Online Group Lessons

Overview

The French Horn is generally considered the hardest brass instrument, as well as one of the most difficult instruments overall. This makes taking private instruction very important for setting students up for future success. However, private lessons can be expensive and impractical for some students, especially in the early stages of development. 

When a student does finally decide that lessons are necessary, most have developed quite a few bad habits. For example, many high school students finally realize that private lessons are necessary when the demands of the higher level music that they are required to play begin to expose those flawed habits. Making the needed corrections requires patience and time, but high school musicians typically have less time due to the demands of marching band, sectionals, and concert rehearsal schedules. This sets up a situation where I rarely have the time to fix the underlying issues that would unlock their playing for the long term. Instead, the focus is on helping the student with short-term emergency solutions for the next performance obligation. The most efficient solutions to this problem is for students to be set up properly with solid foundational skills early in their development.

As a way of trying to help set students up for success, while simulataneoulsy offering a cost effective solutions, I am offering several options over the "Fall Semester"

Online Seminar Sessions

For all other students, I am trying a slightly different model. I am offering a once a month online  "Seminar" format on Sundays from 6:30-8pm for $20 a session. Each seminar will focus on a specific developmental level such as lower middle school, upper middle school or High school. Students will be given a PDF tracking sheet that will outline a practice system for the month, complete with links to music and practicing resouces. In the seminar I will take the students through resources found on the PDF provided while modelling for them how to use them effectively.  After the seminar the students should apply what was modelled to their daily practice, using the resources to help make their practicing more efficient 

Dates: 

Sunday Sept 28th, Nov 2nd, and Nov. 30th and - High School - 6:30-8pm (PST)

Sunday Oct 5th, Nov. 9th, and Dec 7th- Upper Middle School (7/8th Grade) - 6:30-8pm (PST)

Sunday Oct 12th, Nov. 16th and Dec. 14th- Lower Middle School (6/7th Grade) - 6:30-8pm (PST)

example of PDF resources provided in Seminar

All students and horn players should also consider subscribing to the membership area of the Willamette Valley Horn Academy. By subscribing, you will have access to hundreds, upon hundreds of resources that will help you practice and grow more efficiently for just $5 a month: click here 

Individual lessons both in person and online are available as well. For more information about those lessons please visit sequentialhorn.com

if you have any questions, feel free to email at sequentialhorn@gmail.com