Composition Lessons with Chilean Jazz Composer César: Jazz, Classical and Popular Music

Von 46.61 $ /Std

Embark on a transformative journey into the world of musical composition, guided by the expertise of a Chilean jazz composer with a passion for creativity and innovation. These lessons are designed to help you discover and refine your unique musical voice while mastering the art of crafting compositions in jazz and popular music styles.

You’ll explore the essential elements of music creation—melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure—while delving into the rich language of jazz and the expressive possibilities of popular music. Through a blend of theory, practical exercises, and improvisation, you’ll learn to create music that speaks from the heart and resonates with your audience.

Whether you're just starting out or looking to deepen your skills, these personalized lessons are tailored to your level, goals, and aspirations. You’ll gain not only technical proficiency but also the confidence to bring your ideas to life, creating compositions that are both authentic and inspiring.

Step into the world of composition with guidance that blends professionalism, creativity, and a commitment to your artistic growth. Unleash your potential and master the tools to turn your musical dreams into reality.

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Beim Schüler zu Hause :

In der Umgebung von Amsterdam, Niederlande

Beim Lehrer zu Hause :

Burgemeester Hogguerstraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Online aus Niederlande

Über mich

Chilean saxophonist and composer César studied under renowned musicians Ben van Gelder and Simon Rigter in the Netherlands, as well as Esteban Núñez and Franz Mesko in Chile. After graduating with a degree in Composition in 2021 in Chile, César pursued a Master's in Jazz Saxophone at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Throughout his career, César has participated as a sideman in numerous festivals and album recordings. As a leader and co-leader, César has released three albums: Flor de Loto (featuring Joaquín Fuentes, 2022), NUBES (featuring Nicolás Vera, 2025) and Des Visages (featuring Jorge Care, 2025). In 2025 his band "César Vidal & Artikulation Band" won 2nd prize at Getxo Jazz band competition, opening for Cécile McLorin Salvant. In addition to his academic and professional accomplishments, César has cultivated strong teaching skills over eight years of experience, working as a private instructor and teaching in smaller institutions.

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Private music lessons since 2012.
Secondary Arts School "Salvador Allende", Chile, 2012-13.
Bachelor in Classical Composition "University of Chile", Chile, 2014-21.
Master's in Jazz Saxophone "Conservatorium van Amsterdam" 2022-24.

Erfahrung / Qualifikationen

Private music teacher since 2016.
Performer since 2015.

Discography:

As a leader/co-leader.
- "NUBES" (ft. Nicolas Vera), 2025.
- "Des Visages" (ft. Jorge Care), 2025.
- "Flor de Loto" (ft. Joaquín Fuentes), 2022.

As a sideman and collaborator.
- "Chincol" (Juan Pablo Salvo), 2020 (Prize to the best "Jazz Artist" Pulsar Awards, Chile, 2021)
- "Piezas" (Jota Valderrama), 2021.
- "Despertar" (Fede Rocha trío), 2022.
- "Big Band" (Juan Pablo Salvo), 2022.
- "CODEX Big Band" (Alfredo Tauber), 2022. (Prize to the best "Jazz Artist" Pulsar Awards, Chile, 2023).
- "Latidos" (Marcelo Córdoba), 2023.
-"Musica Particular" (Nicolas Vera), 2025.

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Musikkompositionskurs

Jazz musik

Musiktheorie

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Saxophone Lessons with Chilean Musician César: Jazz and Popular Styles

46.61 $ /Std

Unlock your potential as a saxophonist with lessons designed to elevate your skills and ignite your passion for jazz and popular music. Learn to master technique, develop your tone, and improve sight-reading while exploring the art of improvisation, interpreting jazz standards, and performing popular styles.

Whether you're refining your craft or starting your journey, these personalized lessons focus on building a solid foundation in jazz and popular music theory, harmony, and rhythm, helping you express your unique musical voice.

Perfect for saxophonists of all levels, these lessons combine structured guidance with creative exploration to inspire your sound and take your playing to the next level.

