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Carlo - The Hague54€
Trusted teacher: 👋 Hello! I'm Carlo, a professional saxophonist, composer, and certified music teacher for public schools. I teach saxophone at various primary schools in South Holland and also work with children, teenagers, and adults—from beginners to advanced. 🎵 What I offer: Saxophone lessons (classical, jazz, improvisation) Composition & music theory Ear training Preparing for entrance exams Personal guidance, tailored to your needs 📘 About the lessons: My lessons usually last between half an hour (for young children) and 1 to 1.5 hours for older or advanced students. Depending on the level, we cover music theory (solfège), music theory, technical exercises, and repertoire. Thanks to my extensive musical background, I tailor my lessons completely to the needs of each student. I use recognized teaching methods such as Kodály, Orff, and other pedagogical approaches that stimulate creativity, listening, and play – especially effective for children. 📍 Location: The Hague (at my home or at yours) or online 🗣️ Languages: Dutch, English, Italian 🎓 Experience with young children, schoolchildren and conservatory students Lessons are playful and interactive for children, and more in-depth for advanced students. Feel free to contact me for a trial lesson! 🔹 Diplomas and Trainings Master Classical Saxophone – Fontys University of the Arts, Tilburg (2023) Master Classical Saxophone – Conservatorio L. Cherubini, Florence (Italy) (2020) Pre-bachelor Courses in Composition – Conservatorio L. Cherubini, Florence (Italy) (2022) Qualified Music Teacher for Italian Secondary Education – Florence (Italy) (2023) More information about me, my music and projects can be found on my website: 🌐 www.carlorossimusic.com ✅ Save up to 10% with a 10-lesson package – available online, at my home, or at your location! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👋 Hello! My name is Carlo Rossi. I'm a professional saxophonist, composer and qualified music teacher based in The Hague. I teach saxophone at various elementary schools in South-Holland region and also work with children, teenagers, and adults—from beginners to advanced players. Currently, I teach saxophone at some elementary schools, as well as private lessons in saxophone, composition, music theory, and ear training. My approach is creative, flexible and tailored to each student's goals. 🎓 What I offer: Saxophone lessons (classical, jazz, improvisation) Composition & songwriting Music theory & ear training Audition and entrance exam preparation Guidance for young learners, including primary school students 📘 Lesson structure: My lessons generally last between 30 minutes (for young children) and 1 to 1.5 hours for older or more advanced students. Depending on the student's level, lessons include solfeggio, music theory, technical exercises, and saxophone repertoire. With my wide musical background, I design each lesson to meet the individual needs of the student. I apply established teaching methods such as Kodály, Orff, and others that encourage creativity, active listening, and playful learning — especially effective for younger students. 📍 Location: The Hague (my place, your place, or online) 🗣️ Languages: Dutch, English, Italian 🎓 Experienced with children, school students, and professionals 🔹 Degrees & Education Master's in Classical Saxophone – Fontys Academy of the Arts, Tilburg (2023) Master's in Classical Saxophone – Conservatorio L. Cherubini, Florence (IT) (2020) Pre-Bachelor's Courses in Composition – Conservatorio L. Cherubini, Florence (IT) (2022) Qualified Music Teacher for Italian Middle Schools – Florence (IT) (2023) Lessons are creative, flexible and always adapted to the student's goals.
