Leonia, NJ Trombone Lessons

One of the most enjoyable instruments to play when done correctly.

I am a professional full time Trombonist. At the same time, teaching has always been a big part of who I am - I love teaching. My music career has taken me around the world and back but more than that it has given me a wonderful tool of self expression, and for that I am forever grateful. My band performs regularly in Opera houses as well as coffee houses... Other than the Trombone I do play the Trumpet as well, and I have over 8 years of Piano under my belt.

I am a graduate of New York University's brass program where I studied with renowned trombonist Per Brevig. I am an active member of the Manhattan freelance community. I have performed at Symphony Space, Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, The Bowery Electric, The Hudson Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, and many more. Students can expect a fun and challenging educational program that focuses on improving core trombone technique and most importantly, overall musicianship.

I'm a very flexible teacher. Whatever you feel that you need to work on, we will work on. Currently, I am taking lessons from Steve Turre at Juilliard. He has performed with many jazz greats including Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and J.J. Johnson. If you're interested, I wouldn't mind teaching you some of the things I am learning here at Juilliard.

(Travelling will incur an extra fee.)

If you are looking to take your tombone playing to the next level, you came to the right place. I am currently a trombone major at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and have studied with some of the best trombonists in New York. I have a lot of playing and teaching experience, having performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and many other venues around the city. I can teach you any style you are interested in and will make sure you have fun doing it.

Professional jazz trombonist with 5 years of teaching experience! Especially experienced in teaching beginners.
Proficient in teaching all styles of music to all ages and levels.
Lessons are customized and catered to the needs/goals of each student. Instead of simply training students to read music and play notes, I prefer to teach my students to think, play, and act like musicians. My lessons feature improvisation skills, sight-reading, playing by ear, building a strong technical foundation and music analysis.

I assure you will see leaps of improvement by working with me!

Looking to improve your trombone playing? Want to learn how to improvise jazz on the trombone? In our lessons we will work together to help achieve your needs, addressing topics such as articulation, technique, sound, motivic development, jazz harmony, ear training, sight reading and more. Our lessons will be geared towards making you the best musician you can be while having a fun time. Let's get started!

Basics are very important in my teaching practice such as breathing,scales,etudes and of course musical interpretations.I will teach my students details and guide them through the instrument and later in life they won't have technical problems which occur with most brass players.Getting good habits instead of bad ones is very important in my lessons.together with your practice and patience and of course my skills as a teacher we can accomplish a lot.Also we always will have such a words as :I can do it and everything is possible.Personal approach is very important too.Each student comes with their own needs ,we will work on individual level to fix those problems.Thank you.Hope to see you in my class.

I studied with some of the finest trombonists in the world while getting my undergrad degree in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School in New York City. I have played the horn for over 13 years, and for 6 years professionally in New York working with people such as Wynton Marsalis, Ron Carter, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, in addition to regular performances at high level jazz clubs such as Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Also as a composer I can offer lessons on composition, music theory, improvisation, ear training, and piano as well.

In addition to performance success, I have been teaching private students for 5 years, with several students still coming back when they are in town after several years.

Beginning students can expect to work on fundamentals of getting a good sound on the instrument and learning scales, arpeggios, and simple melodies.

Intermediate students can expect to be learning repertoire (the style dependent on what the student wants) and ...

Learn basic to advanced techniques for trombone playing.
We can start from day 1 or continue on your own path.
I am a big proponent of student-lead lessons, so whatever is in your interest is in my interest as well.

I am primarily a jazz/commercial musician, so topics that can be included are:
Improvisation
Writing/composing/arranging
Memorization