Ana Florencia G. Saxophone, recorder, music theory, solfege, ear traning, arranging, composition Boston, MA

Jazz and classical saxophone performer, composer and arranger. Born in Montevideo and started her musical studies at the age of 6. She studied classical saxophone in the “Universidad de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay” and in the “Conservatorio Municipal de Musica” while studying jazz improvisation with the Cuban sax player Nicolas Reinoso and arranging with the Cuban Orlando Tamargo. After graduated continues studies of jazz and classical music in Buenos Aires (Argentina), studying jazz improvisation with Carlos Lastra, Ricardo Cavalli and Rodrigo Dominguez among others, classical saxophone with Maria Noel Luzardo, and arranging with “Pollo” Raffo. In 2003 she enters to the National Symphonic Orchestra of Uruguay, and to the Canelones City Hall Orchestra. She had also been performing a lot of different styles in a variety of groups (jazz, tango, bossa nova, rock, pop, funk, candombe, etc) and acting as a music educator in various High Schools and Music Schools. In 2004 she travels to Boston, where in 2007 she graduates from Berklee College of Music in a dual major in Jazz Composition and Performance. Having studied there with George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Ed Tomassi, Ken Pullig and Greg Hopkins among others. At the moment she is performing and teaching around the Boston and New York area and still studying with Hall Crook and Charlie Bancos.

I do my lessons as fun as possible, music is most of all for having fun, but each student should know that in whatever instument that he/she plays the only way of getting better is to practice. I teach both, popular and classical music, and styles.......the favorite of the student and we can go deep on what the student wants to learn to play, the study of the music is the same regardless the style.

Pop, rock, jazz, classical, latin, etc, everything, the theory is the same

Berklee College of Music - Jazz Performance - 2004-2007
Berklee College of Music - Jazz Composition - 2004-2007
EUM - Classical Performance - 1994-2003
Conservatorio Municipal - Classical Performance - 1999-2003

Saxophone, recorder, music theory, solfege, ear traning, arranging, composition