Music Theory Lessons: harmony, counterpoint, analysis, sight reading

46.61 $ /Std

These music theory lessons are guided by a Chilean jazz composer with extensive experience in jazz and popular music. The focus of the classes is to provide a solid and structured understanding of the fundamental tools needed to read, analyze, and understand music in a clear and practical way.

The lessons cover core areas such as music notation and sight-reading, harmony, rhythmic concepts, formal analysis, and harmonic and melodic analysis applied to jazz and popular music. Through a combination of theoretical explanation and practical examples, students develop the ability to understand how music is constructed and how its elements interact.

The content is adapted to each student's level and background, whether they are beginners building a foundation or more advanced musicians looking to deepen their analytical skills and theoretical knowledge. Emphasis is placed on clarity, consistency, and real musical applications rather than abstract theory alone.

These lessons aim to strengthen musical understanding, improve reading and analytical skills, and provide reliable tools that support performance, composition, and improvisation.

Davor

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Hello everyone!
My name is Davor, professional jazz musician and music teacher. I've been teaching for 9 years and I've met students of many different levels (from beginners to advanced), so everyone is welcome!

Besides jazz I can teach you many different styles, such as rock, blues, pop, funk, latin and brazilian music. I completed my master's degree in jazz guitar at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, so if you're interested, I can help you with composing, music theory, harmony and rhythm.

My concept gives you extensive knowledge and tools, so that you can continue to develop your guitar skills independently in a few months. Lessons take place at my home in Amsterdam Noord or online.
Possible languages during the lessons are Dutch, English and German. For more information please contact me.

Philip

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Hi, I'm Philip!
I'm a professional Bass player and teacher based in Amsterdam.
I have studied with some of the best teachers in Europe as well as famous bassists from the New York Jazz Scene. Besides my studies I have been actively performing, recording and teaching since age 16, which led me to play at different festivals and venues such as North Sea Jazz, JazzOpen Stuttgart, Bimhuis, DeDoelen Rotterdam.
I'm calm and easy going and I want to pass on the knowledge I got from my teachers as well as my own experience. I always focus on getting you ready or better at playing in a band, since that's what we do as bass players! I'm experienced in and open to a wide variety of styles, my specialization being Jazz.
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Electric Bass/ Bass Guitar - Double Bass - Music Theory - Rhythm - Groove - Ear Training - Sight Reading - Audition Preparation - Home Recording - Gear

---> Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop....

---> I adapt my teaching to your level (complete beginner to advanced) as well as your goals or your style preferences.

If you're playing in a band and would like feedback we can set up a Bandcoaching, too.

Gerri

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In addition to my performing work as a drummer and composer, I have been teaching drums to motivated students of different levels and ages for over 20 years. As a certified drum teacher (Amsterdam Conservatory), I have my own teaching practice in the Q-factory in Amsterdam East/Oostpoort: Drum Practice East. I gave lessons and workshops to students at the HKU, the Conservatory Amsterdam (pop and jazz departments), Conservatorium Utrecht, DSOP Amsterdam, Tiroler Landeskonservatorium Innsbruck and Musikhochschule Franz Liszt Weimar (D).

Styles: rock, pop, jazz, funk, hip hop, drum 'n' bass, electro, dub-step, reggae, punk, various Latin American styles, metal, crossover, Carnatic music, ambient, drone, improvisation.

possible lesson content:

drums and percussion:
– focus on the student's interests and goals: adjusting methods and pace.
– we work on improving timing, sound, interaction, dynamics, independence, stick and foot technique.
– select your favorite music and play along.
– jamming with 2 drum sets, with guitar and drums or bass guitar and drums.
– expand your drum set with percussion instruments and sound objects.
– learn to read and write notes
– we end the school year with a summer concert for parents and friends.

e-drums and electronics:
– learn to play on an electronic drum set and get to know all the benefits of e-drums
– the use of effects on acoustic or electric drums (such as loops, reverb, delays, distortion, harmonizers)
– playing synthesizers using your drum kit (via triggers)

logic:
– making your own samples
– creating your own music productions
– recording different instruments
– get to know the basics of an audio mix
– creating and printing sheet music

compose:
– learning how a song is constructed
– analyzing and transcribing music
– creating your own compositions using your instrument as a basis
– further developing your existing compositions
– composing with logic using MIDI instruments and/or recordings
– improve your music theory skills

band doctor/band coaching:
I would like to come to your rehearsal to give you tips about ensemble playing, composing, arranging, recording and production of a demo or album, improvisation, performance and booking.

