What Do Modern School Music Lessons Look Like?  

Lessons are customized to fit the students’ individual tastes, needs, goals, and learning style. The teacher remains versatile with regards to selection of music, curriculum, and teaching style. With this approach, the content of the lessons always stays relevant to their interests.

For example:  I have two students who are both 15 years old, have been taking lessons for 3 years, and have similar skill levels.  Shall I give them the same music to learn...?  No!  One student, preparing for music college, needs to learn classical music and advanced technique.  She learns best by demonstration.  The other student, wanting to play in an alternative rock band, needs to learn songwriting, study improvisation, and develop his ear.  He learns best by tinkering around with things on his own.  It would be a sizable error to teach these students in the same way!  

This is just one possible example of how students, who appear to be similar, are quite different and require separate approaches.  A Modern School music coach always considers who they are teaching before they decide what and how to teach.