Grant Reeves music, saxophone, music theory, Piano Theory, Jazz, Improvisation Fair Oaks, CA

2004 to 2008
Providing private instruction for beginning woodwinds & advanced saxophone
Providing private instruction in improvisation (currently teaching 20 students
from the award winning Folsom High School Jazz Program) references available
Produced CD of original 20th Century Harmony works for grand piano
& violin (Matt Peebles, Violin - student of Isthak Perlman. Matt is currently
studying at The Boston Conservatory)
Original Music & Audio Production for Corporate Contracts
Singer/Songwriter/Artist development
Production & Recording
Audio Post
Session work (soprano & alto saxophones) in LA for producers Randy Emata & Bob Maus.
Live Performance w/original jazz quartet ‘Grant Reeves Contemorary Jazz Quartet’
(performances include Crocker Art Museum, Auburn Jazz Festival, Stockmarket Lounge)

2000-2004
Providing private instruction for beginning woodwinds & advanced saxophone
Providing private instruction in improvisation
Composition & Production of original Smooth Jazz CD
Composition & Production of original classical compositions
for grand piano amp; soprano saxophone
Original Music & Audio Production for Corporate Contracts

1990 to 2000
Ran independent audio post company
Grant Reeves Music Production, San Jose, CA
Composition/Scoring to Picture/Sound Design/Audio Post

Provided services for a Corporate clientele including:
Apple, Applied Materials, Cisco, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, NASA
Pacific Data Images, PBS, Siemens, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Unisys
United Way, US Navy, US Olympic Swim Team

Won numerous industry awards for Composition & Sound Design:
1999 joey award (grant reeves music library)
1998 telluride independent film & screenwriters festival
(f scott fitzgerald’s ‘the sensible thing’)
1996 gold award world fest charleston (nasa galileo)
1995 telly bronze (las vegas chamber of commerce)
1994 joey award (kicu tv station id package)
1994 telly silver (dna & other animated shorts)
1993 joey award (dna & other animated shorts)
1984 sammy (seattle music awards best saxophone)

1980 to 1990
Produced audio for Ads & Industrial films. Clients including: Weyerhaeuser,
Sony TV, Airborne Express.
'First call' session musician (saxophones) in Seattle and LA.
Recorded on hundreds of album projects and Ads.
Toured with various original bands including Electra recording artist, Dan Seigal.

As saxophone soloist, opened shows for acts including:
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Phoebe Snow, Bob James, Jon Luc Ponty, Spyro Grya,
Jazz Crusaders, Neville Brothers, Jefferey Osborne, Crowded House, The Tubes,
The Romantics, Bootsie Collins, Richard Marx, Level 42, David Sanborn, Toto
and The Little River Band.

Education
1972 to 1974 Green River College-Seattle
Majored in Music Performance; Minored in Jazz Studies (4.0 grade average)
1969 to 1972 Renton High School, Renton Washington

Private study composition, three years,
Twentieth Century Harmony (Rene Fabre'/seattle) 1973 to 1976
Private study flute, two years (Phyllis Compaan-McDaniel/seattle) 1971 to 1973
Private study piano, four years (Sue Lehman/seattle) 1969 to 1973
Private study saxophone, six years (Joe Adams/seattle) 1964 to 1970
Private study piano, two years (Edmonton Alberta, Canada) 1959 to 1961

additional related professional experience/awards:
1983 - Seattle Music Awards . best saxophonist
1972 - Arts Scholarship Grant
1972 - College Scholarship
As a 'first call' studio session musician Grant has recorded in Seattle, L.A.,
Canada & Northern California on Ads, Album Projects, Films, etc....

I have been teaching beginning flute & clarinet; beginning through advanced saxophone as well as music theory & improvisation privately in Fair Oaks, CA for the last eight years. I have over thirty years professional experience as a touring and recording musician, songwriter, teacher and award winning composer.

In my teaching experience I have worked with young aspiring musicians including an autistic student as well as instructing advanced students in improvisation. I currently have twenty students at Folsom High School which is consistently rated as one of the best High School jazz ensembles in the nation.

The material(s) I use for instruction are focused on the needs of each individual.
Beginning students will be exposed to embouchure and breathing techniques as well as developing strong and accurate facility from learning scales. I often utilize CD's to enhance the initial learning process and aid in musicality.

Advanced students will continue to develop technique and musicality.

Improvisation students will learn music theory and the application of theory to their instruments through the art of soloing (improvisation). Students will learn how to analyze chord symbols and use scales and modes to improvise over chord changes.

Study will include the use of pentatonics, major & minor scale harmony, diminished & whole tone scale harmony, as well as ‘playing outside’ and an introduction to atonality or non-tonal music.

Jazz, Classical, Live Performance, Instrumental, Scoring to Picture, Composition, Music Theory, Saxophone, Piano Theory, Improvisation, Piano, Artist Development, Recording, Editing, Production

Per Lesson, Per Hour, Per Month, Per Semester

College Student discount available...

Rates: $60.00 per hour sessions (every week or twice a month)
$30.00 per half-hour (weekly)

music, saxophone, music theory, Piano Theory, Jazz, Improvisation

References available upon request.