Saxophone · Music composition · Music theory
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James - The Hague48€
Trusted teacher: I am a 32-year old composer, electric guitarist and songwriter based in Den Haag, teaching composition, music theory, and score writing. I teach in English or in Greek. I am half Greek and half Scottish and I have been living in the Netherlands for the last 6 years. I offer lessons in all styles, to all age groups, and for any experience level (ranging from students who want to learn how to read and write music to create their first score, up to more experienced composers who are looking for fresh ideas and improving their skills to really make their music shine, or who are looking for help polishing their composition portfolio for entrance exams). Face to face lessons are preferable, but I also teach online. I am a patient and open minded teacher, and my desire is to help you learn what you want to learn, and make sure you enjoy and take pride in your music, explore a breadth of musical ideas that can inform your work, learn to express your musical ideas as best as possible and nurture your curiosity and excitement about the world of music creation ! My Credentials: I hold a Bachelors of Music degree from Birmingham Conservatoire (UK), and a Masters of Music from The Hague Royal Conservatory. My compositions have been performed in venues such as The Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam), TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht), Korzo Theatre (Den Haag), Casa de Musica (Porto), Onassis Stegi (Athens) and at music festivals including Music in PyeongChang (South Korea), Tectonics Athens (Greece), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Netherlands). My experience as a performer range from classical guitar studies, to playing electric guitar in rock bands, as well as experience as an improviser, performer of notated contemporary classical compositions, creator and performer of ambient and electronic music. I also am very experienced in ambient and electronic-influenced guitar music, which has given me an in depth knowledge also of the guitar in combination with technology such as guitar effects, computer software and multichannel setups which expand the audio palette of the guitar. I have written songs, I have written orchestra pieces, I have worked as a DIY home producer, I have released albums, and I've performed in concert halls, rock venues, squats and festivals. I even some experience in beat-making. My music has been performed in and has taken me to several countries, including Portugal, The Czech Republic, The U.S.A., Canada, Korea, Greece, The U.K., The Netherlands. My Teaching style: My emphasis is to teach you based on your interests and your needs. The lessons are based around each individual student. You bring me the music you are creating and the skills you want to develop as a composer, and I build my lessons around that. My primary goal is help you develop your voice as a composer, so the starting point for our lessons will always be your music. My aim is always to help you find what the heart of your composition is about, and help you to bring this out and really make it shine. To help illustrate ideas about topics we discuss I will bring examples that can help inform the music you are creating, we will explore ideas of arrangement, orchestration, rehearsal leading and / or production to help flesh out your music, as well as music theory and using scores of other composers.
Music composition · Music theory lessons · Sound (music)
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Xico - Rotterdam51€
Trusted teacher: Music is Play! and everyone is it's own game. Read, understand and make only the music you like. I think if it isn't fun, it can't be music:) I studied a classical piano bachelor, and later a jazz master and a live electronics master. In the meantime, I have been teaching music. It's longer than 9 years now! Most of my students learn piano. With the starter ones, I use my own system to equally help them grow all the needed skills: body consciousness (to avoid lesions or bad habits), music theory (including writing and reading) and improvisation. Usually most songs are made of melody, chords and rhythm. From there, I can help you understand how a song works, how is it written, how does it translate to the piano... and voilá! You'll know the song by heart, and will be able to play it a bit different every time, because you won't be following a set of pre-imposed instructions. You will understand how a small system (a song) works. This way of learning can be applied to any song, from any century or style. Understanding is key! Play Chopin, write rock songs, play Monk, Bill Evans, the Beatles, make a lo-fi beat, play Beethoven, play the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Star Wars, play video game music, play salsa! bachata and make people dance, laugh or cry. Music is very powerful! PD: I have also experience imparting electronic music lessons in Ableton Live and Max MSP, which is now a very important part of my professional practice. In case you are interested, it is also possible to mix the two worlds and create a any kind of path between piano, synths, beats and home studio techniques. Ask me anything, I'll tell you how I could help!
