Alastair Wright Saxophone Lessons

"Wright's playing was tremendously technical and high-flying. So high-flying in fact, that when he reached for some of his highest altissimo notes my eyebrows shot up in sympathetic awe." KC Metropolis, 5/29/18.

I serve on faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Clare as Lecturer of Saxophone, having previously taught saxophone at the University of Central Missouri. I have been teaching all ages and levels for 10 years. High School students have had success at district and state competitions and have successfully auditioned for college music programs. I hold music performance degrees from the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music (Bachelors), UK, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Masters) and University of Missouri Kansas City (Doctorate). Through teaching students aged 8-60, and at all levels from beginner through to graduate performance majors, I have learned to adapt my teaching to suit every individual. I believe in addressing not just instrumental technique, but the broader issues musicality and performance, too. I believe that the study of music should above all be enjoyable and this is important to me in my lessons, while still maintaining a certain discipline required to really get the most out of the study of instrumental music. Take a listen to my playing by searching my name on YouTube, or by searching for "Necessary Edges" on iTunes and Spotify!