Get Them Playing Music They Love, Quickly and Easily
“Ben is a great cello teacher. He offers a variety of techniques to inspire my daughter to learn. He makes his lessons fun because he himself is funny, kind, and spontaneous.”
Georgia Hodges, parent to Cielo Jacuzzi, age 8
Since you’re on this page, you’re probably looking for lessons in music for your child, for a youth group, or maybe for yourself.
But you may worry learning to play a string instrument will be too hard or take too long to learn. Most likely, you’re aware that many students quit before they learn to play music that pleases them. Weeks and weeks of practicing simple exercises that—let’s face it—can be pretty boring, can make playing “real” music seem a remote possibility beyond the horizon. Students can easily lose heart. And playing music takes repetitive discipline; you may wonder how challenging it will be to focus throughout the lesson.
Imagine what happens when the sounds coming out of your instrument begin to sound great quickly–within a few short lessons. You get a great feeling of accomplishment and are energized to learn more. For children, absorbing musical lessons through moving the whole body, instead of sitting or standing still for long periods, is the most natural, effective way to learn. What do you think; if learning were fun and easy, would your child be more willing to continue with lessons?
An experienced music teacher, Ben Welch Snellings has developed a method that opens the door to the world of strings instruments. Drawing on aspects of several methods that experience has shown really work, Ben gets students playing music they love quickly and painlessly. And Ben gets students moving, so that music is learned through the whole body.
To get started on the path to making beautiful music you love, Contact Ben and find out about lessons in music.
“Ben… has helped (our son) to become a passionate, confident and speedily-improving musician! Ben’s attentive respect for him as a learner, and his vast experience and knowledge of the instrument has made this an extremely satisfying experience for all of us. In addition to Ben’s approachable and inspiring professionalism during lessons, he has also proven to be very accessible and helpful outside of class time. He has spent hours of his own time helping our son and us to research and answer questions about the instrument and music they are working on. We are grateful to have found Ben to teach our son, and are pleased to offer him our highest recommendation.”
Elizabeth Porter (whose 14 year-old son loves his weekly cello classes!)
