Landon’s teaching method is modern, adaptable to students’ specific needs and isn’t limited to specific styles of music. Landon teaches music as an art in an encouraging and patient way and focuses on the skills students need to pursue their own specific or diverse music interests by emphasizing music fundamentals and basic skills that are needed to be resourceful and to study music independently and proficiently and play with creativity and expressiveness. Landon makes use of a vast library of music resources and online resources, multimedia, apps and other technology to enhance the teaching and learning experience and to get students the sheet music, transcriptions and resources they need for success.
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Education
B.A. in Music, University of North Carolina at Asheville
M.M. Jazz Studies, University of North Texas
M.M.Ed. Music Education, University of North Texas
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Kapi'olani Community College
Biography
Landon Mattox has over 20 years extensive experience teaching electric and acoustic guitar, ukulele and bass guitar, music theory, ear training, and improvisation to students of all ages and skill levels. He teaches the guitar and ukulele classes at Kapiolani Community College and is the owner of Honolulu Music Lessons Workshop which provides lessons in guitar, ukulele, bass guitar, piano, voice, drums, violin, viola, cello and double bass and also provides music therapy services. He has 2 Master’s degrees in Jazz Studies and Music Education from the University of North Texas in addition to a Bachelor of Arts in Music with emphasis in Jazz Studies degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Landon’s teaching method has evolved from a very diverse array of teaching experience including teaching private lessons over 2 decades, teaching at public and private schools and churches in Honolulu and Oahu and International Schools in China to children of all ages and adults. He was also a lecturer in the jazz studies program at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China for about 4 years from 2007-2010 and helped to establish that conservatory’s first Jazz Studies program. He has also been a guest lecturer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for the World Music Course on the topic of early African-American music research.
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