Master saxophone by studying with the legends you want to become and contemporary powerhouses shaping the future of saxophone today. Our “artist-as-mentor” pedagogy means you can take private lessons with more than fifty saxophone, reed, and flute teachers-musicians like David Glasser, Billy Harper or Joel Frahm. Other great saxophone faculty include Jane Ira Bloom, Jim Snidero, David Schnitter, Arun Luthra and Michael Karn.
Improvisation is in our DNA, and we provide the flexibility and opportunity to shape your training to fit who you want to become as a saxophonist and play the music you want to play. Each semester, choose which ensemble you play in from among eighty options. You'll rehearse, record, and perform under the direction of our talented faculty, like members of the Charlie Parker Ensemble or Explorations in Swing. Choose from ensembles like Thelonious Monk Ensemble, Herbie Hancock Ensemble, Super Trios Ensemble, Live Drum 'n' Bass Ensemble, The Art of the Rhythm Section, and Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, and more.
Begin your career in the heart of New York City's jazz and music scene. Get exposed to contemporary music as it is being played-and have a chance to make it yourself. Recently, saxophone students played gigs at Zinc Bar and Madison Square Park. Plus, we're the only school with a jazz club, The Stone, in our lobby.
Learn to think about art, life, collaboration, and creativity in new and unexpected ways-enriching who you are as a musician. Take classes across The New School, including courses in our design school, Parsons, and our liberal arts college, Lang. In one semester, you might work on mastering composition while also looking critically at how music and social justice intersect in the world today. Leave the New School a more well-rounded and prepared artist for the 21st century.