Saxophone Lessons in San Lorenzo, CA

Instruments: Piano Saxophone Flute Clarinet Recorder Piccolo

Every teacher has their own teaching style and every student has their best learning style. We try to find our happy match. I have many tools in my belt, flash cards, puzzles, achievement charts, rewards, concerts, demonstrations. Even meeting with other students to try ensemble music. Want to try a duet? A trio? A quartet? As we get to know each other, we can learn what tools and rewards achieve the best results and go from there. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone

First and foremost, I believe in HONESTY and RESPONSIBILITY to my students. I remember when I took private lessons many years ago with various teachers and thought that I was pretty good at playing saxophone. It was not until I studied under Dr. Keith Bohm that I realized how horrible those previous teachers were. They were negligent and was not able to provide the essential fundamentals for me as a young musician and thus, I developed many, many, MANY bad habits. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet

My teaching experience goes back to college, i taught private lessons as well as large ensembles and small ensembles at local high schools. I have traveled with a non for profit around the world working in poorer communities giving children a chance to experience playing and learning about music. My students have received top honors in middle school, and high school as well as some of them receiving scholarships from Universities. Read More

Instruments: Piano Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Clarinet Euphonium Music Keyboard

My teaching method is centered around the idea that a student's practice time should be both fun and efficient. I work closely with my students learn their musical interests and then establish their musical goals. With those goals in mind, we create a daily practice routine that is both fun, efficient and designed specifically for that student, with their strengths and weaknesses taken into account. The materials used in these practice routines are pulled from my own personal library of music books, all of which I have worked through and mastered. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone

I have been teaching saxophone and improvisation for seven years, since moving to the SF Bay Area. I have long wanted to teach, and deeply enjoy passing on the profound information I have received in lessons -- both formal and informal -- with such A-1 saxophonists as Lew Tabackin, Jim Snidero, Charles Orena and Victor Morosco. It is a deep joy to watch students absorb this information and to watch them grow as musicians, seeing how much they enjoy playing and learning. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone

Hello! I'm an enthusiastic and grateful saxophone instructor who loves helping people grow and develop their craft in saxophone. I teach alto, tenor, baritone, and soprano saxophone. In 2021, I graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Interdisciplinary Music Studies. I have studied with saxophone greats including Jeff Harrington, Jackie Beard, Bill Thompson, Fred Lipsius the former saxophone player from Blood, Sweat, and Tears and Bay Area legend Fred Rast. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone Clarinet

For me the most important thing is to keep the students motivated. If that is not the case they won't do their part when they go home to practice. Sometimes I explain the theory and practical use of some exercises that in the beginning look tedious or exhausting so that the students can have a bigger idea of how the structure of music is created. Clarinet and saxophone are melodic instruments. Read More