Piano · Sound (music) · Music composition
Music composition · Ableton live · Audio production
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Rafaelos - Rotterdam26€
Trusted teacher: A composition class that is tailored to your musical needs! This class's main purpose is to help you find your own musical language and voice, either you are a complete beginner in music or a highly skilled musician. The most important question that you will be asked is ''Why?'', in order for you to learn to have control over your musical product, sound and decisions, so that you are always sure that your musical vision is being well translated and transmitted through your work. In this class we are going to work with: 1) Compositional techniques --- Every lesson we are going to discuss about how do you think your piece should be, and about what does your piece need. For that you will need your intuition but also your ''tools'', and those are your compositional techniques. We are going to see them in other pieces and learn how to use them through your own musical vision. 2) Instrumentation --- To write acoutic music you need your ''arsenal'' and those are the instruments that you might use. In this class we will learn the categories, material, sound, structure and combinations of every instrument. We will learn together how each instrument works and how to notate it on paper, so that you are never limited by the nature of the instrument, but instead you are going to be able to bring out 100% of your music. 3) Arranging --- To make sure that you keep your instrumentation skills, we need to put them to use, not only in your music, but also in an arrangement. Together we are going to work on changing the instrumentation in piece and making arrangements of them so that you have a better nderstanding on how the instrumentation of a piece affects directly the compositional proscess and purpose of a piece of music, but also what are the differences between the sound of each instrument while combining them. Also, this will help you make decisions about the result of the arrangement, do you want it to be true to the original, or not? If not, why, and how do you do that? 4) Music History --- Together we will listen to music and learn some basic music history so that you have a better understanding of the different styles, structures and aspects of music, from the Byzantium and Middle ages music, all the way to the music of today. 5) Improvisation --- If you are also an instrumental player, will work also with improvisation. With improvisation you can strengthen your compositional skills, by understanding your intuition, developing your ear, understanding your taste and learning to work with few material, but the most important thing is to learn how to listen and play music with others, because by learning that, you also learn how to communicate and listen all these musical ideas that you have within you before writting (playing) them, controling them and understanding what is needed and what is not in your music. 6) Film scoring --- If you are interested, in this lesson we will also learn how to adapt music to screen. We will learn how to spot the tempo, feeling and texture of a scene but also how to enhance the message of a movie/game/scene/theatre play/documentary with our music. Furthermore will will learn how to use software for midi composition, and VST instruments 7) Electroacoustic composition and sound design --- If you are also interested in electroacoustic music, in this lesson we will learn how to work with sound editting, mixing, design and engineering. We will listen and learn a lot of electroacoustic compositional tecniques to help you explore, understand and work with a complete different musical world. Our goal is to grow your musical perception and horizon. 8) Music notation and software --- For us composers to write our music sometimes we need to use some programs that help us. In the lesson we will learn how to use programs like that, like Musescore, Sibelius, Reaper etc.
Music composition · Computer generated music · Music theory
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Yannis - The Hague38€
Trusted teacher: Experimentation is an inherent characteristic of electronic music. Nowadays, composing music using technology creates endless creative possibilities that demand the musician/composer to adapt to numerous technical and artistic challenges. Do you like experimenting with sound and making music that does not clearly belong to a particular genre or style? Interested in bringing a fresh perspective and out-of-the-box thinking to your music production? Are you just starting out in electronic music composition and wondering how to develop your own style? This course is just what you need. In this class, you will learn: - how to transform sound using analogue and digital techniques. - how to create sound structures and organise them in a DAW enviroment to compose a piece of music. - how to record, edit and mix sounds using both conventional and experimental techniques. - how to use improvisation in both the context of live performance and composition. - about the theory and practice of free improvisation. - about the history and origins of electronic music and how it affected the music we listen today. - how to document and communicate procedures related to your artistic practice. - how to create an artistic portfolio. Aspiring musicians with a background in any genre can take advantage of this course. A formal education in music or experience with electronic music composition are not required to follow. However, you should be unafraid of experimenting with sound and music technology! Each class is customized to meet the needs of the individual student in an innovative and flexible way! The course can also serve as a preparation for applying to several Dutch educational programmes related to electronic music composition (Institute of Sonology, HKU, ArtEZ, etc.). The class is focused on small assignments that help the student develop a sense of orientation and set goals. Recording, editing, and mixing will be done via the DAW "Reaper," but we can switch to your preferred software at any time. We will use the first lesson to discuss your background, interests, and motivations in order to develop a course structure that is tailored to your needs.
