Saxophone Lessons in Fort Belvoir , VA

Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet

...I am able to figure out what a student likes very quickly and use that to connect with them. Music can be fun for everyone and you just have to figure out what to connect it to! ... Read More

Instruments: Piano Saxophone Clarinet Oboe

...How can someone make beautiful music if they do not enjoy music lessons? I believe that music can be learned by building one lesson on top of the other, so each lesson will have a specific, reachable goal in mind, which will usually build on what was worked on the previous lesson. ... Read More

Instruments: Trumpet Saxophone Clarinet Recorder

...The only best advice that I could provide about efficiently practicing is the same one that a former clarinet teacher mentioned to me over the years which states, "Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong." I believe that this quote could be quite hard to interpret but if you can play a musical phrase (measures) that is written on a sheet of music simultaneously for at least ten times without mistakes.You would accomplish more than by playing the whole piece over and over without understanding the dynamics, emotions, and the fingerings that it requires to make it sound like what the composer had intended.... Read More

Instruments: Piano Saxophone Djembe

...I believe that musicians should be allowed to play and learn freely, however, the foundation given by learning jazz theory, gives any musicianship a bigger dynamic of playing for whatever genre they specifically like to play.... Read More

Instruments: Saxophone Flute Piccolo Latin Percussion

...My career as a performing artist and educator has led me to travel around the globe gathering indispensable experiences that has helped me grow. I want to share these experiences with my students inspiring them to be a better version of themselves as a human being and as a musician.... Read More