Sam Hagen

Sam Hagen is a teacher of voice and piano from Minnesota. Sam holds a Bachelors of Music degree from Drake University and a Masters of Arts in Teaching degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato. He has enjoyed teaching for both the Hopkins School District and Robbinsdale School District as a middle school choir director. While studying voice, piano, and choral music education, Sam has worked with undergraduate students in various ensembles, as a professional piano accompanist and vocal coach. Along with being a local music educator, Sam is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, Minnesota Music Educators Association and Minnesota Music Teachers Association and has enjoyed attending the conventions. He enjoys performing and traveling whenever the opportunity presents itself. Sam currently lives in Minneapolis with his cat. He loves to cook, write original music and travel. Sam believes that music transforms the human experience into a creative life we can share together.

 

 

 

 

PIANO | VOICE | MUSIC THEORY | SONGWRITING

Age Range

7 – 100 +

Specialties

Piano: (primarily classical, but also teach contemporary, musical theater….some jazz piano)
Voice: (primarily classical, musical theater, popular music/country music, R & B. No: metal, jazz)
Music Theory (strengths include the above)
Songwriting

Geographic areas served

Sam is available virtually, in home in a 10 mile radius of Hopkins, and at the Opus studios in Robbinsdale, St Louis Park, and Plymouth.

Rates

  • $39.35 / half hour lesson
  • $65.20 / 45-minute lesson
  • $78.15 / hour lesson
  • $8 more per in home lesson

Cancellation Policy

Lessons cancelled within 24 hours will be considered paid with no makeup guaranteed. Certain exceptions may be made at the discretion of the instructor.

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy consists of reaching student’s musical growth on a learning, creative and performance basis. I believe in skill, knowledge and affective outcomes. These three elements allow students to achieve success and understand from multiple perspectives. This approach might work best for the high school level, as it coincides with music literacy, however, I believe it can be applied to elementary and middle school as well. Cultural awareness in music is also at the forefront of what I regard as important in the classroom. This will broaden a student’s ability to see diversity in beliefs, life experiences and cultures amongst their peers and the music we are learning in class. This philosophy is important to me because it can reach students in a self reflective way, as well as provide emotional skills for the world beyond their experiences in K-12 schooling. My goals as a teacher are to build relationships with students both personally and intellectually, as well as improve my own teaching ability each day with consistent approaches and outcomes.