Music composition · Computer generated music · Sound (music)
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Nuno - The Hague50€
Trusted teacher: (For English scroll down) Learn to translate your creative ideas into music! During these lessons, you'll learn composition techniques (classical or pop/jazz, etc.) to create and/or improve your own compositions. Techniques to give voice to your musical ideas! Your melodies for various instrumentations, such as strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, jazz, pop/rock, or various combinations. There's also the opportunity to learn about Harmony and Keyboard Voicings (chords/harmony and chord melody). These methods can be put into practice with Harmony Progressions (including with your own compositions/songs, etc.) to see how Harmony works with the concept of Functional Harmony and beyond. We discuss where your musical preference lies and which way we are going. In any case, fun is paramount! Classes are for all levels and ages. Online classes are also available via WhatsApp, etc. ENGLISH: Learn to translate your creative ideas into your music! During these lessons you learn composition techniques to create your own compositions or to improve them. Techniques to help you to give a voice to your musical ideas! Your tunes for several instrumentations, eg: strings, woodwinds, brasses, percussion, jazz, pop/rock, or various combinations. There's also the opportunity to learn about Harmony and Keyboard Voicings (chords/harmony and chord-melody). These methods can be put into practice with Harmony Progressions (also with your own compositions/tunes, etc.), to see how Harmony works with the concept of Functional Harmony and beyond.. We discuss what your musical preferences are and which way we go. In any case, fun is paramount! The lessons are for all ages and levels, and are taught in Dutch, English, Spanish, Catalan or Portuguese. Online lessons are also possible via WhatsApp, etc.
Music composition · Music theory · Keyboard (music)
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Nick - The Hague48€
Trusted teacher: Professional Session Guitar player/teacher based in The Hague, Netherlands. Born in Athens in 1993. Berklee Graduate with Specialisation in Rock, Blues, and Jazz style Guitar Courses. With a strong background in live performances, recording studio sessions, music production/mixing, private lessons. Throughout my career, I have gained extensive experience in live performances and studio sessions working with various artists and bands. For over a decade, I have served as a music theory and guitar teacher and tutor in esteemed music schools and in private, helping students of all ages and skill levels. My teaching success is evident in the remarkable achievements of my students, as I have guided them towards scholarships and degrees with exceptional outcomes. As a solo artist, my primary focus is on guitar techniques, improvisation, composition in Rock, Metal, indie ambient soundscapes, funky, and Jazz styles, as well as acoustic folk, bluegrass, fingerstyle and manouche. I am well known for being friendly, passionate, and supportive in my teaching approach. I offer lessons in both English and Greek. My guitar lessons are designed to be both enjoyable and highly educational. I prioritize the student's interests and goals, tailoring the lessons accordingly. Alongside teaching music theory and production, I have encountered diverse students and various situations, enabling me to develop expertise in psychology and instructional techniques. I am currently offering my skills as a guitar instructor to guide and inspire students of all levels.
Guitar · Music theory · Music composition
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Experimental electronic music composition / Free improvisation (theory & practice) (Rotterdam)
Yannis
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We just have started to work with Yannis, but I am really happy about how we progress and feel inspired and looking forward to future lectures. Yannis teaches me to develop a vision on how to approach working with sound, while recording, processing and using it in electronic composition. I would say he is opening my mind in a way toward the analysing a character of sound as a compositional element. I like that lessons are not only just about a particular technique (and there are so many to learn from Yannis), but about developing a workflow and a mindset. Examples from historical electronic pieces to listen and analyse from legendary electroacoustic composers are really inspirational. After each lesson there is a home task and in the following lecture there is an analysis of the results and based on that Yannis gives lessons on what needs to be changed, improved, pay attention to etc, in order to develop compositional skills. I highly recommend Yannis as a teacher, if you are into modern experimental electroacoustic composition and improvisation.
Review by TARAS
Guitar lessons (technique, rhythm, theory, songs, improvisation) (The Hague)
Nikos
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Nikos is an exceptional guitar teacher. With his expertise and passion, he has transformed my musical journey. His teaching style strikes the perfect balance between technical precision and artistic expression. Under his guidance, I have discovered a newfound confidence in my playing and a deep appreciation for music. Nikos goes above and beyond to support his students' growth, providing personalized attention and creating a nurturing learning environment. I highly recommend Nikos to anyone looking to elevate their guitar skills and ignite their love for music.
Review by AMR
Piano Lessons - All Levels - Classical, Pop, Improvisation and Composition (Rijswijk)
Joel
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My son just had his first piano lesson with Joel and he loved it. When the hour was finished my son felt a bit disappointed as he wanted to continue and said the class had gone by super fast. After Joel left our house my son told me he would really like to continue taking lessons with him as he felt he learned a lot and had a lot of fun. I personally liked Joel’s communication and professionalism when scheduling the class, and the planning of the curriculum going forward. I think my son will learn a lot from his classes with him.
Review by VIVIANA
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