Blair's Music Lessons

Introduction: Saying I've loved music my entire life is no exaggeration - at 4 I scrutinized sheet music for "My Heart Will Go On," trying to decipher the relation ship between the black squiggles and the tune I knew. By 5, I stole my older sister's Alfred Piano Primer and had taught myself how to read music. At 9 I was granted admission into my first audition-only ensemble, by 12 I was touring Europe with the Amarillo (Texas) Girls Concert Choir. More recently, I sang a principle role in an opera at the Lefkada (Greece) Music Festival after obtaining a graduate degree in voice performance from Georgia State University in Atlanta. I am so excited to share my knowledge and passion with students of all ages in Northern Colorado! I teach voice of all genres from a classical technique standpoint, and my specialties are classical, musical theater, and jazz. I prefer not to teach students younger than 10, as puberty has such a strong effect on the developing voice, but exceptions may be made if a student has a strong background in music theory. All of my students will receive music theory training, but private tutoring and instruction in music theory alone is also available. I can also teach beginning and intermediate piano, primarily from the Alfred method (but may work with an existing method if requested). My primary focus of music instruction is instilling a love and appreciation for the arts concurrently with instilling technical knowledge. I fully believe that both elements are mandatory in order to create the best musicians we can, and I try to incorporate general historical and theoretical knowledge beyond the immediate material whenever possible (for example: if we are learning a song from a musical we discuss the plot and character context in order to inform our performance choices). I'm sure many of us have memories of boring piano lessons, and I prefer to create lifelong music lovers over automatons.