Saxophone Lessons Available for All Ages in Burbank, Glendale, Hollywood & LA

  • Whether you're starting saxophone lessons as a beginner or trying to break out of a rut, you need a sax Instructor who is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.
  • Our  saxophone instructors are warm and friendly, and get to know each student and parent on a personal level. 
  • Our saxophone teacher Rick Rossi has a Masters in Saxophone performance, 3 Grammy Award nominations, and 35 years of teaching experience.
  • You can learn any style you like:  jazz, blues, pop and classical styles.
  • We can also help you locate and rent or buy a saxophone. Renting usually starts at $35.00 per month and you can rent to buy. Your teacher is experienced in finding quality affordable instruments and can help you with renting or buying before the sax lessons start.
  • Our owner and saxophone teacher, Rick Rossi, is an award winning player and plays all of the woodwinds, classically as well as any other style you like, including how to play jazz as well as how to improvise. He will prepare your child to be ready for concert band, auditions and the jazz ensemble if they are in a band school program.

7 or 8 years old is a good time to start lessons on the saxophone. Starting much earlier most students will have trouble holding the saxophone and getting enough air. It's better to start them on clarinet, piano or recorder (which is a relative of the saxophone and uses many of the same fingerings).

If you need help, just give us a call and we can discuss any concerns or questions that you have.

After each lesson, the student will go home with a clear homework assignment. We also offer for no extra charge to use our Teaching service Teacherzone.com which is an online system with examples of the songs and exercises that the student is working on.

Saxophone lessons are offered every day of the week. Just call us to find out what times are still available!
Check out some samples of our students and how they were able to progress.

​Watch these students  progress from being complete beginners to jazz improvisers.
Here's what students are saying about our improvisation lessons:
No matter if you are a beginner or an experienced player, we have an

Easy Step by Step System for Improvisers

  • Whether you you want to start a career in music or just play for fun, I will help you devise a plan that will get you there in the quickest way possible.
  • In my method I will teach you how to play a rock solid solo in just 3 months without a lot of boring scales and theory that bogs you down and makes you want to give up playing.
 
It’s an easy system in which I’ve have broken it down into the most basic necessities for a great solo. That takes all the thinking out and just programs your ear and fingers. It’s so fast that I’m amazed every time I start a new student and see their progress.
 
It’s the fastest 3 step system ever to:
  1. Develop your sound like a pro
  2. Teach you how to play musical phrases
  3. Teach you how to play and improvise on all your favorite songs

Pick any style of jazz, rock or blues and I will help you learn the secrets to mastering it.
 
If you’re frustrated with your solo ability and can’t find a teacher who breaks it down and takes the mystery out of it, give me a call! I have a proven method that breaks through all the common barriers , you won’t believe how simple it is. Your solos will start flowing without any thinking which just gets in the way.
 
This method takes all the thinking out of your playing so your head and fingers will get out of the way and you’ll learn how to trust your ear to guide you through just like your favorite players. It’s not as hard as it may seem to you right now.
 
There are no tricks — just a simple step by step method that you can learn in 3 lessons and in 3 months you’ll be applying it to all your favorite songs you want to solo on.
 
This is a fun method that gets you playing real music right away instead of just exercises and scales. As a part of the training you will receive a slow blues track (piano, bass and drums) that you can practice along with. In 3 months you will be a new player, soloing with confidence and catching all the chord changes.

We've received the distinction of Burbank & Glendale's Best Saxophone Lessons Choice for 3 consecutive years. Search for "Saxophone Lessons near me" in Burbank on Google, and you'll find us as the top recommendation! Our Saxophone instructors don't just possess extensive experience; their delightful personalities resonate with both children and adults. Check out our steady stream of 5-star reviews!

It's easy to take the next step:

Conventional Saxophone and Jazz Improvisation Lessons available​
Contact us today to arrange your first lesson!

818-902-1233
Saxophone Lessons and Jazz improvisation
1. Great sax playing starts with great sound and technique
I am a master teacher of how to get a good sound on the saxophone. Take a look at this video for a sample of my teaching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt3JmTu1prM   Combined with sound production, you will make unusually fast progress without doing a lot of the boring scales and corny nursery rhymes common in most books.

2. Creativity is the key to making you inspired to practice.
Once we establish your sound, we teach you songs and how to make the saxophone really sing.  After that, I will teach you how to improvise on that song with a method that will show you how easy improvising is.

