Learn from Great Saxophone Teachers

Jeff Pifher is an award-winning instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Recently he has received wide recognition with the release of the self produced short documentary In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial (2020) which chronicles Jeff and his band's latest projects garnering 24 “Best Documentary” and “Best Music” awards from film festivals worldwide.

CHRISTINE MACDONNELL, Broadway woodwind musician and soloist in various ensembles: graduated from Loyola University New Orleans, and received her Master of Music degree in clarinet from The Juilliard School. New York performances include Radio City Music Hall, Paper Mill Playhouse, Albany Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Northeast Philharmonic Orchestra,…

I like to work within the Jazz and Brazilian music styles. Besides developing reading skills, improvisation theory and creativity, I stimulate students to learn by heart the repertoire. Every week we study a new tune, memorize it, improvise on it and analyze its melody an harmony.

I have been teaching clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, and oboe for 40 years, having previously served on the adjunct faculty at The College of Idaho and Northwest Nazarene University. I am an active performer in the Portland, Oregon area as a member of several chamber ensembles, and previously having been the bass clarinetist with the Boise Philharmonic for over 20 years.

I hold a B.A. in Music Business (2018) and an M.B.A. in Marketing 2025 from New Jersey City University. Through my experience and knowledge, I am prepared to teach you. I’ve played saxophone for over 15 years and have been teaching students for almost 10 years.

I'm a woodwind player specializing in many reed instruments and flutes. I play saxophone, clarinet, duduk, aulos, pivana, hichirki, xiao, and several other instruments. I have studied from some of the best instrumentalists in these instruments and would be happy to share my knowledge to people interesting in learning the instruments I play.

I have been an instrumental music teacher for 20 years. I have worked in public schools and private schools, in persons and online. I have taught private lessons, small groups, large classes and 200-hundred person concert bands. As a performer, I have participated in numerous ensembles.

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.

Dimitrios Vassilakis is an internationally acclaimed Greek saxophonist, vocalist, composer, educator, and academic researcher with 5 award-winning albums for historic jazz label Candid Records. He appeared all around the globe, notably in New York at Dizzy’ s Club - Jazz at The Lincoln Center, Birdland, Smalls, Nublu, Zinc, Yale, Natural History Museum DC Smithsonian Institute,…

With a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Performance from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and a Master's Degree from Codarts Rotterdam, where I graduated top of my year, I bring over a decade of teaching experience to students of all ages and skill levels.