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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Saxophone lessons in Houston . 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: Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Tuba Oboe
1My teaching experience dates back to my college days, as I began teaching private lessons part time 8 years ago, and have been consistently teaching students in my home studio for the last 5 years. Encouraging regular practice on a consistent schedule is one of the key points I like to emphasize for younger students, as it tends to help the student progress and gain a passion for the instrument. I've also found that a combination of classical and modern music can go a long way in helping students enjoy the piano and motivate them to practice and continue to learn. Read More
Instruments: Violin Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Recorder Euphonium French Horn Piccolo Oboe Bassoon Music
For beginning students who are children, I typically start with the lesson books you or I provide, preferably Hal Leonard's Essential Elements. Once the student has progressed to have a grasp of the fundamentals, I will begin to introduce solo repertoire appropriate for their first recital performance. For adults, I try to find out what the student is interested in, and guide my instruction accordingly to keep the lessons engaging and fun, no matter their ability level. Read More
Instruments: Saxophone Flute Clarinet
I have been playing the saxophone for 10 years and I am versed in different styles. I first began studying classically and in my later years I turned to Jazz, RB, Gospel, Blues, and Funk. I also learned how to play the clarinet and Flute. am a Saxophonist primarily focusing in Jazz and RB. However I am classically trained. I am always looking for an opportunity to inspire, young and new, musicians to keep live music alive. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Saxophone Bass Guitar
Every student has the ability to learn and understand music at any level, as long as the teacher knows how to key-into that ability of that student, in order to teach the student. In other words, very person in the world has a motivating factor, or reason of interest, in whatever they do. The same applies to music knowledge acquisition. This, i take the advantage of, in order to bring the student to the point of learning where, motivation becomes personal as the student appreciates the learning process. Read More
Instruments: Piano Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Ukulele Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion
I come up with a customized lesson plan for each of my students that will stay on the best possible path to success. Based on skill level, all lessons are geared toward progressing to a goal that the student sets while setting individual milestones. I choose a method book that is most appropriate for the student. When I work with beginner students, I typically will use a year one method book such as Essential Elements. Read More
Instruments: Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Clarinet Euphonium French Horn Tuba
I'm a passionate and motivated instructor who loves working with students and sharing my love of music. I graduated high school in 2004 and went on with a full scholarship at Blinn Junior College in Brenham, TX. I played first trumpet part all throughout middle and high school and even in college. Also in college I participated in the Jazz band there throughout my 2 years. I also won numerous awards throughout my musical education for solo and ensemble performances and region band competitions with making state band one year. Read More
Instruments: Trumpet
What is your dream piece to perform and why?
My dream piece to perform is Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky. I remember hearing it as a kid because it was on Disney’s Fantasia - the segment which illustrates the growth of biological life including the Big Bang and fighting dinosaurs. Stravinsky was the only living composer out of all pieces used in Fantasia and was actually involved with the process. Once I learned about the original intent of this piece in university and how controversial it was with its carnal themes in the ballet, I became increasingly interested in it. Rite of Spring is an avant-garde piece which is something I identify with as a lover of avant-garde music. I would adore to perform Rite of Spring with an orchestra as it is a spectacular piece of music literature.
If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
I cannot imagine being anything other than a musician, especially coming from a very musical family. But if I wasn’t a musician, I would imagine I would work with animals in some way. I might get involved in rescuing animals but the great thing about that is I could do that whilst being a musician. I did think about being a veterinarian or zoologist but chemistry isn’t really a strong point for me and I wanted nothing but to study music. I can’t help but be predisposed to music from a life of listening to all types of music, and enjoying off-kilter and avant-garde types of music since I was very young. Joining jazz band in college pretty much sealed the deal of my becoming a musician.
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
I absolutely love playing classical music, mastering a piece and adding yourself into it is a feeling like no other. Being introduced to this in college was more than I could have ever imagined. I used to think of playing a piece as just playing it - I didn’t realize how much you could add into music by being yourself and truly feeling the emotions you create by listening to the music. I highly encourage my students to listen to their piece over and over again - to create a story out of the music they are studying - and ultimately to insert themselves into the piece, becoming it.
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I started playing trumpet at age 7 or 8, but I’ve always sang. Once I started college I started exploring my voice a whole lot more - by joining different choirs and actually being a jazz vocalist in the jazz concerts (as well as playing trumpet!) After that it all span out from there. Freshman year you always take a piano course and I got really interested in piano, I’m pretty intermediate with piano and mostly use it to compose. I also learned French horn and played in the horn choir as well as play horn in the lower band. I also started playing guitar around then but I am definitely a beginner; I mostly use the guitar for songwriting and composition. My songwriting course I took my senior year reinforced my guitar playing, piano, and singing even more due to composition.
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
Absolutely! My musical family has shaped who I am. My grandfather taught me trumpet at about 7 or 8 years old, and he is really great at trumpet. We were able to play together during Christmas and it was really nice. My great uncle Larry is a church pianist. My father is a guitarist - and a fantastic one at that. He is actually in a cover band. And my brother is a drummer/guitarist/bassist. I mainly do trumpet and voice but I aspire to be more like the rest of my family and be a better multi-instrumentalist.
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
There was absolutely a defining moment for me. It was my freshman year in college when I joined the lower jazz band that you didn’t have to audition to get into. Greg Ball was the jazz director then and he made rehearsals extremely enjoyable and jazz was a way to bring us all together as one. At the time I was a Agriculture major (which totally wasn’t my style), and I realized “why am I doing anything other than music?”. This question sparked my decision to make music my career and I am so glad I’m not doing anything else that isn’t me.
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