Lisa

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Hello, I'm Lisa, just graduated and very excited to share my musical knowledge with you. I studied at conservatories in Brussels, London, Milan and Amsterdam and also completed a teaching diploma, so I am fully qualified as a teacher.

Lenart

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HI! I am Lenart and I am currently a student at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. I have been playing the trumpet for more than 15 years and have experience in many different music genres like Jazz, Pop, Classical, Baroque. I graduated from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. I used to do a lot of teaching (young to old) when I was still residing in Slovenia. My desired goal as a teacher is to show you an easy and fun way to master a new skill or some new aspects of it, but not to fill your head with unnecessary things that will make your progress hard and slow.

I have studied with some of the biggest names of classical and jazz trumpet worldwide like: Omar Tomasoni, Miroslav Petkov, Reinhold Friedrich, Chris Colleti and many more.

Daniel

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Learning to play the bass is fun and will quickly make you a wanted musician in bands of all genres.
I would like to help you with that!

First we will talk about your musical preferences and see what an achievable goal would be. That could be playing the bass line of your favorite song, building up a musical repertoire to join a band or many other things.
Most importantly I would like to deliver you the joy that bass playing and music making brings to me!

Also ear training, music theory, technique and if interested piano playing and composition will be part of our lessons.
Those skills are important for any musician, no matter if Pop/Rock/Jazz/Funk/Hip Hop or classical music.

If you are interested feel free to book a lesson and I am looking forward to meeting you!

Daniel

Maria

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[Do you see the Dutch version? Please click on "to the original" to get the right translation for this class]

Sing with more power, expression and ease.
Feel relaxed when singing and finally reach those high notes confidently.
Have fun and enjoy the experience of making music together.

I have been working as a singing teacher since 2011 and I'd love to pass on my knowledge and experience as a performer and songwriter to you. In addition to my Bachelor and Master degrees in Jazz/Pop Voice Performance and Vocal Education (cities of study: Berlin, Mainz, Stuttgart, Lisbon) I regularly attend courses of the newest programs and voice research to constantly enrich your lesson with findings from modern vocal pedagogy.

Over the last 11 years my numerous students taught me that there is no universal recipe for vocal improvement, but there are indeed a lot of methods that can get you where you want. When planning your lesson I always take into account your personal strengths to help you find the best way to healthy, effortlessly and joyful singing.

Topics offered:

Posture and breath-support
Expanding vocal range
Increasing volume and stamina
Singing without a "break" in the voice
Song interpretation & repertoire study
Improvisation
Songwriting
Singing with a microphone
Sight reading & harmony singing
Music theory, ear training and playing the piano
Audition Coaching

Leon

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The Bass guitar lessons are given at all levels from beginners to advanced / professionals. You learn how to play the instrument, with the right attitude and the right technical and theoretical underpinning of everything you want to learn. A somewhat broader music theoretical knowledge can also be taught. Customization is provided to the student's wishes.

The music theory lessons provide insight into how western music theory functions and how it is applied in practice. Exercises are also done to develop the hearing and music theoretical exercises are done on the basis of either piano, guitar or bass guitar. The aim is to understand what the theory behind music is and why it functions that way.

The Guitar (or Piano) lessons are only given at beginners level. The basic skills of the instrument are taught and an insight is also given into simple music theoretical issues with which the student can benefit from these acquired insights until a much more advanced stage and make faster progress on his/her instrument.

Stefano

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Are you ready to discover the magic of one of the most beautiful instruments ever created? Look no further! The piano has transformed my life and I'm confident it will do the same for you.

With my guidance, I'll equip you with all the tools you need to approach this majestic and stunning instrument. I'll take you on a personal journey, step by step, showing you how to master the Piano in a way that suits your individual style. Whether it's Jazz, Classical, or Pop, you'll fall in love with playing the Piano!

