Introduction: I'm glad to offer you saxophone/flute lessons in the greater NYC & Long Island area.
I am fully Vaccinated and boosted.
I've been playing saxophone since 2001.
Based on more than a dozen years of teaching experience, I offer lessons to students in all levels and all styles including NYSSMA preparation, basic musicianship skills, jazz improvisation, classical, pop, blues, smooth jazz, etc.
My priority as a teacher is student enjoyment. My goal is for you to love playing saxophone which is also critical for improving your skills.
I travel to my students’ homes. You’re very welcome to visit my apartment in Astoria for the lessons as well.
Also, I offer personalized recording/transcription services. If you tell me the music that you want to practice, I will record the music, transcribe it, and send it to you so you can add new music to your repertoire and practice effectively— all according to your individual level of ability and style.
I am fully bilingual in Korean and English.
Please contact me for further information.
Pricing
In NYC area: $80 per session
Nassau, Bergen, and Hudson County: $100 per session
Only for those who ask - 20% off for the first 4 lessons
Education
Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
B.M. in Postmodern Music, graduated with the highest grade in the department
The City College of New York, CUNY
M.M. in Music (Jazz) Program
Experience
Navy Entertainment Team, Republic of Korea Navy, December 2010 - October 2012
Honorably discharged on expiration of duty
Korean Broadcasting System(KBS) January 2013 - December 2014
Performed in a live program Morning Garden on Saturday, Family Sings
Recording Session for Lazy Afternoon [Think Outside the Box], 2013
Recording Session for the OST of musical [Wedding], 2013
Performed in Kyung Hee Peace Jazz Orchestra in Jarasum International Jazz Festival, 2013
Jarasum International Jazz Festival, October 2013
Selected and completed Jarasum Creative Music Camp, leading position
Performed both festivals in 2013 and 2014
Recording Session for Suyu Kim [Have You Ever Seen a Rainbow], 2014
Insooni [Resonance in Gonjiam] Concert with Seoul Jazz Big Band, 2014
Recording Session for Bara New Song [Adullam], 2014
Performed with Boram Park [Hear the Beauty] in Jarasum International Jazz Festival, 2015
Recording Session for [Jud Kim Trio + 1], 2016
Live Session in Trot Big 3 Concert by Sul Woon Do, Choi Jin-Hee and Kim Soo Hee at Guri Art Hall Cosmos Grand Theater, 2017
Performed [Love Cinema Live] in Almighty at Club K, Seoul, 2018
Performed in [The Moment of Brassonit Big Band] at West Bridge, 2018
Performed in [Commemoration Concert for Dong-gi Lee] in Brassonit at West Bridge, Seoul, 2018
Dongguk Pak’s Ensemble Unsalted Farewell Live Concert in Una&Qu, Seoul, 2018
Performed in Martin Luther King50: Let Freedom Ring at Aaron Davis Hall, 2018
Live Recording Session for Saul Cosmé [Saul Cosmé Quintet Live] at Wilson Live Brooklyn, 2019
Awards and Scholarships
Grand Prize in Junior Division, Seoul Art College Music Festival, 2005
Awarded by the Minister of Unification
1st place in Saxophone Division, Kyunghyang Youth Applied Music Concours, 2007
Grand Prize in Dongju Music Contest, 2007
1st Place for Instrumental Soloist Division, 2nd Place for Band Division in 8th Dongju Music Contest, 2008
Silver Prize in GYMF(Gwangju Youth Music Festival) Original Music Competition, 2009
Silver Prize for Original Music Division in 13th Seoul Forest Song Festival, 2009
Selected for Domestic Undergraduate Scholarship Student by Sunhwa Cultural Foundation, 2014
Silver Prize, 21c Korean Music Project, 2014
Cheonwoo, the fusion samul nori band
Grand Prize, Busan Citizen Park Jazz Concours, 2015
Carried out as a bandleader/composer for Quartet Unsalted
Winner of Thailand International Jazz Conference Solo Competition, Open Division, 2017
Selected for CJ Music Scholarship (Graduate School), 2018
Selected for KASF(Korean American Scholarship Foundation) Scholarship, 2018
