Lessons
Explore and enjoy music lessons on various instruments and all kinds of insights on music making, in our free video sessions! Brought to you with care and dedication from our wonderful team of teachers! We hope you will play, sing or even stomp and shout along, as we offer you an ever growing range of choices and possibilities, to nurture your musician's soul and celebrate music making together! We look forward to creating a community of music-makers along with you...so please stay tuned... (Literally!)
Flute Technique in "Barcarolle" by J. Offenbach
Let's examine a few basic principals of flute technique, such as tonguing-slurring and vibrato, while discussing some basic elements of music-making - while we play a short duet section of J. Offenbach's, "Barcarolle" Piano accompaniment included!
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Holley Bartlett-La Sala, Director and Founder of, "Musicians Teach Music" 2023.
NYS Teacher Certification Pre-K-12, M.A. Music Performance & Music Education, Lincoln Center Scholar. B.A. Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, CUNY. Hight School for the Performing Arts/Fiorello H LaGuardia H.S.
Hanon "The Virtuoso Pianist" Nos. 1&2
Discover the coordination, dexterity, endurance and strength possibilities offered in these classic exercises by Charles Hanon. (1873.) With sixty various patterns in all keys, we will look at the first two in C-Major here and now, with more to follow! Please play along!
Lesson Resources:
Thank you: www.hanon-online.com
Holley Bartlett-La Sala, Director and Founder of, "Musicians Teach Music" 2023.
NYS Teacher Certification Pre-K-12, M.A. Music Performance & Music Education, Lincoln Center Scholar. B.A. Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, CUNY. Hight School for the Performing Arts/Fiorello H LaGuardia H.S.
Viola and Violin Setup
Learn about best practices for Viola and Violin set-up in this brief introduction to the essentials for free and comfortable upper string playing, including aspects of both Suzuki and Alexander techniques, with additional specific and detailed instruction from Eddy Malave to follow!
Eddy Malave, B.M. and M.M. Music Performance, Viola. The Julliard School, N.Y.C. Certification in Suzuki method for Violin and Viola, AmSAT Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique. Eddy is an active freelance Violist and Educator based in New York City, has performed with various ensembles and orchestras throughout the world, and is currently on the string faculty at New Third Street Music Settlement, while also an educator of the Alexander technique at New York University. www.eddymalave.com
Spotting for Film with
Jeremiah Bornfield
Observe the creative process with composer Jeremiah Bornfield as he utilizes music software programming to insert newly composed music at various, "hit points" within a film selection, ('The Three Ages' : 1923, Buster Keaton.) Learn how the composer plans and applies specific strategies that bring the once 'silent' film to new life with music skillfully crafted to compliment the unfolding story and action!
Spotting for Film
Jeremiah Bornfield, M.A. Music Composition, Hunter College, CUNY. Winner of a Gold Medal in Film Scoring from the International Independent Film Awards, introduced by Martin Scorsese (Executive Director, "Diane") as, "A Composer to Watch," and described by Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers as “Gifted.” Cannes Film Festival Golden Eye nominated Hitchcock/Truffaut and Tribeca Film Festival winning for, "Diane." (2018 Kent Jones.) President Obama’s "Best of 2019."
Compositions in experimental chamber music and multimedia operas and for 2021 Grammy Nominee Curtis Stewart, Metropolitan Opera Singers Trudy Craney (Grammy Winner – 'Nixon in China,') and Nicholas Tamagna, CMA Visionary Seth Parker Woods, international award winning librettist Royce Vavrek and violinist Mary Rowell. "Jingles" for over 50 commercials including Vogue’s 2021 Scandinavia launch featuring Greta Thunberg. As a film composer he has recorded scores with Grammy winners 'Attacca Quartet,' 'So Percussion,' and the Prague Philharmonic.
Bow Technique with Katherine Dennis
Learn about the basic principals of applying a proper bow hold, and the importance of speed, weight, and location in creating the sound and tone you wish to bring out on the violin!
Dr. Katherine Dennis, Ed.D, Jamaican-American violinist, performer and educator, is based in the NYC Metropolitan area. She has performed in venues across Europe, The United States, and Canada, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Merriweather Post Pavilion. Katherine holds degrees in Violin Performance from East Carolina University and McGill University. She earned a second Masters degree in Music Education through Hunter College's Lincoln Center Scholar Program. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Leadership and Learning within Organizations at Vanderbilt University. In 2016, Dennis founded the Thurgood Marshall Academy Middle School Orchestra in Harlem, NY. She initiated the program after being awarded the 'VH1 Save the Music' grant. She continues to establish and cultivate music programs within the New York City Metropolitan and is registered through the complete Suzuki Violin Books, Volumes 1 through 10. www.katherinedennisviolin.com
