I truly love teaching. I enjoy watching my students develop into music lovers and achieve competency on their instruments.
My strengths are an abundance of patience, and an ability to work with all learning styles. As such, while I teach students of all ages I am particularly well suited to teaching the very young beginner. I use many of the techniques that I learned in my Suzuki teacher training while incorporating notation reading that I consider to be important. Piano lends itself so well to notation reading that I do not use the Suzuki method.
I teach out of my home studio in Mill Valley. I have a beautiful Hamburg Steinway Model "B", which enhances a students learning and knowledge of the piano. I do make house calls for an additional fee.
I'm a member of The Music teacher's Association, and as such my students have access to preform in monthly association recitals and participate in the certificate of Merit Program, I also host one recital per year in my home.
37.9003469, -122.5286567
Mill Valley, CA (94941)
Full Name:
Katie Butler
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
Institutional Affiliation:
Music Teacher's Association of California;
Suzuki Association of the Americas
Music Styles:
Suzuki Cello, Classical
Instrument/Voice Types Taught:
Cello, Piano
Age Ranges:
Pre-School
Elementary
Middle School
High School
Adult
4 and up
Education:
I graduated with a degree in Music from McGill university in Montreal. I then did graduate work at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Later I moved to New York and completed a two year teacher training program at the School for Strings. I have also attended the Aspen Music festival and the National Music Camp, Interlochen
Years Teaching:
17
Lesson Rate:
$40/half hour, $60/45 min
Teaching Method:
Suzuki, cello only
Makes House Calls:
No