My Students

• have been awarded a full tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music

• produced music for Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon and scores of TV shows, commercials and movies

• have been awarded a scholarship to Oberlin Conservatory

• is a professor at Oberlin Conservatory

• has been the head of Jazz Studies at Northeastern University

• is graduating from Eastman School of Music

• have graduated from Berklee College of Music, Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers) grad school,

• have published music books

• have won Best Soloist and Best Section at Hershey Park Jazz Festival and Princeton Jazz Festival

• have earned first and second saxophone chair in the NJ Intermediate Regions Jazz Band

• have earned first and second saxophone chair in the NJ High School Regions Jazz Band

• held chairs in NJ Region II Band

• held chairs in NJ All-State Band

• held chairs in NJ All-State Orchestra

• held chairs in the top 3 ranked high school jazz bands in NJ, concurrently

• held 4 out of 5 saxophone chairs in the NJ High School Regions Jazz Band, concurrently

• has been awarded a full tuition scholarship to Princeton University

• graduated from Princeton University

My Approach To Teaching

I have been teaching private students since the late 90s. My approach is both systematic and individually tailored to each student’s needs. Above all, I try to foster a love of music, whether they want to learn to play the saxophone, the flute, the guitar, the piano, to write or produce music, or even just understand what they’re listening to on a deeper level.

In principle, all of my students follow the same structure that I do, focusing on the various physical and musical skills that make for an expressive musician. Each skill is addressed individually, with detailed explanations and exercises designed to take their progress to the next level.

I’ve had students ranging from the ages of 3 to their 80s, although I now only take students 9 and older. I teach one-on-one online or at home, or can be hired to teach group lessons for your institution or band. I have taught group lessons at Westminster Conservatory at Ryder University, Rutgers, Newark, and I taught for 3 years at Newark Public Schools.

I am proud of all of my students, and enabling a lifetime of music appreciation for them is one of the great joys in my life.