Laurence Gudge – Saxophone teacher
Laurence Gudge grew up in Suriname as the eldest of 3 boys in a musical family. From 18 months old, his mother noticed his musical abilities and was instrumental in instilling a musical curiosity in him. Singing (in harmony) at 18 months, playing piano from age 4, recorder at age 7, clarinet at age 8, and saxophone at age 17, Laurence has always continued that healthy curiosity into his professional career.
Laurence has his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Saxophone from the Conservatorium Van Suriname. He has his Associate of Arts in Music from the University of the Southern Caribbean. Laurence also has his grade 8 certification for Soprano Saxophone (classical) from The Associated Board Of The Royal School Of Music (ABRSM).
Laurence now regularly and professionally plays (from primary to secondary): soprano and alto saxophone, keyboard (accompanying), voice (background), bass guitar, and rudimentary percussion.
With over 15 years in the business, he has played with a host of performers including Grammy award winning gospel recording artist Donnie McClurkin, India Carney (Top 5 artist, “The Voice” – Season 8), Gospel Reggae artist Positive, Jazz recording artist Denise Jannah, and Dutch recording artist Kenny B.
With this vast amount of experience and over 15 years of teaching under his belt, Laurence Gudge knows what it takes to play at a high level as well as guide others to achieve the same.
Carl Ashford – Clarinet, bassoon, saxophone and flute teacher
British born Carl Ashford is a woodwind player who plays clarinet, bassoon, flute, piccolo and saxophone but specialises in the clarinet family, particularly the Eb clarinet. He spent most of his life in South Africa and was Classically trained at UCT’s South African college of music.
He has traveled the world performing and receiving tutelage by some of the world’s best clarinetists including Andrew Marriner and Chi-Yu Mo of the London Symphony Orchestra, Jose Franch Ballester, Michael Collins, Ferdinand Steiner and Olivier Patey, the principal clarinet of the Royal Concertgebouw. Carl’s love and passion for all things musical has led him to many performance opportunities in musical theatre, opera, chamber music and orchestra. He has performed professionally with Kwazulu Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and many ad hoc and amateur orchestras such as the London City Orchestra. In addition he has played for numerous professional touring musicals such as “Singin’ in the Rain”, “West Side Story” , “Annie” and most recently the international tour of “Matilda”.
Carl is learning Mandarin and hopes to be fluent enough to teach in this fantastic language in the near future.
Jair Teixeira – Saxophone, Clarinet and Flute teacher
Jair Teixeira is a multi talented musician skilled in multiple instruments including saxophone, clarinet and flute. He has his Bachelor and Master in Music from the University of Campinas (São Paulo – Brazil) and the Doctorate in Music (Performance – Jazz) from the Laval University in Quebec City. He holds nearly 20 years of experience in concert music (classical), popular music (Jazz, Brazilian music, Latin music, etc.) and also in the technological field (recording, production and mixing). His experiences have allowed him to develop a solid artistic career based mainly on the performance of big ensembles such as Big Band, Wind Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra. He is recognized by solid direction in the saxophones section, excellent technique, good sound and the domain of the four most famous saxophones as well the flute.
Jair is able to provide lessons in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.
Bruno Culotti – Saxophone teacher
Bruno Culotti is a Peruvian composer, saxophone player, and teacher. He studied his bachelor in Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) in his hometown and is currently finishing a composition master’s degree at the conservatoire of Tilburg in The Netherlands.
He considers music to be a universal language as he always tries to incorporate elements from different music traditions and styles such as classical music, jazz, hip hop, huayno, etc. As a teacher, he has delivered saxophone, music theory, and composition lessons and masterclasses to a broad group of students of different age ranges. Bruno is currently also a teacher in the United States academy MusicSOL.
Bruno provides lessons to students in English, Spanish and Italian.
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