18 Westwood Music Tutors and Lessons

I am a recent graduate at Northwestern University, with a B.A. in Psychology and Business minor and a prospective medical student. I took the full General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry sequence at Northwestern with A's in both subjects, and I have extensive experience teaching Chemistry and Calculus for undergrads with over 250+ hours of tutoring experience. I received a perfect score of 36 on the ACT Math section and 5 on the AP AB Calculus exam. I can help with various levels of math s... ... More

I'm recently graduated summa cum laude from The College of New Jersey with a BS in mathematics and will soon be pursuing a PhD in Biostatistics. I have been tutoring mathematics and statistics for the past 7 years and have experience working with students from second grade to undergraduate seniors. In high school, I tutored younger students in mathematics. Then in college, I continued tutoring these students via Skype while also tutoring mathematics on campus. When tutoring mathematics, I oft... ... More

While pursuing my Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) in piano performance, I came to realize that teaching piano is something that felt natural to me. In addition to finding fulfillment with helping students reach their true potential and succeed in whichever goals they set, I also realized that the act of teaching supplemented and further enriched my own playing. It is often said that the best piano performers don’t make the best teachers. In my lifetime, I ... ... More

My goal as a teacher is to avoid any type of dogmatic "one size fits all" curriculum. I always want to know what music the student enjoys and build my lesson plans based on their tastes. Chords can be physically challenging for beginners so I like to work with single-note melodies early on so that the student isn't quickly discouraged. Learning chords becomes the medium-term goal. As for the long-term, I will then use specific songs as examples for how music theory works in the context of... ... More

Hundreds of students have benefited from my patient, organized, and fun approach to teaching and tutoring, which I have been doing for 20 years. Aside from my degree in English and Praxis II certification in Language Arts, your student will also benefit from something hard to attain in school—real-world knowledge that I’ve gleaned from 20-plus years experience as a professional copy editor and writer. Working in non-academic environments has given me expertise in the demanding worlds of bus... ... More