A Little About Ourselves...
Wes Poole teaches voice and guitar. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Performance from Newberry College in SC. With specialties in oratorio, art song, and diction coaching. Wes can impart to the student the foundations of proper singing. These techniques will will help the singer of any proficiency level sing healthily and well in any style. A frequent tenor soloist in NEPA since 2000 and a voice faculty member at Marywood University, Wes also sings with the choir of First Presbyterian Church in Wilkes Barre, the Marywood Concert Choir, and the Arcadia Chorale, and frequently sits in with the band at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Kingston. For the aspiring guitarist, Wes brings to bear years of experience playing Rock, Blues, Pop, Indie, Country, or any combination of them all! Wes' proficiency in classical music theory gives the budding Rock or Blues player an extra advantage. Wes will teach the budding Rock player to "play by ear", as well to understand the structure of the music being learned. A lover and a performer of all varieties of music, Wes is happy to share his 35+ years of musical experience with the students at Mosaic Music Studios.
Becky Elfman teaches piano, music theory, organ, and voice and plays the piano for all voice lessons at Mosaic. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Valparaiso University in Indiana, where she studied piano performance, church music and composition, sang in the university's touring choir, and was employed by the music department as a musicianship and theory tutor. She has since put her skills to use as a private instructor, elementary music teacher, vocal soloist, church music director (piano/organ and choral program) and composer, living and working in Indiana and New York, and now Pennsylvania, where she sings with the Arcadia Choral and the Marywood Concert Choir, sits in with the band at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Kingston, directs choir and plays the organ at Saint Stanislaus Cathedral in Scranton, and of course teaches students of all ages with Mosaic Music Studios.
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