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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Saxophone lessons in Austin . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!
Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet
What is taught is dependant on what the student currently needs. Most beginners I work with are using the Essential Elements book that they use at school. For older students I will utilize what the student is working on in school as well as determining weak areas that need to be addressed, and the areas the student might want to focus on (classical technique, jazz theory and playing, etc.). Often I will write my own exercises for the students to work on areas I feel might need attention. Read More
Instruments: Piano Saxophone
At all ages, my lessons begin with a composition and theory-based approach. We spend time talking about music, form, and function to gain a greater understanding of the art. Musical concepts are often-repeated, so what is learned once can be applied again and again, and I use this to establish and build upon a solid foundation so that we can make reasonable strides toward the student's goals. In addition, my lessons are goal-focused, and I make sure that everything we learn builds toward a single goal. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Violin Saxophone Bass Guitar Banjo Ukulele Mandolin Electric Violin Fiddle
I allow students to work at their own pace while also setting realistic attainable goals. I want students to feel relaxed during their lessons so I try to establish an atmosphere that's both informal yet studious. One of my top priorities as a teacher is to understand what a student is most interested in and then focus our lessons on what they love. The best way to understand technique and theory is to apply it to something that you enjoy so I always try to attain this! Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Saxophone Ukulele Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
My lessons always start with a mix of theory based info and instrument technique. I don’t use books or any of that mumbo jumbo, because everything you need to know is free online. I will help guide your exploration in music, and I will encourage you to soak in information from musical sources other than myself. I will force you to listen to the music you want to study(doesn’t sound like bad hw to me), and eventually, I will help you construct your own ideas! Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Saxophone Flute Clarinet Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I am a passionate and dedicated musician with a broad range of experiences both in education and performance. As a solo artist, I have toured the United States extensively, and have performed at festivals in the Caribbean and Denmark. Having performed and taught music in so many styles, I feel I can bring a lot of perspective to each lesson. I earned my Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas in 2015, and have really settled in to the Central Texas community. Read More
Instruments: Piano Saxophone Bass Guitar
For beginning students, I emphasize fundamentals, including technique, sound quality, and reading. With children, I like to start with method books such as Essential Elements or the John Thompson series for piano. For more advanced pupils, I will start with what they are currently working on, find areas for improvement, and then adjust the curriculum accordingly. However, no matter what the students interests or skill level are, I try and keep the lessons light, fun, and interesting! Read More
Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet Piccolo Oboe Bassoon
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Let's first slow it down and play it right
and musically. Let's also work on the more difficult parts of the pieces. How about playing for some else. Let make it musical. I love using selected solos to help in developing the, especially with band or piano accompaniment duets are fun and especially helpful in concentrating on the individual parts while blending and making the lines musical. A set time to best fit in the busy schedules of our lives is helpful
and keeping track of our daily practicing, coupled with conversations
on best practices on how to get the best results from the invested practice time.
How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
Young beginners should have the basiic size to control their instrument. This includes body size and height to successfully handle and balance their
instrument. The student needs to have the strength to hold and support the instrument properly so as to be able to
control the correct needed armbiture. Very important is the hand and arm development to have control the instrument and push and maneuver the keys, valves, or slides that will be in use
Maturity and the commitment for home practice to facilitate the development that will come with the proper home preparation
When will I start to see results?
Positive progress will be quick in arriving IF the student is dedicated
To his outside the lesson practice and preparation A good relationship is critical for instrument technical for the teacher and student as well as the parents
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
I was raised in a musical household and family so the motivation and desire to
Play was strongly there. My uncle was a wonderful Saxophonist who played
and recorded with good big bands was an inspiration and helped develop the thirst to play a woodwind.
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
My graduate degrees and training and
my talented and successful students There are many who have gone on to be successful musicians and teachers.
My experience as a college instructor and director and the many non musicians that experienced the joy of music in their life's Probably the most rewarding has been my directorship of my contemporary big band at the university with many performance at various venues, recordings and work with schools and public school students and band directors sharing musical moments and memories
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
Sight reading is a complex skill that can only be developed with much time reading various and different sight reading material. It is a skill that separates the good player from the the
Excellent player
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
A wonderful approach for a well rounded and comprehensive lesson routine would have some long toned
with perhaps vibrato workout. A run through of scales or arpeggios is a must, with sporadic metronomic assistance. The lesson material with all rhythmic, time and key atuness is important and attention to articulation
and dynamics continues to build musicality and student awareness for
more musical and creative approach to
Future sight reading and a generally more complex approach to the student's musical IQ.
If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
Music Education Bachelors Degree and Master's of Music
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