After beginning music in middle school, I knew I was going to be a professional musician in some fashion. After graduating high school, I attended the University of North Texas for 2 years. Shortly af... ter taking a break, I transferred back home and finished my undergraduate degree in the winter of 2014 at Hardin-Simmons University, double majoring in Flute Performance and Music Theory/Composition. After another short break, I moved to Carbondale, IL where I attended SIUC. I received my master's degree in Flute Performance and Music Theory/Composition in the spring of 2019. After completing my master's degree, I moved back home and began teaching in the fall of 2019 at HSU. The following semester, spring of 2020, I began teaching flute and music theory at all 3 universities in town. I've taught private composition lessons as well as composition classes like 16th- and 18th-century counterpoint. I mostly write for flute and flute ensembles, but I can help with any instrumentation. My specialties are post-tonal composition, but am able to assist in most academic styles.read more

Hello! My name is Alex Carpenter and I am a music theorist, flutist, and composer living in Abilene, TX. I currently teach music theory and flute at 3 private universities. I also have my own flute an... d piano private lessons studio. I have been teaching music lessons since 2011 and don't plan on stopping anytime soon. I received my bachelor's degree in December of 2014 in Flute Performance and Music Theory/Composition from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene. I moved to Carbondale, IL, and received my master's degree in May of 2019 from SIUC in the same double concentration. After moving back to Abilene, I began teaching at HSU in the fall of 2019. I began teaching at the other 2 universities in town, Abilene Christian & McMurry University, in the spring of 2020. After teaching in a classroom setting for 4 years, I am eager and excited to teach one-on-one lessons in music theory. I was a music theory tutor for undergraduate and graduate students during my time as a graduate assistant at SIUC and really enjoyed the ability to provide individually-paced lessons. In my private children's beginner piano lessons, I incorporate elements of music theory into as many aspects of my teaching as I can. Music theory explains how and why music sounds the way it does, and getting to share that knowledge with the student and watching them understand, learn, and experience music in a new way is the greatest gift.read more