Sound Music Instruction
- Seattle, WA 98122 (map)
- (206) 708-0050
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Sound Music Instruction • Seattle, WA • $55-70 per hour
- You'll be asked a few quick questions that will help describe your needs.
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Sound Music Instruction provides piano lessons in your home with a dedicated and creative teacher. We welcome students of all ages and experience levels.
Our mission is to engage, challenge and inspire every student's unique interests and abilities. We believe that an informed and well-rounded introduction to piano is the best way to ensure creative growth and success.
At Sound Music Instruction, each student's interests and experience are used to develop a unique program of study. This can include a wide range of material such as lesson books and traditional technique and theory as well as improvisation, composition, listening exercises and an introduction to music from around the world.
We work to stimulate and maintain interest in music and piano while developing the skills that will help students excel in all areas of music making.
Sound Music Instruction was founded by pianist and teacher Gust Burns. Gust has taught piano lessons for many years and has found inspiration in his students and in the teacher-student relationship. Gust founded Sound Music Instruction to engage more students and teacher-musicians in music education that is rooted in the idea of mutual learning and the development of musical skills and creativity.
Reviews
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June 28, 2011
Gust found us a great piano teacher for our three kids, and has reliably managed that connection for years now. The kids are happy and progressing, which is the bottom line.
– Bard
Question and answer
Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A. Consider what you want your child to get out of piano lessons. A good experience should help her or him establish a life-long love, appreciation, and engagement with music, as well as helping to develop basic skills. Will your teacher be able to meet your child where she is? Will your teacher have an open attitude to different music that will be passed on to your child? Will your teacher help your child become interested in making her own music, rather than just practicing standard repertoire?
Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?
A. Many piano teachers get burned out in a relatively short time, but keep teaching out of economic necessity. Make sure your teacher has an approach that allows her/ him to change and grow along with her students. This way the interest and engagement will continue to happen for both student and teacher.
Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?
A. What is your experience?
What is your attitude towards music?
What is your attitude towards teaching?
Are there specific skills that you think my child should develop?
Besides skills, what else will you help my child with?
Do you help coordinate performance opportunities for your students?
Are you a practicing musician yourself? Do you still maintain a creative practice in addition to teaching?
