Services

Study Music with a Professionally-Trained (B.A. in Vocal Performance), Actively-Gigging (4 Nationwide Tours in the last year) Singer/Vocalist, Performer, & Musician…active in both the Classical + Rock/Contemporary Realms!
*Erica currently offers high-quality, low-pressure VIRTUAL/ONLINE or safe, outdoor in-person/in-home MUSIC LESSONS to students of ALL AGES & levels of experience!

Voice, Piano, Trumpet, Beginning Guitar, Beginning Ukulele Lessons,
**NEW “Holistic Health through Music & Movement” Sessions, and **NEW Public Speaking Coaching (Online/Outdoor/Safely In-door/In-Home, Private or Group Lessons/Sessions) now available!**

My safe, outdoor Home Studio in Hayward, stocked with Instruments (seen above) is available for our lessons at no additional charge! 🙂



Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area to your home (with Safety Precautions in place, due to COVID 19), or happy to teach Online via Zoom, Skype, or FaceTime!
Lessons can be done in my outdoor Studio in Hayward, or in a Local Park nearby your home…(especially “Holistic Health through Music & Movement”)!

Curriculums offered:

~ **NEW** “Holistic Health through Music & Movement”!
Through expressive Music & Movement, Holistic Health, and Spiritual/Mental/Emotional balance, we allow the body to innately heal itself…does that sound good?!
Dance, Sing, Move, & Learn how to eat/prepare healthy foods (including what to buy, how to cook it, and what a week of eating means for YOU)…GET HEALTHY while feeling supported as a whole/holistic person.
1.) Dietary & Lifestyle Regimen specific to each participant’s needs/struggles…emphasis on an Organic, Whole Food/Plant-based lifestyle (free of chemicals/toxins)
2.) Warm-up/Stretching Routine specific to each participant’s changing abilities/goals/past-injuries! Incorporates gentle Yoga.
3.) H.I.I.T. (High-Intensity Interval Training)…style of exercise that produces maximum results, due to juxtaposition between rest periods & full-intensity periods of movement!
We do typical exercises tailored to each client, but also use Dance as a workout!!
Music plays during the Session, and we interact with it during our movements, in order to pave the way for increased Holistic Health!
4.) Stretching/Reflection; Light Yoga + typical stretches, plus some discussion: “What are current Dietary/Lifestyle goals? What styles of Music would you like to try moving to next time?”
**Please message, email, or comment if you’d like to try a safe Outdoor/In-Door, In-Person or ONLINE Group or Private Session!!**


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~**NEW** Public Speaking Lessons/Coaching!
Do you frequently deliver speeches, and want to work on your vocal placement, fluidity, delivery, or articulation? Learn from a Performer how to effectively deliver a message, and connect with any audience!
You’ll learn:
1.) Proper Breathing Technique to facilitate speech
2.) Emphasis/Articulation that’s specific to YOU and the content being delivered
3.) the language of Emotional Outreach to connect with any audience easily
4.) Vocal Placement – what’s ideal for YOU?
5.) Personalization, or embracing the things that make your speech unique…finding your metaphorical “voice”!
Please reach out with questions, for more details, or to book a session..
(Virtual or safely in-person)

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~Piano –
1.) Learn from the highly-regarded Faber Piano Adventures Series (including Theory, Techniques, and Performance books in advancing levels, starting with Primer Level),
2.) A comprehensive & personalized Warm-up Process + Technique Protocol that’s specific to each student’s changing needs,
3.) An individualized Repertoire List that’s appropriate, favorable, and beneficial for each student’s goals/preferences,
4.) Optional Performance Experience, through a casual (currently Online) Recital featuring our Students!
5.) Honest Feedback intended to support, nurture, and aid each student’s holistic Musical/Personal growth.
*Here are some sample pages from Piano Adventures Level One* :

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~Voice –
1.) Comprehensive & personalized Warm-up Process + Technique Protocol that’s specific to each student’s changing needs,
2.) A Repertoire List that’s appropriate, favorable, and beneficial for each student’s goals/preferences,
3.) Performance Practice and Stage Etiquette…practical information that’s often overlooked! Learn how to be confidant/comfortable on stage, both as yourself and any characters being portrayed. Learn how to carry yourself Professionally in Auditions, Concerts, Recitals, Shows, Gigs, Masterclasses, Jam Sessions, as a Soloist, with Bands, in Choirs, and in any Genre you want!
4.) Optional Performance Experience, through a casual (currently Online) Recital featuring our Students!
5.) Honest Feedback intended to support, nurture, and aid each student’s holistic Musical/Personal growth.

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~Trumpet –
1.) Comprehensive & personalized Warm-up Process + Technique Protocol that’s specific to each student’s changing needs,
2.) Review of any material being played in Band (i.e. School Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Rock Band),
3.) Learning from the highly-regarded Hal Leonard’s Essential Elements for Band Bb Trumpet 1 book or Standard of Excellence Book 1 Trumpet,
4.) An individualized Repertoire List that’s appropriate, favorable, and beneficial for each student’s goals/preferences,
5.) Optional Performance Experience, through a casual (currently Online) Recital featuring our Students!
6.) and Honest Feedback intended to support, nurture, and aid each student’s Holistic Musical/Personal growth.

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~Beginning Guitar –
1.)Introduction to String Names, Note Names, Simple Chords, and simple/familiar Songs;
2.) Learn from Hal Leonard’s Guitar Method (starting with Book 1)
3.) Introduction to Singing and Playing at the same time!
4.) Introduction to basic, fundamental Music Theory concepts. Accompanied course in Introduction to Songwriting, if desired.
5.) Optional Performance Experience, through a casual (currently Online) Recital featuring our Students!
6.) Honest Feedback intended to support, nurture, and aid each student’s Holistic Musical/Personal growth.

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~Beginning Ukulele –
1.) Introduction to String Names, Note Names, Simple Chords, and simple/familiar Songs;
2.) Learn from Hal Leonard’s Ukulele Method (starting with Book 1)
2.) Introduction to Singing and Playing at the same time!
3.) Introduction to basic, fundamental Music Theory concepts. Accompanied course in Introduction to Songwriting, if desired.
4.) Optional Performance Experience, through a casual (currently Online) Recital featuring our Students!
5.) Honest Feedback intended to support, nurture, and aid each student’s Holistic Musical/Personal growth.

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*Please reach out for a FREE Trial Lesson, Phone/Video Consultation, with any questions, or to book a Lesson/Session!*

Email: 13jeski@gmail.com
Text/Call: 860-306-6636