Saxophone Lessons with Miss Walsh

My student Melanie has been wanting to play for her church for all two years we've been working together and today she did it!! Definitely not the last time!

Thank you so much to my student Jack and his family for GIVING me a saxophone that was given to them, when he already has two instruments! It's by a wonderful coincidence that this is the exact model of my first saxophone, which was a Selmer Bundy hand-me-down from my brother. This one has been sitting around for 30 years and the picture definitely doesn't capture the *aroma* from a long unused saxophone!

Teaching in my new location at The Falls Church Episcopal church, in Falls Church VA! I just started offering saxophone lessons here, but this student is actually getting ready for Saxophone Choir! I love the space and they are so generous to let me use a classroom in the Day School.

A huge congratulations to my student Gavin!! He was just awarded a $45,000 a year scholarship to his top choice school, San Francisco Conservatory! He's working on getting more funds to cover the rest but this is super huge! I told him "Did you know, all your hard work and practice is worth $180,000?" He was shocked because he hadn't thought of it like that. I think he's worth more, personally!

I also want to shout out his mom. A few years ago he was accepted into the Baltimore School for the Arts and she MOVED to Baltimore so he could go. Since then he also plays in ensembles at my alma mater, Peabody Conservatory. What a bright future for this talented, hard-working young man! Go get 'em Gavin!