About The Teacher

Name: Ratko Filipovich aka 'Mr. F.'

School: Escondido Christian School

Classes Taught: K-8 Music Classes, Band and Honor Choir, individual and small group instrumental lessons

School Phone Number: 760-745-2071

About the Teacher:

Mr. F. has a Master's Degree in music pedagogy.  He graduated at the top of
his class at the University of Novi Sad in the former Yugoslavia.  He has 
been teaching since 1988, leading church choirs and bands, classroom music and
individual instrument lessons. Mr. F. has extensive knowledge in composing,
arranging and recording music, as well as computer sequencing.  He has
published 26 instructional books and a music software program.

Mr. F. spent 5 summers touring Europe and the U.S. with the missions-oriented
contemporary Christian musical group, "The Continentals".  He played piano or
keyboard with them at over 270 concerts.

He plays piano/keyboard, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, drums, and guitar.
Mr. F teaches all brass, percussion and woodwind instruments privately,
outside of class time.

His persoanl goal is to teach the origin of music and lead to the Original
Creator of music--God Himself.

Mission:

The study of music has been show to enhance the following character traits:

1.  Focus--attention to detail in reading music.

2.  Creativity--there are endless variations to create something new in 
music.

3.  Obedience--you must follow the rules of music in order for it to sound 
    good!

4.  Consistency--it takes special skills to sing or play the right note at 
the right time.

5.  Patience--it takes time to learn new skills in music.

There are many published studies showing that learning music creates stronger
brain connections that help students in other subjects, such as math.