Winterhalter Music Teacher Showcase: Introducing Billy Chou

November 27, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are having a wonderful day spending time with people you love and eating tasty food. Today, I’m so pleased to introduce you to Winterhalter Music’s newest teacher, Billy Chou. Billy and I happen to go way back to our college days at Ithaca College in New York. We both were […]

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As a Parent of a Music Student Should You Also Take Lessons Yourself?

November 20, 2014

It’s sure been a chilly few days recently here in the DC area. I know some parts of the country have had it much worse, but 24 degrees fahrenheit has been quite cold for here in November. When I first lived in DC, the cold weather didn’t really bother me having lived previously in Wisconsin, […]

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Winterhalter Music Teacher Showcase: Introducing Megan Woods

November 13, 2014

Today I’d like to introduce you to Winterhalter Music’s newest voice, piano, and violin teacher, Megan Woods! Megan joins Winterhalter Music with a huge love of teaching and tons of experience teaching students of all ages. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Music/ Music Education from the University of Akron. Currently she teaches […]

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Is it Ok to Take Lessons on More than One Instrument?

November 6, 2014

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween last week! Whether you were out with your kids as they went trick-or-treating or were giving out candy from home like I was, I hope you had a blast. I certainly did but am embarrassed to say that I underestimated the amount of candy to buy and […]

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Winterhalter Music Teacher Showcase: Introducing Zoe Loversky

October 30, 2014

Over the past couple of years Winterhalter Music has been attracting more and more young string students! I was so excited this fall when Zoe Loversky, a violist, applied to join our team of wonderful teachers at Winterhalter Music. Zoe has a fresh, youthful energy and zest for music and teaching which she brings to […]

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What to do if the Physical Limitations of Your Instrument Got You Down

October 23, 2014

For most piano students, there are no physical limitations to deal with when learning to play. Other than not being tall enough to reach the pedals (totally fine to play without the pedal for awhile), it’s probably on the easier side to play. By physical limitations I mean something about the way you need to […]

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Winterhalter Music Teacher Showcase: Introducing Jacqueline Ecle

October 16, 2014

About a month ago I brought on a new voice and beginning piano teacher, Jacqueline Ecle, who goes by Jackie! Currently Jackie is a senior at Catholic University pursuing her degree in music education (general/ choral music). In addition to teaching Winterhalter Music students, Jackie student teaches in Rockville and Fairfax and is completing her […]

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How to Find Time to Practice When Your Workload Has Increased

October 3, 2014

I can’t believe it’s October already! Even though school started about a month ago, I just now feel like I’m settling into the routine of the fall. If I feel that way I can only imagine that my students feel the same. Last week I talked about a sensitive topic that needs to be discussed– […]

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Should Music Lessons Be A Part of Your Busy School Year Activity Load?

September 25, 2014

This is such a busy time of year! I can tell that many of my students are feeling overwhelmed so far this fall– especially the ones that have just entered middle or high school. Let’s face it, with each year the demands of life get more and more difficult. The time needed for homework, projects, […]

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Winterhalter Music Teacher Showcase: Presenting Joe Benny

September 18, 2014

I’m so excited to introduce you to my newest teacher, Joe Benny! Joe is originally from Frederick, MD, but lives in the DC area now. He’s primarily a drummer, but can play and teach guitar and piano as well. Just like me, he was hooked on music and has never looked back since he got […]

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