Learn from Great Woodwinds Teachers

Margali Grenier (she/her) is Founder, President, and Executive Director of the nonprofit ensemble Plattsburgh Community Clarinet Choir, Incorporated (PCC), and Founder and Owner of Major Fifth Music. She is an active performer, educator, and instrument repair technician specialising in the curation and production of concerts featuring newly commissioned music.

Chad Smith has spent the last 25 years performing in prestigious orchestras, Broadway shows and recording sessions. Enjoying a bicoastal career in New York and Los Angeles Chad has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic as a saxophonist and major motion pictures, Family Guy and American Dad as a bassoon doubler.

Cynthia Fleming has performed with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra to the New Music group Relache, displaying facility and sensitivity with the world's great music, whether virtuosic or lyrical. While Oboe, English Horn and Piano are her main instruments, she is comfortable performing and teaching to beginner through intermediate students on Flute, Clarinet, Sax and Recorder.

My name is Kalena Pawlitschek, I was born and raised in Fargo ND and have always had a passion for music. It all started when I was prekindergarten in the choir at my church. Ever since then, I have always been involved in music in some form. Once I got into middle school, I started learning clarinet and fell in love with it.

Hi! I have been playing saxophone and bassoon for 31 years. I also play clarinet, flute, oboe, piano, ukulele, and guitar. I can play the brass & percussion instruments too. I am an elementary and middle school instrumental music teacher in the public schools . I have been teaching for 21 years in the public schools and 26 years of private teaching.

Welcome to my profile and I can't wait to make music together! NOTE: My studio is full for the time being so I am not accepting new students at this time, but please reach out to get on my waitlist for the spring! Ana is a professional multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger known for her diversity in classical, jazz, and pop styles.

I’m Xale Slusser, a Los Angeles–based bassoonist and oboist with degrees in performance, composition, and ethnomusicology from Ohio Northern University, the California Institute of the Arts, and UCLA. I teach Bassoon and Oboe (all levels) as well as Saxophones (SATB) and Clarinets (Sopranino–Contra Alto).

I'm a woodwind player specializing in many reed instruments and flutes. I play saxophone, clarinet, duduk, aulos, pivana, hichirki, xiao, and several other instruments. I have studied from some of the best instrumentalists in these instruments and would be happy to share my knowledge to people interesting in learning the instruments I play.

I’m a classically trained musician and educator with over 23 years of experience teaching in Ontario’s public school system, including 9 years as an elementary music specialist. I hold a B.Mus (History and Theory), ARCT (Flute performance), and B.Ed., with an Additional Qualification in Special Education, and I specialize in adaptive, inclusive teaching for learners of all…

Hi! My name is Itzel Reyna. I’m a professional saxophone player, instructor, and music lover. I was awarded the first-ever Latin GRAMMY Prodigy Scholarship in 2015 in partnership with pop star Enrique Iglesias and Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation. I graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2019 and I’ve been giving saxophone/music lessons for the past 10 years.