Born: March 21, 1967 Primary Instrument: Saxophone
Georgianna Krieger began playing the saxophone at the age of 9 and just kept playing. She spent several formative years growing up in Denton Texas, a fabled jazz town, and attended the Arts Magnet High school at Booker T. Washington in Dallas. Her first musical memory is of Gerry Mulligan, so it’s not surprising that she plays the baritone saxophone in addition to alto and soprano. While studying sculpture at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Georgianna also earned a Bachelors Degree in Jazz and Commercial Music. If you asked her, Georgianna would tell you she sees a direct correlation between gestural drawing, her sculpture and jazz improvisation. “The media are quite different” she says, but the conceptual goal: “to explore a fleeting moment”, is the same. Today, Gergianna plays with the Resonance Jazz Ensemble (an octet featuring strings) and Zazen (a jazz quartet). She also gives individual saxophone lessons, in her Oakland, California studio, to students age nine and up.
Primary Instrument:
Saxophone
Location:
Oakland, CA
Willing to teach:
Intermediate to advanced students
Credentials/Background:
Creative, fun and rewarding saxophone lessons for students
age 9 and
up. Learning the craft of playing a musical instrument takes
time and
individual mentoring. True mastery takes inspiration!
In my private lessons for beginning and intermediate
saxophone, I not
only give each student a strong foundation in saxophone
technique, but
also talk about the physics of how the saxophone works, the
fundamentals of practicing, the joy of playing with others
(a philosophy
of jazz), musical concepts and ideas for making music part
of everyday
life.
My saxophone lessons are individually tailored to each
student's needs
and interests. Located on Edgewood avenue near Elsinore
walk, my
teaching studio is walking distance to the number 18 bus
stop on Park
blvd, Oakland CA.
