Thomas J. West Music

I provide high-quality one-on-one real-time music lessons over the Internet using a webcam and a Skype account. Beginners lessons through to advanced students on any band instrument, orchestra instrument, or piano. Visit the Webcam Lessons page for more details.

For students in Downingtown, West Chester, Exton, Coatesville, or any location in Chester County Pennsylvania, USA, I also provide private lessons services for any band, orchestral or piano student ages 1 to 99. Visit my Private Lessons page for a list of my policies.

This site will help you learn more effective methods for the study of any major musical instrument. The information provided here can be applied to any band instrument (flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone, tuba), any orchestral instrument (violin, viola, cello, string bass), any popular percussion instrument (snare drum, mallet percussion, drum set), and guitars. The most time-honored teaching techniques are combined with new developments in neurology to give you practice tips that work.

Here are some of the topics covered on this website:

• Focus and Attention: How to maximize the results of your practice time.
• Visualization: The power of the movie theater in your mind.
• Neuroplasticity: What science tells us about mastering a physical skill.
• Pitch Development: Exercising your "inner ear".
• Rhythmic Development: A mathematic rather than traditional labeling approach.
• Who's Running This Show?: The body/mind ego and how it holds back your progress.
  

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Thomas J. West bleeds music for a living. He has been teaching, writing, arranging, and performing music for most of his life. He has directed concert bands, orchestras, choirs, a cappella groups, marching bands, jazz bands, and piano students. Learn more about him on the Bio and Commissions page.

In addition to teaching music, Thomas J. West also writes original music for concert band as well as field shows for marching band. Visit the Compositions page for more information.

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