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Saxophone Lessons

Learn the music you want in a way that works for you. At Sage Music®, you'll get private saxophone lessons customized to your goals in a welcoming community committed to your success.

More than teaching songs, we’ll teach you or your child the skills to play any song on saxophone. Our goal is to help you become the best person and musician you can be.

Lessons are with our trained, professional saxophone teachers using our proven Arpeggio® lesson system and personalized to your goals.

Are you ready to reach your musical goals?

"I am surprised and thrilled with the progress I’m making. In all, I’m very happy with the Sage Music School, my teacher, and the school’s administrative team."
– Mark Rosen,

Google

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The details matter

We’re not your ordinary music school

As a smart, conscious learner who is looking for the best, you’ll want to pay close attention to the details that make our program different from other saxophone schools.

And we know you’ll appreciate the Sage Music® difference.

Why are we called Sage?

A smarter way to learn saxophone

sage : \ ˈsāj \ wise through reflection and experience

SAGE TRAINED SAXOPHONE TEACHERS

Our saxophone teachers are highly trained in the best methods for learning and teaching music. You or your child will get the best instruction anywhere. So skip the amatuers, and learn with the pros who can properly guide you toward your goals.

PROVEN METHODS

Our Arpeggio® lesson system – backed by learning science – will help you learn saxophone quickly and easily with direction in a structured and step-by-step way. Plus we’ll teach you what to do, how to learn it, and why you’re doing it.

STEADY PROGRESS

We know you’ll get the best results because our students see steady progress. So we’d never need to lock you into a contract. Yet students stay with us 3x longer than other schools. Get in touch to see why now.

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Adult Saxophone Lessons

Believe it or not 63.8% of our students are adults

Whether you want to be a professional musician or have had lifelong dreams of playing music, you’ll find yourself in good company at Sage Music.

Our students range from absolute beginners to intermediate players to advanced professionals looking to improve their skills and practice.

No matter what you want to learn, we’ll get you there.

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Adult Beginner Saxophone Lessons

Don’t want to play kids songs? No worry! We’ll work with you to help you play the music that you want. We personalize our lessons for you.

Sometimes we can jump right in with what you want, but other times it takes a little prep work. But we’ll always get you there.

In fact, most of our saxophone students are adult beginners. So you’ll find a welcoming environment with a team that knows how to work with folks just like you.

Intermediate Saxophone Lessons

As an advancing saxophonist, we’ve got the skills to get your saxophone playing to the next level. We’ve worked with beginners and pros, so we know exactly how to get you from one level to the next.

Advanced Saxophone Lessons

Our students have included cast members of Saturday Night Live, Broadway performers, and producers. We’ve even helped students prepare for graduate degree auditions.

We go above and beyond other programs by developing more advanced skills, practice habits, and learning techniques. You’ll learn more music, in a shorter amount of time, and with greater skill and security.

Saxophone Lessons for Kids

Develop your child’s skills in a fun and engaging way

Just like you, we want to see your kid have fun, enjoy music, and grow into a capable, successful adult. And we also know you want a program you can trust because you are busy with so many things.

That’s what we’ve designed our Arpeggio® lesson system to do. Systems such as Suzuki, ABRSM, the Royal Conservatory simply provide a sequence of songs to play. But our system is designed to develop your child’s skills, enabling them to play any music they want. That’s real growth, and real learning.

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Guaranteed Results

In addition, our system provides you with detailed notes every week so you can stay in touch with your child’s development. Plus your child will have the opportunity to perform every week in our student sharing hour, in our open mics, or in our regular recitals. This gives you results that you and your child can see.

Beginner Saxophone Lessons For Kids

Our saxophone lessons are designed to help your child be their best. We'll teach them all the right things to do, but we'll also teach them to solve problems on their own. We want to help your child become independent, and capable.

Saxophone Lessons For Intermediate Kids

Once your kid has learned the fundamentals, it's time to start putting them to use. That's why we offer student sharing hours, ensembles, and other performing opportunities to help them grow as a saxophone player.

Saxophone Lessons For Advanced Kids

Some of our young saxophonists have taken a serious interest in the sax. We've helped our students win auditions into college music programs, charter and magnet schools, and talented programs across the country. And we aim to cultivate a lifelong love of learning.

What you’ll get at Sage Music that no other music school offers

Here are just a few of the things that make us a different sort of music school. Learn more about what makes us different.

The Sage® Student

Our flagship course will teach you everything you need to know to learn and master any music. When you graduate, you’ll know more about learning music than teachers at other schools do.

The ARPEGGIO® lesson system

Quickly and easily learn the music you want in our top-rated music lesson system. Classes are structured, step by step, and designed to keep you on track to achieving your goals.

Sage® trained teachers

There is no better teacher than the Sage Music teacher. Where other schools hire performers to teach music, we hire professional teachers. Then, we put them through our rigorous music teacher training, so you’ll get the most qualified teachers around.

Music Match

Looking to meet new people to share your passion for music? Just let us know and we’ll connect you with other students just like you so you can practice or make music together.

