Saxophone lessons for beginners, intermediate and advanced musicians

From 42.87 £ /h

Are you a beginner?? No worries: no experience is required! 😁
I can teach you the basics to produce sounds with your saxophone: position of the embouchure (teeth, tongue, lips and vocal cords' position, an element often forgotten), fingerings, use of diafragma,...
After the first two lessons spent on the mouthpiece and neck for the sound production, we will immediately start to play some super easy duos together to practice your capacity of listening, pay attention to the other, ear training as well. I normally use the book of Peter Wastall (titled Learn as you play) as support, but it is not mandatory. There are plenty of good books btw!

Are you an intermediate / advanced student?? I am sure you can still improve in all the basics, but on a different level. I'll teach you the importance of the "voicing" (technique named by the american saxophonist and pedagogue Donald Sinta) to improve your sound production and projection as well as the capacity of correcting and improving the intonation. You can learn all about phrasing and music interpretation, from tonal music until contemporary atonal compositions. And still, you can improve your playing together, practicing in duo on different aspects like tuning, balance, interpretation, performance etc.

Book a lesson and try! If you are not happy, give me a feedback and go on. If you are happy, I will be happy to help you becoming a good musician!

Extra information

Bring your own saxophone, does not matter if soprano, alto, tenor, baritone etc with the complete set-up (mouthpiece, reed, ligature).
It's better if you bring also a music paper (pentagram), you never know if I need to explain you anything more theoretical or if I need to write down anything else. If you don't have it, no worries. I'll give it to you!

Location

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At student's location :

Around Brussels, Belgium

At teacher's location :

Rue de l'Aurore, Brussels, Belgium

Online from Belgium

About Me

I am a saxophone player, saxophone teacher, musicologist and curator.

My interests are music, musicology, folklore, ethnomusicology, anthropology and contemporary art. I taught in several music academies in Belgium and I am currently a saxophone teacher at Kunstacademie van Lede Erpe-Mere Wichelen.

Education

- University Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna, Bachelor's degree in Humanities. Graduate student

- Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen, Bachelor of Arts in Music. Graduate student

- Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen, Master of Arts in Music. Graduate student

- University Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna, Master's degree in Music and Theatre Studies (curriculum Musicology). Graduate student

- Kask & Conservatorium of Gent, Postgraduate in Curatorial Studies. Graduate student

Experience / Qualifications

I have a long concert experience, both in sax ensemble, saxophone quartet (Panlink Saxophone Quartet), sax duo (Duo Bovers), saxophone and piano,...) and in symphonic and wind orchestra, amongst which the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (TCBO).

I am author of several publications: scientific articles, chapters in books, podcast etc.

Age

Infants (0-3 years old)

Preschool children (4-6 years old)

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

30 minutes

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90 minutes

120 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Italian

Dutch

French

Skills

Music theory lessons

Saxophone

Music teacher training

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So don't hesitate to contact me!

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