Dave has been teaching piano and organ lessons since he was 15 years old. Aside from teaching private piano lessons, Dave is the Music Specialist at Kensington school in Naperville. At this preschool/kindergarten, Dave teaches music classes and performs seasonal shows with the students. Dave is also the keyboardist for the popular local band “This End Up”, performing most weekends in the area. (www.teuband.com).

Dave’s specialty is teaching younger children, (ages 5 and up), beginning piano lessons. He uses a storybook method that relates memorable children’s characters to the notes on the piano. Children identify with these characters and become excited to learn new notes and songs each week. Though these characters the children learn the basic notes of the treble clef. As their skills improve, basic chord theory is introduced.

For the more advanced students Dave uses some of the standard method books to teach children to read treble and bass clef. He also writes out simplified arrangements of youngsters pop songs so they can learn to play music they identify with. Though these songs, chord theory and simple arranging ideas can be taught. All lessons are taught at Dave’s home studio in Bartlett Illinois.

For more information on lessons please e-mail me at sblivemusic@sbcglobal.net or call 708-205-7082. For more information on the young children’s music books go to www.mylesmusic.com.