My teaching aims to help students find and dive into music that they love. I individualize instruction according to each student's goals and needs, informed by my experience over the past decade playing the saxophone and studying with world-class musicians.

Regardless of a student's goals, having fun with music and developing a good relationship with the instrument are core priorities of my teaching. Beyond that, if I had to pick one skill that is most essential for playing any woodwind well, it would be developing a strong and controlled air stream. This is essential to everything: producing a good sound, starting and stopping notes cleanly, playing in the extreme ranges of the instrument, and more. There are no cheat codes to playing the saxophone, but good air is about as close to one as you can get.

Students tend to make the most progress when taking one-hour lessons on a weekly basis. This allows enough time to address several different topics in each lesson, and ensures regular feedback to keep a student on the right track in their individual practice. When that’s not realistic, I can offer 30-minute lessons, and I can teach on an every other week schedule. Contact me for information about rates and scheduling.