Dr. Jason Alder provides (bass) clarinet and saxophone lessons for students of all ages and levels

I have been learning jazz saxophone from Jason for over 5 years and have enjoyed my lessons with him. Jason is an experienced and accomplished musician who is very happy to share his knowledge and skills. He is good at adapting his teaching approach to meet my needs and interests. Jason has an excellent ear and sense of rhythm and gives me very focussed feedback on my playing and provides helpful suggestions on to how to practice more effectively to improve my playing. He has helped me to improve my technique, playing from musical scores as well as developing my listening skills and playing by ear. He has also provided useful approaches to improvisation, following chord changes as well as playing more intuitively.

I started saxophone as a mature adult about 10 years ago. I transferred to Jason's tutelage almost five years ago as I wanted to find a teacher who performed or taught genres other than jazz. My lessons have been tailored to my own interests of classical and folk music. As well as being an expert performer, Jason has a very wide musical knowledge, and has constructive comments and suggestions not just in my lessons, but also in any other musical queries I bring, from Balkan music to early recorder music to dulcimer tuning. Above all, the lessons are most enjoyable.