Relationships

We want a relationship with you, not a transaction. We promise to treat you like the unique person that you are.

Community

We’ve got an incredible community of great people like you, in person and online. Join our online groups, concerts, recitals, open-mics and more.

Student Onboarding

Before starting your music lessons, you’ll meet with a senior member of our team to determine your goals, set your preferences, discuss your learning style, and assess your skills and experience and build a plan for your lessons.

Student Dashboard

A dedicated private online platform that allows you to attend lessons, set your music goals, review lesson notes, practice your homework, and manage your student account.

Lesson Recordings

Your lessons are recorded so you can go always back to review, track your progress, or refresh your memory.

Sage Music Meet

For online students, your lessons will be in our own video platform. Parents will also feel secure knowing they can join the online lesson at anytime and that lessons are always recorded.

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How saxophone lessons work

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PERSONALIZE

From your first phone call to your ongoing private saxophone lessons, we’ll get to know you. We believe in building strong relationships so we can customize everything we do to your wants, needs, and goals.

PRACTICE AND LEARN

Our professional teachers, using our proven, science-backed Arpeggio® lesson system, will help you learn the music you want. Lessons are clear, step-by-step, and structured so you will you steadily progress toward your goals.

PLAY AND PERFORM

Show off your newly developed saxophone skills by performing in our recitals, weekly open mics, or in our music match program. Perform with others, or simply enjoy your own playing.

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How much do saxophone lessons cost?

Since our ARPEGGIO® program has been custom built to work around the needs and goals of the individual student, pricing plans vary. We do cost more than most other schools, but we simply provide a better lesson, experience, and value. You’ll get way more value for your money than other schools.

Our pricing includes access to our online community, free enrollment in our flagship music course The Sage Student ($549 on its own), our professionally trained Sage Music teachers, and the science backed ARPEGGIO® lesson system. Plus free enrollment in our recitals, open-mics, events, Music Match program, and more.

Contact us today for our best advice about the programs and pricing that are best for you.

Saxophone Lesson Reviews

"They have a great supporting staff, and the teachers I have interacted with, during my time here, seem to all be of the same mindset: each student matters."
Justin J.

Google

"I am so happy I found Sage Music. I was able to make dramatic progress in just 5 months and I am doing excellent amongst my very experienced saxophone classmates."
Glenna Dilone (for son Mason Dilone)

Google

"I have found all the staff to be supportive and talented in their own right. I am advancing and I thank [my teacher at Sage] for helping me to do so."
Richard Miller

Google

"...my music instructor has made my return to music so incredible and feel so comfortable I deeply value that [my teacher] really listens to his students."
Neshemah I.

Google

"I am surprised and thrilled with the progress I’m making. In all, I’m very happy with the Sage Music School, my teacher, and the school’s administrative team."
Mark Rosen

Google

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Other Programs

Most of our students come to us after they have tried lessons somewhere else. They tried video courses or lessons that weren’t personlized for them – like YouTube or TakeLessons. They took saxophone lessons with teachers who were not trained professionals.

And they just didn’t see the results they wanted.

They didn’t get better or ended up frustrated. They paid for videos but still had to teach themselves. They took lessons with someone who showed them what to do, but not how to do it.

And that left them unhappy. Feeling like they wasted time and money. So they looked for a better program.

The good news is that you’ve just found the #1 science backed program, guaranteed to get you results. That’s the Arpeggio® lessons system, designed right here at Sage Music®.

Types of Saxophone Lessons

We teach all kinds of saxophone lessons and styles. The following are the most popular. Please reach out if you have a specific request that isn't mentioned below.

Private Saxophone Lessons

We believe that private saxophone lessons with one-on-one instruction provide you with the best chance of success. That's why we invest so much into our teacher training and private lesson program.

Most group classes are not very effective for learning to play the saxophone. However, they do provide some benefits like community, learning ensemble skills, and more. So we offer additional group classes to our private saxophone students so they can develop those skills, too.

Tenor Saxophone Lessons

The flexible, voice-like tone of the saxophone has made it a prominent jazz instrument since the birth of jazz. At Sage Music, our teachers are here to help you learn to fine tune and control the bright and penetrating sound the saxophone produces, whether you want to play jazz, classical, or popular music on the instrument.

Alto Saxophone Lessons

While not as popular at the tenor saxophone, many musicians choose the smaller alto saxophone. Sometimes they choose it for the higher pitches it can produce.

But more often, children start their saxophone lessons on the alto because of its smaller size. It makes it easier to reach the keys, and the smaller size is easier to hold.

Soprano Saxophone Lessons

Like the alto, many beginners and children prefer the soprano saxophone for its smaller size. But it's not just an instrument you would choose because of its size. It's clear tone is a wonderful sound, and it was common for Coltrane to play it on his albums.

Jazz Saxophone Lessons

While the saxophone was invented for use in the classical european orchestra, it has found its home in American Jazz.

It’s hard to imagine much jazz without the sound of the sax.

But jazz requires many skills that classical music doesn’t. That’s why Sage Saxophone teachers are trained to teach you those skills. That includes playing by ear, improvisation, jazz theory, and more.