![]() ![]() Michael teaches Primary: Trumpet Music Theory and Secondary: Beginning Piano and Guitar. His jazz training came from Bob Montgomery James Brandon Lewis and Kay Ambrose in Denver CO from 2004 to 2007. Primarily self taught during college Michael's formal classical trumpet training was from Dirk Koman Coronado CA between 1992 to 1996. His music abilities on trumpet started at age of ten and had a parallel road of success to his professional business career. His formal education and 'day job' for over 27 years has been in finance in accounting for healthcare facilities from NY to CA. ![]() Then they are unwilling to try.Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree from State University of New York-Binghamton NY and a Masters degree from Regis University-Denver CO. They don’t try to do things, maybe because someone told them, as a blind person, they wouldn’t be able to do it. ![]() I believe what limits a person is their personal belief. I am confident that most people could tune a piano, but there are a small number who cannot. Most challenging part of job: It is challenging to evaluate a student, to find out if they have the capability to do this work. I find the most rewarding part of my job is when I get to see their confidence grow and their self-esteem increase. Most rewarding part of job: I begin with a student who is immature, uncertain and lacks confidence, and expose them to something that is complicated and hard. ![]() I don’t teach anyone to play the piano, but we do teach classes about music such as the history and background of music and the theory of sound - all to help students learn to tune and repair a piano. I did it with the help of Ken Serviss, school director at the time. Until then, nothing had been written down so my job was to write curriculum for the school. In order to get the certification, they had to have a director of instruction. In 1989, the piano school wanted to get accredited. I started teaching part-time as well as working as a technician at the school. Then a teacher at the piano school died, and I was asked to take over his music classes. In July 1973, I was hired as a piano technician to tune, repair and service pianos in Clark County. I studied there for two years to be a technician. I moved to Vancouver and was a student at the then-Emil Fries Piano Hospital and Training Center. After I graduated from high school, I studied music at Lane College in Eugene, Ore., for a couple of years. How I got into this profession: I attended the Oregon School for the Blind in Salem, Ore., from 1954 to 1966. The disorder develops during pregnancy and as a result, he has been totally blind since birth. Job/employer: Director of instruction at the School of Piano Technology for the Blind.Ībout: Don Mitchell was born with a rare disorder called microphthalmia in which one or both eyes are abnormally small. When Mitchell teaches how to tune, repair and service pianos he said, “I love seeing a beginner grow from being immature and uncertain to a person who is confident with improving self-esteem.” Although he doesn’t teach anyone to play the piano, they receive some music instruction in order to learn to tune and repair a piano. He sings in a trio, plays numerous instruments and teaches music. Send ideas to Mary Ricks: fax 36 phone 36.ĭon Mitchell exudes music. Working in Clark County, a brief profile of interesting Clark County business owners or a worker in the public, private, or nonprofit sector. ![]()
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