Saxophone Lessons Detroit County, MI

Instruments: Piano, Saxophone

For beginning piano students, I like to teach out of the Faber and Faber books. I like to go through three method books and then move into more advanced solo repertoire. For saxophone I use custom and tailor made assignments and methods focusing on sound primarily, followed by technique so the student can understand the fundamentals of how their body works with their instrument. For both saxophone and piano students I encourage a high degree of self direction as I believe that gives students the ability to seek and find what kind of things they enjoy and want to get better at. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone, Clarinet, Music

I custom tailor lesson plans for each individual student based around the "Three T's" I assign every lesson. The first "T" stands for technical exercises, where I assign students specific technical exercises that best facilitates the growth where in the student's technical prowess that I see that they're weak in. For example, if a student is having trouble with playing a C major scale, I might assign them Klose's Daily Saxophone Exercise #1. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Saxophone, Drums, Bass Guitar, Recorder, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I began teaching as a teenager when I was in Ann Arbor's psychedelic rock band SPROTON LAYER. I have taught friends and family off and on for many years. During the economic crash in 2009, I took a course on Teaching to understand different age groups and varied approaches in learning. Since then, I have taught steadily and found it very rewarding. One of the hardest things to get across to the Student is that the single most important thing to do is Play. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone, Music, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

As mentioned before, lessons will be geared towards the needs and interests of each student. It’s not enough to just work on the “fun” things that we’re good at! I like to work with a goal oriented mindset. For example, we may say “I will be able to play my scales in sixteenth notes at 90 BPM by the end of the year” or “I will be able to perform this piece on an upcoming concert”. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone

Each student learns differently and has trouble with differnt things, therefore I adapt the way I teach a student based on their needs, learning style and skill level. What the student is interested in is also very important in order to keep the student engaged. Most topics can be taught using various types of music that the student is interested in. Read More