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"Tracy is the ideal teacher "
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- Keri Watson
- Seattle, WA
Review of Saxophone and Clarinet Lessons, July 30, 2011
I love jazz and as much as I want to play it, I'm intimidated. Tracy picks up on this right away and puts me at ease so I truly feel like I'm getting somewhere with it. I picked up the sax because I love the sound, I love the range & I love the improvisation. With Tracy I am learning how to get all of this from my sax, even at a very beginner level. When I first started learning sax many years ago, under another instructor, I was craving wanting to just improvise and get lost in my sax, but knew I needed the basics first so I practiced show tunes, patiently, but was very uninspired and let the practicing take less importance. I told Tracy this story and within a few lessons I had very basic jazz concepts & tunes to practice.
I struggle with music theory, but realize the importance of understanding it so I can get more out of my sessions and practice. Tracy makes it very easy to understand but doesn't hold you back from the fun stuff, in fact music theory is incorporated in the things you want to play.
I am also a mom of two kids on completely different schedules so I am never without one that doesn't need something-- in a tiny house. So I RARELY have free time or a place to practice, especially in the way I really want to. This is another thing that Tracy doesn't let me suffer from. I am frustrated that I can't put in hours of practice, especially when I feel so inspired leaving a lesson with Tracy, but she sets me up so well to make the most out of my limited time, whether it is something to listen to (& how), fingerings on a silent sax, a different way to look at sheet music so I understand it better, etc. Any obstacle that gets in your way, Tracy finds a way around it so it works for you. She is understanding and patient.
Tracy listens to you, she hears exactly what you want to get out of your lesson and your instrument. She has a passion for the instrument and passes it down through her teaching. When I started looking for a new sax teacher, I called a few music studios with very inflexible, limited schedules, then I called Tracy. With kids in tow all the time, I'm pretty limited when I can make it to a lesson so I wasn't expecting it to be easy to find someone. Tracy made it work and I'm still amazed I was so lucky on the first teacher I tried. Tracy is an incredible teacher, I recommend her without a second thought.
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- Helpful, Engaging, Encouraging, Smart, Patient, Funny, Fun, Good communicator
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"As a teacher, Tracy has it all"
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- Janet E. Ploss, MD
Review of Tracy Ferrara, April 01, 2011
I have been studying jazz clarinet with Tracy Ferrara for five months. She has impressed me from day one. I did not have a jazz background; as a young person decades ago had played classical music. Tracy was so skilled at presenting me with the building blocks of jazz in a sequential manner. Each lesson built upon what she had taught previously. She is encouraging, enthusiastic and very responsive to where her students are at and what they are looking for. She explains things so well. Her skills and her energy as a teacher are amazing. I highly recommend Tracy if you are interested studying jazz clarinet or saxophone with an accomplished teacher.
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- Helpful, Engaging, Encouraging, Smart, Patient, Funny, Fun, Good communicator
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"Tracy can teach an old dog new tricks"
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- Amy Douglas
Review of Tracy Ferrara, June 14, 2010
From total beginners or seasoned players, elementary students or a middle-aged adults, Tracy Ferrara is capable of teaching most anyone how to enjoy playing music. She tailors each lesson to the needs of her individual students, and always throws in a challenge somewhere in the midst of the hour. Her demeanor puts you at ease and allows you to make mistakes, but learn from them with a bit of laughter to boot. I'd recommend Tracy to anyone who is thinking of taking up the saxophone (or clarinet), and am very happy that I found her online. I've learned a ton in just 6 months after not playing for 15 years, and really enjoy learning about music again. She's a hoot and a half!
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- Helpful, Engaging, Encouraging, Smart, Patient, Funny, Fun
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- Great value
I would recommend this teacher
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"Great Saxaphone Teacher"
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- Thomas Gray Hurley - student
Review of Tracy Ferrara, April 14, 2010
Tracy is fun and funny and she really wants me to grow as a musician. She listens to meas I talk about things others than sax. She is very helpful and engergetic. She can play and has an alto, a tenor, and a saprano sax. She teachers me jazz which I love. I have to sight read classical too.
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- Helpful, Engaging, Encouraging, Smart, Patient, Funny, Fun, Good communicator
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"Exactly the teacher I was looking for!"
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- Don Weaver
Review of Tracy Ferrara, September 24, 2009
I had not played saxophone for over 30 years when I started looking for a teacher to help me develop my tone and improvisational skills. I feel lucky to have found Tracy. Within the first minutes, she spotted something about my embouchure that my earlier teachers had either missed or not bothered to mention and the improvement in my sound was immediate. Over the course of the summer, Tracy presented a series of approaches to improvisation in ways that were easy to understand and made lots of sense. I think she's intuitive about and sensitive to the learning styles of her students and a very fine teacher. I would unreservedly recommend her to anyone.
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- Helpful, Engaging, Encouraging, Smart, Patient, Funny, Fun, Good communicator
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- OK
- How was the price?:
- Great value
I would recommend this teacher
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