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Javier Arau

Internationally acclaimed saxophonist and composer Javier Arau made his national debut at age 14, conducting the Florida State University Wind Ensemble in a Washington, D.C. performance of his symphonic composition, Second Wind. By age 15, he had opened his own private music studio in his hometown of Sacramento, California, teaching saxophone, clarinet, and piano to local musicians, and writing theme and incidental music for local and syndicated radio. By the time Javier had graduated high school, he had significant experience as a composer and jazz saxophonist, having toured the world with various ensembles, including the Monterey High School All- Star Jazz Band, traded fours with Dizzy Gillespie on the main stage of the Monterey Jazz Festival, appeared as a guest artist on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club, and more.

Javier enrolled at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in theory-composition and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. While at Lawrence, he intensively pursued four musical interests: classical composition (with Allen Gimbel), jazz composition (with Ken Schaphorst), jazz saxophone (with Tom Washatka and Woody Mankowski) and classical saxophone (with Steven Jordheim). As a member of the LU honors saxophone quartet, he won first place in the MTNA National Collegiate Chamber Music Competition. He also received Down Beat Student Music Awards in both jazz composition and jazz saxophone. At age 19, his transcription and analysis of Joe HendersonÕs Grammy award-winning solo on "Lush Life" was published in IAJE's Jazz Educators Journal.

After Lawrence, Javier moved to Boston to study with saxophonists Jerry Bergonzi and George Garzone and composer/arranger Bob Brookmeyer at the New England Conservatory of Music. While at NEC, he received two more Down Beat Magazine awards for jazz composing and arranging. He received his Master of Music degree in jazz composition from NEC in May 2000, graduating with honors and distinction.

Other awards and honors Javier has received include the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, an honorable mention for the IAJE Gil Evans Fellowship, and commissions and performances of his works from, among others, the legendary Benny Golson, David Garibaldi (Tower of Power), and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra (Kent Nagano, dir.). His works for saxophone have been commissioned by Joe Luloff, Steven Jordheim, Janet Planet and Planet Sax, and more. He is an active member of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, directed by Jim McNeely, and has written for many genres, including works for jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra, concert band, jazz singers, sax quartet and ensemble, jazz septet, concert choir, microtonal ensemble, contemporary ensemble, electronica, musical theatre, and songs for children.

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I have taught music for over 17 years and have published several articles and books on jazz, improvisation, fundamentals of music, and more. I have taught at the world's leading music institutions, but I still very much enjoy teaching beginners and more experienced players. Please call 718-426-0633 for hours and rates. Thank you! Let's make some music!

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