I've been teaching music to students of all ages for over 30 years - as a band director in a Manhattan private school, to private students in my studio, and as band members of Big Bands, Jazz Ensembles, Concert Bands and Chamber groups.

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I was Band Director and Music Theory teacher at the Trevor Day School from 1992 to 2023, starting the program from nothing, with 5 high school kids, a nice Fender Rhodes, a vintage P bass, and a beaten up drum kit. Over the years I built the program to one of the most vibrant music programs in Manhattan, with over 100 students, 9 ensembles, and 4 levels of Music Theory in both both middle and high school, with multiple middle and high school grade level bands, a classical group , an advanced jazz ensemble, plus others. Many of my ex students continue in music today, and I'm very proud of my work with hundreds of students over the years. To my ex- students; please feel free to reach out any time!

 

Now I am teaching privately at my Rockaway Beach studio, and am accepting new students on a rolling basis for saxophone, clarinet, flute, beginner piano and guitar, plus music theory. Learning music takes patience, passion, and practice and I work with each individual to tailor a course of study that's engaging and challenging to them; to improve their instrumental skills, learn songs and tunes, develop improvising, music reading, songwriting and structure, and to gain a deeper understanding of theory along the way..

And most important of all; find the right material to play that's going to motivate and inspire creativity and expression.

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