Grant Reeves Music

I have been privately teaching beginner to advanced flute, from beginner through advanced saxophone as well as music theory and improvisation for all instruments including piano, in Fair Oaks, CA, for the last 20 years. I have over 40 years' professional experience as a touring and recording musician, songwriter, teacher and award-winning composer. In my teaching experience, I have worked with young and aspiring musicians, including an autistic student as well as instructed advanced students in improvisation. I currently have 20 students at Folsom High School which is consistently rated as one of the best high school jazz ensembles in the nation by Downbeat Magazine. The material(s) I use for instruction are focused on the needs of each individual. Beginner students will be exposed to embouchure and breathing techniques as well as developing strong and accurate facility from learning scales. I often utilize CDs to enhance the initial learning process and aid in musicality. Advanced students will continue to develop technique and musicality. Improvisation students will learn music theory and the application of theory to their instruments through the art of soloing (improvisation). Students will learn how to analyze chord symbols and use scales and modes to improvise over chord changes. Study will include the use of pentatonics, major and minor scale harmony, diminished and whole tone scale harmony, as well as "playing outside" and an introduction to atonality or nontonal music. Specialties are as follows: * jazz / flute, saxophones, piano * saxophone * flute * piano improvisation & music theory * classical / flute & saxophones only * live performance * instrumental * scoring to picture * composition * music theory * piano theory * improvisation * artist development * recording * editing * production