teVelde Music, Inc.

Bonnie teVelde, Owner/Instructor

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Why Choose teVelde?

I'm Bonnie teVelde, and I want to invite you to come and learn music at my schools. I knew, from the first day I starting teaching music, that I was born to teach. I wake up every day excited because I know I am going to have the honor of working with amazing students, over half of whom I have taught for over 5 years. Teaching music is my passion. Figuring out how the human brain works so I can teach it in the most effective manner for every student, no matter what age, level, or instrument, is my goal. Every one of my students has a special gift for music, and every day I have the opportunity to figure out what that gift is, and how to help them develop it to its full potential.

People ask me how I find the amazing teachers who work for me. I tell them that I look for teachers first, musicians second. On the surface, this may not seem like it makes a lot of sense, and this does not mean that my teachers aren't amazing musicians... because they all are. What I mean is: performing musicians don't always make the best teachers. This is because their focus, as it should be if they are professional performers, is on their careers and their music. A musical performer does not have to take classes in teaching, psychology, or learning. On the other hand, a teacher who is also an excellent musician is the music teacher that will change a life forever. I am continually searching for that gem; that extraordinary, passionate, person that is excited about sharing their wealth of knowledge with others. I want teachers that you would write down when a form asks you who your favorite teacher was when you were a child. That kind of teacher that also plays an instrument well, is the one in a million individual I want at my schools. I believe I have found precisely these kinds of teachers, and I want to share them with you.

Today I was standing outside one of my teaching rooms listening to one of our teachers teach their students. Tears came to my eyes as I listened, because I realized, once again, that these music educators are some of the best human beings I have ever had the privilege to meet. I want to invite you to meet them too.

This is my website. This is my school. This is my passion, and my life's work. Welcome to the teVelde School of Music. Join us, and I guarantee you and/or your children will love learning music for the rest of your lives.

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Our Mission Statement :

Perfect Absolute Pitch: Our Greatest Mission

We consider our greatest contribution to every student and potential musician is the opportunity to work with us develop perfect absolute pitch (AP), or relative pitch recognition in every student. Click here for more information.

Tour :

If you are considering music lessons for yourself or your child, and would like to take a tour of our school, meet some of our teachers, and look at our instruments & equipment, please feel free to click here: Contact Bonnie. I will be happy to set up a time to meet you and give you a personalized tour.

Private Lessons :

The teVelde School of Music offers private, one-on-one, music lessons that are customized for each student's personal learning style. This makes learning music easy and fun! Interviewing over 60 teachers to find just one, we have the most effective, excited, motivated, and highly qualified, teachers available. It isn't enough to just play an instrument well to be a good teacher. We hire trained teachers, who have the additional quality of being trained musicians as well. Each one of them is teaching because they love the process of sharing their gift with a student.

We work with children, from ages 2 & up, for 10-15 of their most formative years, and our sole purpose is to provide excellent mentors and role models. We work with teens who need solid role models to show them how incredibly quickly they can learn, while showing them a way to find solace during difficult phases of life. We work with adult professionals who have achieved many goals in life, and now, finally, have the opportunity to study music. Teaching a subject as difficult as music requires a special mentor, and, no matter what the age of the student, the teacher must absolutely love seeing their student become a motivated, proficient musician who loves the journey every day!

School of Rock Summer Camp, 2012:

We offer Two Annual, 2-week, Summer Camp Programs that allow students to connect with other musicians in an intensive, Two (2) Week Course. The students are grouped into "bands", and are taught Keyboard, Guitar, Bass, Drums, and Voice for Two (2) Hours a Day. At the end of the 2 week session, they have recorded a song in our 24-track, digital recording studio! Summer Camp has a limited number of openings for students, grades 2-8. We have beginning groups for students who have never played an instrument, and intermediate/advanced groups, for students who play one or more instruments. For more information, click here!

This year's School of Rock students learned how to play songs like, "Obladi Oblada," by The Beatles; "Firework," by Katy Perry; and "Iron Man," by Black Sabbath. See some of this year's students perform in a real band setting by going to the teVelde Music YouTube Channel.

Now Accepting for School of Rock 2012... Can't wait until next year? Sign up for Jam Night, starting soon!