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Teaching
Piano/Keyboard, Guitar and Voice
David has been involved in music study and performance for over
30 years and has been an instructor for over 20 years.
Piano Studies
Four years of Jazz Piano and Improvisation study with Professor
Bruce Torff of the New England Conservatory of Music. Included
in these studies were jazz music ensemble classes held at New
England Conservatory with Prof. Michael Taylor.
Voice Studies
Studied Voice Pedagogy with New England Conservatory
graduate/instructor Barbara Morash for 6 years, at Music is Art
Agency.
Guitar Studies
Three years of Jazz Guitar study - One year of Jazz Guitar and
guitar theory with Andrew Martin of Berklee College of Music.
Also studied two years of Jazz Guitar with Don Pendleton of
Saugus, Massachusetts. David is currently enrolled in a Guitar
Program at Berklee College of Music.
In addition, David uses jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno's approach
for teaching guitar theory and improvisation.
Experience and History
David has been performing professionally for 27 years.
Performing in many groups, including the Alphonso Thomas Jazz
Quintet.
David has been a piano, guitar and voice teacher at Tewksbury
Music Center for numerous years. He has also worked as an
Accompanist/Music Director for the Lexington, MA School System.
In the year 2000, as an extension of
West Sound Studio,
David and his brother Jim started West Brothers Music™ in
Londonderry, NH... teaching lessons in piano, guitar, bass,
drums and voice.
After getting married to his wonderful wife Rose, and moving to
Nashua, David began to transition to the Nashua area and
eventually opened the Amherst New Hampshire, West Brothers
Music™ location in 2004.
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