Saxophone Lessons in Yaphank, NY

35 + yrs playing/teaching experience
Classical to Jazz
Fun mixed with work

The student will be instructed on the basics of proper playing techniques, music theory, and musicianship. They will learn to read music and also play by ear which will make them a well rounded player.

My approach to teaching is to use the student’s interests and passions to help their learning move forward quickly. We first talk about what excites the student. The student and I list long-term and short-term goals that are realistic and reachable. I then create a course of study that supports these goals. During lessons we review these goals and track progress. We create new objectives as students reach old ones.

Engaged, energized students progress quickly. Students who are having fun tend to practice more. I encourage students to include fun tasks in their regular practice time. We reinforce this by including fun musical exercises in lessons. They do call it playing an instrument, after all!

Students can study:
Performance Fundamentals, technique and repertoire, Classical to Post-BeBop Jazz
Contest Preparation, Solo and Ensemble, District and State Honors Bands, College Auditions
Contemporary Music Theory, from scale construction through complex harmonic concepts
Jazz ...

Professional musician with 5 years of teaching experience. Bachelor's of Music Education from Penn State University. Studied saxophone under Dr. David Stambler. I am passionate not only about music and the saxophone, but about employing effective teaching methods to create the best possible learning experience for my students.

I'm a musician, saxophonist, composer and arranger, and experienced music teacher/educator.
I recently graduated with honors from the New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music.

My approach to working with students is to be generous and understanding while being an educator and mentor for them. My goal as a saxophone teacher is to get my students to be more familiar with the instrument by teaching them how to control and develop their sound, expression and different improvisation skills.

My vision as a teacher is to help students translate their feelings into music; I consider music as therapeutic in that sense. I always thrive to inspire my students, but I also hope to be inspired by them. My life goal is to bring peace through music.

For the last 13 years career as an active professional musician, I’ve been composing original music and arrange to a large variety of instrumentations that including strings quartet, brass, big band and more. Big part of it was ...