Your student will study under David Baron Stevens, Jr., who is in his second decade of teaching. Always having been a dedicated musician, devoting thousands of hours to the practice of his craft, he has channelled that energy into his teaching, a newfound love. David often refers to his students as his "kids", whom he loves as if they were his own. His students have been selected for all-county and all-state honor groups, and have gone on to earn scholarships and degrees at prestigious music schools all over the country.
David Baron Stevens is an experienced and versitile musician, which abilities he shares freely with his students. Since his junior year of high school, he has been playing with all sorts of professional ensembles, from dance bands to Tejano groups, Broadway musical pit orchestras to jazz quartets, classical duets to punk bands, and even to cruise ship showbands! His own musical endeavors have taken him far from his native saxophone to flute, clarinet, percussion (drumline 7 years), piano, and voice. Through the study of all these instruments, he has learned that they all posess teaching points that have improved the quality of his saxophone playing. For this reason, he has been developing, for over a decade, a teaching method designed to train jazz saxophonists using all these other instruments. Your student will be following this method while studying at the Stevens Conservatory.
David has studied from some of the world's most prolific artists, such as Kenny Garrett, Jeff Clayton, Rick Heltzer, and Yamaha Recording Artists Tracy Harris, James Walker, and Phil Woods. Your student will benefit from the training of these world-class musicans.