Daniel S.
Private tutor in Los Angeles, CA
Education
Bachelor of the Arts in Music with honors at Yale University, with a focus in music cognition and composition.
Experience
Over the past five years I have instructed students both privately and in classroom settings on reading, writing, and several styles of music theory and performance. I have privately tutored learning disabled kids of all ages, working every day with students as they progressed from being unable to write their own names to reading short novels. This experience taught me how to work well with students of differing ages, personalities, and learning styles; and impressed upon me the importance of patience and creativity in my teaching approach. I have also taught musical theory and performance to teenagers and adults, an experience that taught me that a rigorous and technically concise curriculum is required for teaching something even as spontaneous as music. Over my time at Yale, I took numerous courses in linguistics, neural and cognitive science, music, English, and quantitative reasoning. Through my coursework I gained extensive knowledge about how people learn and integrate new information into existing mental frameworks. This knowledge, combined with my experience teaching and music directing, has led me to the conclusion that a good teacher is both technically thorough yet intuitively flexible. Through these experiences I have also developed a love for teaching. Cultivating a personal relationship with students and watching them and myself grow over time is an incredibly rewarding process, no matter what it is we are studying. I have also had extensive experience as a leader and music director. I am currently music directing a show on Off Broadway, and I spent my fourth year at Yale leading the Yale Whiffenpoofs on a two hundred performance tour across twenty-six countries. I work part-time as a published songwriter, and I can be found most evenings pounding out melodies and lyrics at a piano.
Subject Expertise
10th Grade1st Grade1st Grade math1st Grade Reading1st Grade Writing2nd Grade2nd Grade math2nd Grade Reading2nd Grade Writing3rd Grade3rd Grade math3rd Grade Reading3rd Grade Science3rd Grade Writing4th Grade4th Grade math4th Grade Reading4th Grade Science4th Grade Writing5th Grade5th Grade math5th Grade Reading5th Grade Science5th Grade Writing6th Grade6th Grade math6th Grade Reading6th Grade Science6th Grade Writing7th Grade7th Grade math7th Grade Reading7th Grade Science7th Grade Writing8th Grade8th Grade math8th Grade Reading8th Grade Science8th Grade Writing9th Grade9th Grade math9th Grade Reading9th Grade WritingACTACT EnglishACT ReadingACT with WritingACT WritingADDADHDAlgebra 1Algebra 2Algebra 3/4American LiteratureAP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAP European HistoryAP Music TheoryBiologyCollege EssaysCreative WritingDyslexiaEnglishGeometryGiftedLanguagesLinguisticsLiteratureMiddle SchoolMiddle School MathMusicMusic TheoryNeurobiologyNeuroscienceOrganizationPianoPoetry WritingPsychologyReadingSATSAT Critical ReadingSAT MathSAT MathematicsSAT Subject Test in Biology E/MSAT Subject Test in LiteratureSAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2SAT VerbalSAT WritingShort NovelSingingSocial SciencesSocial StudiesSociologySpecial EducationSummer TutoringTrigonometryVoiceWriting
Availability
Weekdays in the morning, Weekdays in the afternoon, Weekends at any time
Can Meet
Up to 1 hour away for a flat fee
Hobbies
When I have some free time I enjoy writing and playing music, hiking, cooking, reading, playing video games, and talking to my friends about everything from Game of Thrones to the Daoism of Winnie the Pooh.
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