teach repertoire (songs), technique, theory, ear training, and history for a well-rounded music education. I combine multiple methods books based on the need of the student.
I've taught from Bastien, Faber, Celebrate Piano, Music for Little Mozarts, Glover, and Hal Leonard. Students are encouraged to participate in the annual Certificate of Merit (CM) program that Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) host and promote each year that tests and rewards excellent musical achievement.
My current customers appreciate that I'm personable, knowledgeable, and care about the student and the student's family. I am passionate about what I do, which is giving students the tools they need to express themselves through music. I believe everyone has a song to share, and I commit myself to allowing that song to be shared by my students for the enjoyment of the hearers.
When we combine excellent instruction with excellent learning, the sky is the limit!
Reviews
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January 7, 2012
Erica is a fantastic piano teacher and a wonderful person. She is very professional, yet warm and personable too. I've never played any musical instrument, and taking lessons with Erica for several months has made me fall in love with piano. She is patient with working at your learning pace and always able to answer every beginner question you may have. I can't recommend her highly enough!
– Mark
Question and answer
Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A. A music teacher becomes a part of your family life, so make sure that the person you hire is knowledgeable, has integrity, is trustworthy, cares about student success and is someone you like to be around. You don't need to be best friends, but make sure that your teacher is someone from whom you can take instruction, praise, and advice.
Make sure that the student connects with the teacher. I took lessons for six months with a teacher who I didn't connect with and quit because there was lack of rapport. When I began taking lessons with a teacher who "got me" I stayed with her until I graduated high school 9 years later.
A teacher is a leader and needs to be one that the student can follow. A good leader has vision, communicates clearly, empowers, delegates responsibility, values feedback, and wants to see the team win, no matter what it takes to get there. Your music teacher needs these qualities to be an effective leader.
Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?
A. Reading music is overwhelming to almost everyone who starts studying music. It's confusing at first, but it can be taught and learned. I wish someone had told me that reading music is like learning a new language and reading a map. Apply the same principles of language literacy -- reading, writing, speaking and listening -- to music and you'll become a master of the language. Apply the same principles of reading a map -- curiosity, patience, directionality, and beauty -- to music and you'll become a navigator of the musical score.
Investing money into the proper instrument and equipment is always worthwhile. When I first began playing piano I learned on a keyboard because my parents weren't sure how long I would be playing. One day my mom was listening to me practice and at the very end of the piece I hit the low end of the keyboard where there aren't any keys. She ask me, "What was that?" I replied, "Well, I don't have that note, so I just hit down toward the bottom." That when she knew it was time to buy a piano! When you play on an instrument that is functional and inspiring, it allows for quicker progress and more enjoyment.
Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?
A. A good teacher will set up an interview with the student and parents to determine that it's a good match. Come to this meeting with questions. Get your cards out on the table so that everyone is clear about the desired outcome and the road to getting there.
Here are some suggestions:
1. What are your qualifications and credentials?
2. What is expected of the student during the week?
3. What is your philosophy of education?
4. How will the student know he/she is making progress?
5. Will you teach only what the student want to play?
6. What do great students do?
7. Why should we choose you to be our teacher?
