Looking for private voice or piano teachers in austin texas?
Sonora Lee is a multifaceted music teacher with a wide range of experience. She has taught students of all ages and all skill levels in Texas and Australia for the past 20+ years. She currently teaches voice, and teaches piano in Austin, TX.
All ages can learn to sing and play the piano: elementary, mid/high school, college, adults and seniors, EVERYBODY! Learning music at any age can be a rich celebration of self-expression.
Additional areas of concentration:
• musical composition
• ear training
• music theory
• recording techniques
Styles: classical, jazz, pop, folk, new age, and more... Lessons: piano and voice classes available Monday–Friday
Digital Recording Studio: available for student and lesson use.
Individually designed instruction plans for voice lessons and piano lessons Sonora's students are always impressed with her individually designed music lesson plans. She works with her students (and their families) to evaluate the best approach for learning— combining goal setting with inspiring enthusiasm... and most of all, FUN! Sonora relies on a variety of teaching techniques which may include the Suzuki and/or Kodaly teaching methods.
STUDIO LOCATION
Oak Hill near the intersection of Hwys 290W & 71.
RATES
• $95/month for half-hour weekly piano lessons or voice lessons
• $190/month for one-hour weekly piano lessons or voice lessons
How to Contact Sonora Lee for Piano and Voice Lessons in Austin TX
For your first interview/lesson call 512-736-6159 or
. You will receive a return phone call within 24 hours (week days). Please leave a message with your name, phone, and best time(s) to call.
Excerpt from the Berklee College of Music...
When you were seven, you had this incredible piano teacher. She wanted you to like piano, so she didn't make you play little kids' songs or just the classical stuff. First she said, "What do you like to listen to?" You told her you like rock and folk music. So she got you a 'Fake Book' and you started with Little Feat's "Time Loves a Hero." She told you that your parents would like that just as much as "Moonlight Sonata" if you played it really well. Maybe more.
About the music teacher
A little history... Born to a mix of Cherokee and Irish lineage, she remembers the midday Sunday dinners with aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. "We were playing music with guitars, harmonicas, spoons, etc.— and lots of singing (in harmony)."
Starting formal lessons at age five, Sonora 'lived' music in rural Missouri where she followed the natural process of growth via church choir, award-winning State Fair performances, etc., Then on to the University of Missouri-Kansas City where she received awards for Most Promising Education Student and Outstanding Vocal Performer. At her first Freshman conservatory piano jury she was advanced to the Junior level!
As a student, Sonora arranged and directed radio jingles, rehearsed ensembles for Kansas City churches, managed bands (rock 'n' roll and jazz), and coordinated rehearsal space for University students, including an 80-piece Accordion Orchestra. You thought finding a place for that new drum set was hard!
Psychology of Music became another favorite focus and ultimately led Sonora to San Antonio, Texas, where she became the Director of Music Therapy at the San Antonio State School. Working with the residents, designing curriculums, coordinating staff and supervising Music Therapy interns was rewarding work.
The years to follow included marriage to an Australian, living and teaching in Australia, having children, and moving to Austin.
Childcare Business Sonora has always had a passion for working with children. Moving next door to the Austin Waldorf School, which all four of her children would eventually attend, Sonora established a registered family childcare business. During the summers, she held children’s camps that focused on creating artistic projects. Some of the projects included: crafting water fountains, leather and bead work, impromptu plays, and preparing organic food.
EAT YOUR CRUST CAMP (?) Briefly told, a very young child was trimming the crust from his bread one day and Ms. Sonora said to him, "Didn't your mamma tell you that this is the Eat Your Crust Camp?" This was funny to the older children; the name remained.
Today...
Sonora presently works at her Blue Frog Studio, where she teaches piano and voice, arranges music, and records. Her students have won awards locally and nationally for piano, voice, and composition.
Education
Graduating from the Conservatory of Music at the University of MO, in Kansas City, MO, Sonora received:
• Bachelor of Music Education
• Masters in Music Therapy
• Diploma in Voice Performance
• Minors in Piano and Theatre
Sonora Lee - Piano Teacher and Voice Instructor in Austin TX
Sonora Lee is a multifaceted music teacher with a wide range of experience. She has taught students of all ages and all skill levels in Texas and Australia for the past 20+ years. She currently teaches voice, and teaches piano in Austin, TX.
Born to a mix of Cherokee and Irish lineage, she remembers the midday Sunday dinners with aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. "We were playing music with guitars, harmonicas, spoons, etc.— and lots of singing (in harmony)." 