Frances Martin
I have a vibrant studio, offering two recitals per year, and participation in events with the Music Teachers' Association of California and the California Association of Professional Music Teachers.
I love teaching and inspiring students to grow as competent and expressive musicians
Be'eri Moalem
Hi I believe in making music lessons fun and rewarding-- making music an interest of a life time. I focus on:
musicianship- pitch, rhythm
technique- how to operate the instrument
musicality- expression and understanding
I use the following method books:
Suzuki
Strictly Strings
Schradieck Etudes
Wholfahrt Etudes
Kreutzer Etudes
Concerti by Vivaldi, Bach, and Mozart
Solo Suites by Bach
Chamber Music and Sonatas
David Morris
My profession and love is early music. I received a very well-rounded education as a singer, conductor, instrumentalist, arranger and teacher, and I make my living using all of these skills.
My youngest students have been in preschool and kindergarten; my oldest (currently) is in her 80s. Some of my students are pre-professionals, some adult beginners. My methodology is a cross-pollenated one, and I design the curriculum to complement the skills of my individual students.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Division Private Lessons
Students enrolled in private lessons have the opportunity to perform in regularly scheduled recitals held in the Recital and Concert Halls. Preparatory Division students participate in master classes with distinguished visiting artists and with the Conservatory's Collegiate Division faculty. Off-campus and showcase performances are also arranged for students throughout the year. Certificate programs available.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Division Composition Seminar
Open to all students enrolled in the musicianship curriculum with permission of the department chair. Composition assignments are performed and discussed in class. Formal performances are presented in recital.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Division Theory & Ear Training (Level V)
Level V: Sight singing with modes and remote modulation in 20th century idioms, polyrhythms, quintuplets, meters with unequal beats, tempo modulation, leading tone seventh chords, augmented sixth chords, Neapolitan chords, all intervals in a non-tonal context, fugue.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Division Theory & Ear Training (Level III, Level IV)
Level III: Sight singing material to include seventh chords, rhythmic patterns of two against three, inversions of triads and dominant seventh chords, non-tonal use of thirds, theme & variations and rondo form. Level IV: Sight singing with secondary dominants and chromatic non-harmonic tones, small subdivisions of the beat, changing meters, inversions of dominant 7th chords, secondary dominants, modulation, non-tonal use of sixths, sonata and concerto form.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Division Theory & Ear Training (Level I, Level II)
Level I: Sight singing and conducting using diatonic melodies in simple and compound time. Students study all major and minor keys, the intervals in those keys, chord progressions, rhythmic design and phrasing. Level II: Sight singing using skips in all diatonic triads, syncopation, harmonic cycles of thirds and fifths, dominant 7th and V7 chords, non-tonal use of seconds, fourths and fifths; binary and ternary form.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Adult Extension Division Musicianship (Music Theory)
This class is designed for students who want to enhance their current musical literacy. Coursework will focus on developing aural perception and understanding musical materials- rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic- in both tonal and modal contexts. The class covers the following musical elements:Chromatic intervals, Common chord progressions and cadences, Basic keyboard harmony, Introduction to harmonic analysis and musical form.