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My name is Alex, and I am a saxophonist, composer, and educator currently located in the Memphis, Tennessee area. I hold a Bachelor of Music degree in Saxophone Performance from the prestigious University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill.
I am recognized locally and nationally for my work as a jazz performer. I have performed and recorded with Grammy nominated jazz artists including Rachel Therrien, Stephen Anderson, Baron Tymas, and Rahsaan Barber. In 2022, I was awarded 1st prize at the North American Saxophone Alliance's National Jazz Saxophone Soloist Competition. I have presented original compositions at the Jazz Education Network Conference, and was the premiering artist for the "Cold Chicken Suite" composed by 8-time Grammy-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride.
I have maintained a private saxophone studio for six years, where I teach students of all ages, skill levels, and backgrounds. I have also served on the faculties of the University of North Carolina Summer Jazz Workshop and the John Coltrane Jazz Workshop. I currently serve as a graduate assistant instructor at the University of Memphis, where I direct Jazz Combo I and teach saxophone lessons for non-majors.
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Lesson content is individually catered to the specific strengths, weaknesses, and goals of the student. I have direct experience teaching lessons ranging from how to put the saxophone together to advanced improvisation concepts for jazz artists, and everything in-between! Regardless of age and experience level, we will work together to devise a personal curriculum designed to meet your needs and wants as a musician.
WHAT CAN WE WORK ON?
FUNDAMENTALS: long tones, overtones, embouchure flexibility, voicing, breath control/support, hand position, hand technique, endurance, articulation, and achieving a stylistically idiomatic sound
TECHNIQUE: Major Scales, Minor Scales (natural, harmonic, melodic), Modes of Major, Modes of Minor, Diminished and Augmented Scales, Scalar Patterns, Digital Patterns, Pentatonic Scales/Patterns, Triad Pairs, Chromatic Patterns, Playing in all keys, etc.
REPERTOIRE: Solo rep, etudes, audition materials (All-County, All-State), concert band literature, jazz band literature, jazz standards, jazz etudes, etc.
IMPROVISATION: Improvisation basics, functional/chordal improvisation, scalar/modal improvisation, chord-scale theory, jazz vocabulary and syntax, motivic development, solo architecture, and cultivating an an idiomatic-yet-personal voice.
READING: performing notated music accurately with respect to pitch, rhythm, dynamics, style, and musical narrative. Additionally, we will work on increasing proficiency in the ability to"sight-read" music effectively and accurately.
EAR-TRAINING: Interval recognition/recall, pitch recognition/recall, chord recognition/recall, learning songs, melodies, and solos by ear (transcription), transposition, rhythmic recall and accuracy, learning rhythms by ear, etc.
MUSIC THEORY: notation basics (note names, rhythmic values, time signatures, key signatures, clef identification, dynamics, articulations, etc.) chord/interval qualities, melodic analysis, harmonic analysis, identifying chord function, melodic/harmonic relationship, etc.
Have a question about whether lessons are right for you? Let's get in touch and work together to meet your musical goals!
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