Saxophone Lessons Cheatham County, TN

Instruments: Saxophone, Clarinet

Currently licensed as a substitute teacher and a paraprofessional (teacher's aide), I have much experience in a classroom setting and assisting elementary through high school students. I have held both licenses for over 5 years. I also have previous experience as the coordinator for an after school program through Chicago Public Schools, which I was employed by, and running the program as well. A lot of the program consisted of individually assisting/tutoring students from elementary through high school. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Saxophone, Flute, Keyboard

For piano students I highly recommend the Alfreds books for beginners. After you have some background we can work with the music of your choice, classical, jazz, pop, RnB etc. Some of my specialties include teaching people how to turn chord charts into music, how to improvise and how to use music theory to improve your understanding of music. For guitar I do not use any books as I find most guitar method books to be very old fashioned and not inviting to the student. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Saxophone, Synthesizer, Keyboard

For beginner students, we start off using the beginning books from "Piano Adventures" by Faber Faber, and published by Hal Leonard. They learn to read music, improvise, music theory, and play all style of music. A typical lesson for an elementary school student would be 10 min of playing assigned pieces that they've practiced for the week, 10 min of new songs for the next week, 5 min of music theory, and 5 min of some sort of musical game. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Saxophone, Clarinet, Oboe, Music

My teaching experience began as an undergraduate student 9 years ago with a private saxophone studio. I have also taught beginning to intermediate piano, clarinet, and oboe lessons. Additionally, I was recently hired as the adjunct professor for woodwind instruction at my local community college. I expect my students to practice regularly as this helps students to solidify skills and techniques taught during lessons. I understand that practice time can be hard to fit into a busy schedule, which is why even 10 minutes a day will help students to get the most out of their lessons. Read More

Instruments: Saxophone, Music

Before I sit down to teach a student for their first lesson, I try and plan on what they aspire to learn either through a classical or jazz path and move to get into the details of everything. My goal is to make sure the students enjoy what they play and work on what they want to do. I make sure to stress the importance of improving and encouraging them every step of the way. Read More