LIA DAVIS :: INSTRUCTION

I have taught since 1992, when I began giving piano lessons to the younger kids in my school (I attended high school at the Jefferson County Open School, a K-12 school). I have teaching experience in music, science, and creative movement.

Piano Instruction :: 1992 - 2002

I have taught students ages five through adult at beginning and intermediate levels. I integrate traditional approaches (learning to read music, developing technique, etc.) with alternative approaches (improvisation, movement, use of metaphor and story, and a focus on integrating the physical, mental, and emotional capacities in music making). I have taught privately in homes, at the Swallow Hill Music School, and at the Children's Center for Arts & Learning, in Denver, CO. I have also taught at the Daniel Marr Boys & Girls Club in Dorchester, MA.

Music & Math Course :: Graham & Parks Elementary :: Winter 2001

I taught a music and math enrichment course at Graham and Parks elementary school in Cambridge, MA. Using Impromptu Software designed by Jeanne Bamberger and Armando Hernandez, students engaged in music composition projects with a focus on music and the mathematics embedded within musical constructs. I worked with three to five students weekly for several months. This project was in partial fulfillment of a final project for the MIT course Developing Musical Structures, taught by Jeanne Bamberger.

Creative Movement Class :: Dan Marr Boys & Girls Club :: Fall 2002

I taught a creative movement class to kids ages 6-12 at the Daniel Marr Boys & Girls Club in Dorchester, MA. I designed movement activities with a goal of fostering an increasing fluidity with the elements of movement, including weight, time, and space. My emphasis was on exploring the broad repertoire of movement in order to avoid and, in some cases, break down the students' movement "cliches" or preconceived conceptions of dance.

Zometool Science Workshops :: 1999 - 2000

I taught elementary and middle school science workshops using Zometools, a math and science manipulative. Students used Zometools to learn about Platonic solids, symmetry, scale, tessellation in two- and three-dimensions, and architecture / structural properties.