3. Apply what you've learned to the real world.
After you've learned how to get a good sound and improvise, we teach you to play all of your favorite songs. You will play to full band background tracks and get ready to play with your friends, or school band, jam sessions, and local bands so that you can begin to have fun with your musician friends!

My job is to help you play the music YOU want to play.
​Whether you you want to start a career in music or just play for fun, I will help you devise a plan that will get you there in the quickest way possible. When you take Saxophone lessons with us, you’ll not only be getting the technical and creative sides of playing the instrument but also how to apply it to the real world. Without finding other musicians to play with, it’s hard to stay inspired so we will be using background tracks to practice with. We also help you find musicians to jam with so you have real life experiences playing music in a band.
Reviews from Students
​“I’ve been a working musician and composer for the last 20 years. I’ve also spent a good deal of that time teaching piano, so I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what makes a good music teacher. Still, when I had to find a sax teacher for my son, it wasn’t easy. I knew some really great players, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be good teachers. Luckily, I found Rick. In addition to being an amazing player, he’s an unbelievable teacher. In the first lesson, he did more for my son’s tone than months of lessons had with our previous teacher. He also has his own method of teaching improvisation and it really is amazing. My son is improvising at a really high level and keeps getting better all the time. Rick really gets involved with my son’s progress and he truly gets excited when he excels. The truth is no one deserves a teacher like Rick-you can only hope to get really lucky to find a teacher this good.”
- Jonathon Green
“Rick is and amazing sax teacher and performer.  He has a completely unique system for teaching you how to play the saxophone regardless of whatever level you happen to be at from beginner, intermediate to advanced. When I say unique I’m not just talking about a different way of teaching the old style standard exercises and Aebersold play-along tracks that take years to make any progress with. That’s what most other teachers I’ve tried does and I’ve dropped them all for lack of true progress. Rick turns years into months in terms of how fast his system can improve your playing ability.  It’s a very clear and easy to follow system and for someone like myself who’s prone to losing focus and also not really making progress for the same reason, Rick is the sax teacher who along with his unique system will advance your abilities faster than anyone else I have studied with; and I’ve studied with quite a few sax teachers."
-Ralph Jarmon
What you can expect from Saxophone Lessons
We create a custom lesson plan for each student but here is the basic outline:​
5-10 minutes: Work on your tone and technique for warm ups
First music lessons will concentrate on this but as the student develops, we will spend only 5 minutes on warm up exercises. This helps you understand the value of using tone and technique exercises to get everything working so you’re ready to play music better and quicker. Each technique will be explained and/or demonstrated in a recording that you can take home and practice with.

10 minutes: Work on Playing Melodies of Interesting Songs You Want to Learn
The second part of the lesson helps you apply the warmup to the songs you want to learn.
We will pick songs together based on your level and style interest. I will help you make it sound like a professional sax player with expression techniques: short and long articulations, crescendos, vibrato and bending pitches like bluesy players use to make it sound soulful and musical. This part is also explained and demonstrated in a recording that you take home with you.

10 min: Work on Improvising (jamming) to the Song
This is the most creative part of the lesson where you are free to create your own lines. Eventually we will record you playing the melody and improvising to it in my studio. I will send you the mp3 to listen to, show your family and friends or even upload to social media sites where you can begin to create you own online presence and attract other musicians.

Last 2 minutes: Set up a lesson plan for practicing at home for the week 
This is one of the most important parts of the lesson. All through the lesson I will be adding demonstrations and explanations of how to practice during the week on a recording that you can take home with you. It’s the best way to ensure you’re practicing correctly without creating any bad habits, and it makes practicing more fun!
 
One Other Unique Feature of Your Weekly Music Lessons
 I encourage you to send me recordings of your practice sessions right from your smart phone so I can guide you throughout the week and correct any mistakes that might pop up. I will send you helpful comments, suggestions, and even demonstrations on my sax. This is also a great way to get you focused while you’re practicing. By listening to yourself on a recording, you learn to be your own best critic and you will improve a lot faster.​
Youtube sensation Lizzy Sharer joins Los Angeles Music Teachers in Burbank and attempts to learn how to play a Saxophone in a day. She takes her very first music lesson with Rick Rossi who teaches her how to play the instrument in 24 hours with only a 2 hour lesson.

"This challenge (learn to play the saxophone in 24 hours) was a lot of fun to be a part of. Check it out, she's very funny and she already has over 300 thousand views on this video" - Rick Rossi 
Watch the video below to see how she does!