Dave Sewelson
About
I teach beginners to advance students. I can help you get a big sound and improvise effortlessly.
Help you read music and help develop your own sound
I have been playing for about 50 years. I live in Brooklyn, New York, the music capital of the world. I play with William Parker's Little Huey's Pocketwatch Orchestra. A few years ago I played with Cher and Darlene Love at the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting.
I teach workshops called Make Your Own Music at the Brooklyn Public Library.
Teaching Style
As a teacher, I emphasizes listening, individuality, and the development of a personal musical language. I encourages students to engage deeply with sound, to take creative risks, and to view improvisation as both a discipline and a form of self-expression. My approach integrates technical development with conceptual exploration, helping students build both skill and artistic confidence.
Curriculum
Tone buildng, Overtones and fundamentals.
Sigurd Raschèr's Top Tones for Saxophone.
Credentials & Affiliations
Group Classes for Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Workshops for the Brooklyn Public Library
Leader of “Create Your Own Music” workshops
Teaching diverse groups about music, sound and improvisation using recorders and
Instruments for the Musical Instrument Lending Library
FreeJazz classes for Arts for Art in I.C.E. School
Teach High School Students how to improvise using the basic history and repertoire of Great Black Music provide students with an environment to be creative and learn the skill of improvisation, composition and conduction