But that's not all - I'm also thrilled to offer you the opportunity to explore:
- Music theory
- Songwriting and Composition skills

With my expert guidance, you'll develop a well-rounded musical education that will take your talent to new heights.

So why wait? Get in touch with me today and let's embark on this wonderful journey together!

Samuel

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Hello!
My name is Samuel and I am originally from Germany. I am currently studying Jazz trombone at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. As a freelance musician, I have had the pleasure of performing in a variety of different musical genres including big band, small combos and samba music.

I am passionate about sharing my knowledge and love for music with others. I offer personalized lessons in trombone technique, music theory, sight-reading, and improvisation. Whether you are a beginner looking to start your musical journey or an advanced player aiming to refine your skills, I am here to help you achieve your goals. Let's make music together!

Luca

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I have been studying drums for nearly 15 years and have extensive knowledge across a wide range of musical genres. While this class is listed as focusing on jazz music, I am more than happy to explore other styles based on your interests.

We can work together to identify what you’d like to focus on, or if you prefer a more structured approach, I can provide exercises, play-alongs, and creative activities for both our lessons and your independent practice. My goal is to create a dynamic and engaging learning experience that suits your individual needs.

Daan

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Hey! My name is Daan and I am a keyboard player, producer and songwriter and I am happy to teach piano at your home in Amsterdam.

I graduated from the Conservatory of Amsterdam pop department and am also very active in bands (as a keyboardist, singer, guitarist, bassist and drummer) and as a producer/songwriter in various genres.

As a teacher, I am mainly concerned with what the student wants to achieve and what can be gotten out of the student. Do you want to learn that one new song by Billie Eilish, or an advanced piece by Stevie Wonder; I can always help you. The great thing about music is that you can learn and perform it at all kinds of levels. My job is to find the right level for the right student, so that progress can be made at the same time as there is fun during the lessons.

In addition, I find it important that my students not only play the piano, but also understand the music and build up a knowledge of the music theory behind the pieces. This has helped me a lot to quickly make big steps as a musician.

You can also contact me if you write songs yourself and maybe even produce them that you want to take to a higher level. I can give you all kinds of tips to get the best out of your own compositions through my experience as a songwriter/producer.

I hope to see you soon!

Yannik

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There are many ways to learn an instrument: individual or group lessons at your local music school, masterclasses, method books, online lessons or video courses, YouTube tutorials, or self-study. While I've learned a lot through all of these methods, nothing beats private lessons with a good teacher. It's inspiring, dynamic, personalised, and you don't have to second-guess yourself because you receive direct feedback.

This course is designed to help you take your guitar playing a step further, no matter your current level. After we've assessed your current level and established your goals, we'll create a personalised lesson plan that will provide you with the know-how you need to take your playing to the next level.

Eva

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I teach violin to children and adults, beginners and advanced.

Every student is unique. Besides developing good technique, I also enjoy meeting each student's musical wishes and dreams. Learning to play the violin is a collaborative process!

From the very first lesson, I pay a lot of attention to playing together, because making music together is the most fun there is!

In addition to individual lessons, I support my students' playing in orchestras, ensembles, and bands. There are also several opportunities to perform with the accompaniment of a professional pianist. Once a year, I organize a video recording day with several students for competitions and contests. My students have won awards, both in the Netherlands and internationally.

In addition to individual lessons, I offer a "MY LITTLE VIOLIN" STROLL COURSE for children aged 3-5. This course consists of 10 lessons for young children, introducing them to music and the violin. I also offer this course to English- and German-speaking children.

I teach violin in four different languages: Dutch, German, English and Italian.

Violin lessons at home are also possible.

About Me:
I'm a violinist with the Dutch National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam. I've worked with numerous orchestras both in the Netherlands and abroad. I also perform chamber music and Brazilian choro (Duo Chorinho, with Alvaro Rovira Ruiz on guitar). I received international training at the conservatories of Hamburg, Rome, and Amsterdam.

I have been working as a violin teacher for over 30 years, including internationally, including a masterclass for Brazilian violin students at the University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.