WHY TEACH MUSIC

With me, it always comes back to the sound. I always remember the first time I heard the saxophone and realized its possibilities. I want my students to share that wonder and excitement of discovering music for the first time.

Over the years, I found that my students are my teachers. Together, we find the questions and explore the answers.

Depending on where you want to go with it, you can look at music from many different directions. That is what I love about teaching. It is always new.



AREAS I LIKE TO COVER:
Piano, basic and popular
Improvisation for all instruments
Jazz theory and harmony
Saxophone basic and advanced
Flute, clarinet
Ensemble coaching
Jazz composition and arranging

BOOKS I LIKE TO DRAW FROM:

David Liebman “Developing A Personal Saxophone Sound”
Marcel Moise “La Sonorite”
Mark Levine “Jazz Piano Book”
J.S.Bach “Complete flute sonatas”

Yusef Lateef “Repository Of Scales And Melodic Patterns”
Oliver Nelson “Patterns”
Sigurd Rascher “Top Tones For The Saxophone”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

over 20 years of private teaching in Israel, Germany, United States
State Music Schools in Germany (1999-2003) - middle and high school students, adults
Teaching Assistantship at the University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Music (2003-2005)
Amherst Red Barn Music School (2005-current)
Workshop at Lyndonville State College, VT with Ambassadors Of Light (2004)
Workshop at the Berkshire Hills Music Academy (2005)
Slope Music School, Brooklyn NY (2008-current)

Please feel free to CONTACT ME for clinics, workshops and private lessons!