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I started playing the saxophone when I was ten years old. In the past twelve years, playing and teaching saxophone has become my calling, and I aspire to provide students with positive and meaningful experiences in music through private lessons. For me, teaching saxophonists is not about the saxophone; it's about encouraging and nurturing traits that will transfer to other aspects of their lives and make them better people.
It Starts with Fundamentals
People that know the fundamentals of any skill will do well. Watch athletes. Professional basketball players can dribble, shoot, pass, and defend at an insane level. It's the same set of skills most people are taught the first time they play a game. You can find other traits in any other craft -- chess, football, acting -- you name it, it will have some set of fundamentals.
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If you get better than anyone else at the fundamentals of a craft, you'll be in business for a long time. This is how some of my students have done well in music festivals and auditions. I preach to my saxophone students to hone their scales and exercises. If they become proficient at them, music just becomes much easier and more enjoyable. Once students get to this place, they realize in themselves that they can do this with other things in their lives.
Life-Long Music
Most music students walk into their bands, orchestras, and choruses and sit down, play their music, get feedback, and move on. A large focus of middle and high school groups is on things like concerts, Music Performance Assessment, and Solo & Ensemble. These are necessary and have means of improving students, but what will they do when they leave high school? Most stop because they don't have the means of getting to play music. And many adults show that they regret quitting music.
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Middle and high school musicians are so dependent on their teachers to make music: read these notes, sing in tune, and do other such activities. I aim to teach students how to improvise, compose, and create. This way, they can become dependent and make music with other people once they leave high school. It can make such an impact on a community.
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