Learn from Great Saxophone Teachers

Saxophonist, Composer, Author and Instructor Evan Tate has been a unique voice on the European jazz scene for nearly 30 years. He’s has appeared at several jazz festivals, recordings, radio broadcasts, and has taught on the jazz faculties of renowned universities. Evan Tate is an Endorser for Julius Keilwerth saxophones and presently an endorser for Cannonball Saxophones.

Johnnie Lee Walton was first introduced and fell in love with the saxophone as a child. Saxophonist Johnnie Lee Walton's skills and path in the world of jazz were honed and cemented when he attended the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. At Hartt, he studied with the world-renowned jazz master Jackie McLean and Kris Jenson. At Hartt, Mr.

I am a multi-instrumentalist, performer, and music educator with over 20 years of teaching and performing experience. My formal education began as a pianist at the School of Music in Kostroma. I continued at the College of Music, specializing in clarinet and saxophone, and later advanced to the Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory in Russia, where I completed studies in performance…

Hello! I am a conservatoire-trained musician with over ten years of teaching experience. I am a woodwind doubler and pianist, with experience teaching children and young adults of all ages, in private, school, ensemble, charitable and workshop settings (both digitally and in-person).

Chad Smith has spent the last 25 years performing in prestigious orchestras, Broadway shows and recording sessions. Enjoying a bicoastal career in New York and Los Angeles Chad has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic as a saxophonist and major motion pictures, Family Guy and American Dad as a bassoon doubler.

I’m a touring, radio-charted jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer who loves helping people enjoy playing music more. I work professionally on stage and in the studio, and I bring that real-world experience into every lesson. I teach students of all ages and levels — from beginners figuring out their first notes to more advanced players looking to improve their tone,…

Composer, Saxophonist and Clarinetist Juan Ruiz began his musical studies when he was 11, studying Latin American percussion in his hometown of Caldas Antioquia, Colombia. At age 14, he began clarinet studies at the University of Antioquia's preparatory music school. He left Colombia in 2006 with a scholarship to study English and Music at Atlantic Union College, MA.

With over 15 years of experience playing the saxophone, I bring both passion and expertise to every lesson. I hold two three-year technical degrees from Lionel-Groulx College in Ste-Thérèse, Québec, Canada — one in Saxophone Interpretation and another in Composition that I completed in 2017 — and I continued my studies in Jazz and Digital Music at the University of Montreal for 3…

I’m a professional music tutor, producer, and songwriter with over ten years of teaching and industry experience. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Arts from the University of Uyo, Nigeria, where I received formal academic training in music theory, composition, performance, and contemporary music practices.

I am a professional musician and multi-instrumentalist residing in Brooklyn, New York. I am primarily a saxophonist, but also double proficiently on trumpet and drums, and guitar. I have performed professionally for 13 years in NYC and internationally with a host of world class musicians.