Private Lessons

I teach locally in Chicago and the surrounding areas.
I will accept any local students looking to study the following:
  • Saxophone (JAZZ/CLASSICAL)
  • Clarinet (JAZZ/CLASSICAL)
  • Jazz Improvisation
  • Jazz Composition
  • Jazz Theory

Student Learning Outcomes

Saxophone (Jazz)

• learn jazz vocabulary
• what to practice
• how to transcribe
• about transcription analysis
• playing within the correct style
• developing your own style
• developing your own sound
• how to actively listen
• developing a vast knowledge of standard jazz repertoire 
• general saxophone technique
• how to improvise

Clarinet & Saxophone (Classical)

• developing a good embouchure
• creating an individual concept of sound
• knowledge of standard orchestral repertoire
• knowledge of standard chamber/solo repertoire
• fine-tuned technical proficiency
• develop a general understanding of the audition process/excerpt work
• knowledge of famous soloists and section players in major symphony orchestras