Singing, Guitar, Violin and Piano Lessons. 

Learn to play with Emily

Emily offers private music lessons in Walnut Creek, CA near Walden Park. She teaches toddlers through adults. She is also available for online lessons. 

Email me at emilymusiclessonswc (at) gmail.com. I usually reply within the hour. 

I teach these instruments:

  • Guitar (beginner through advanced)
  • Violin (beginner to intermediate)
  • Piano (beginner Faber books)
  • Voice (beginner through intermediate)

I teach classical, folk-Americana, pop and jazz styles. It varies a bit by instrument, so feel free to ask for details. 

I teach these musical skills:

  • Basic musicianship for toddlers and young children (singing, learning about instruments, solfege)
  • Songwriting
  • Music Theory (that's easy to understand and actually helpful)
  • Group lessons – How to play in a band
  • How to make a chart of your song in Musescore

It's fun to make friends through music!

Custom lessons – learn by playing the songs you love

Every student has different musical interests, so I take what they're interested and teach through that. 

Do your little ones watch PBS shows? Great, let's learn the Daniel Tiger theme song. Like K-pop? Great, show me your favorite song and we'll learn some new chords on the guitar or new bowing technique on the violin. Going camping and want to play songs around the campfire? Fantastic, we can learn the 8 or 9 chords you need to play most songs on guitar. Want to play the piano while you sing an Elton John song – we'll start there!

Yes, there are fundamentals and we will definitely get to those. We might even work through some standard books. But my goal is to keep my students excited about music, teach them to use music as a tool to express themselves through their favorite songs, and teach grit and determination as a life skill. 

Along the way we will create musical community. All my students are invited to perform at a quarterly open mic that I organize. Songwriting students can choose to have their song printed in my annual student songbook. And I organize family sing-along events that are free in the park around Contra Costa County. 

Please feel free to reach out with questions!