Learn from Great Woodwinds Teachers

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.

Hi! I’m Shauna, a music educator, flutist, and founder of Little Bird Music Company with more than 10 years of teaching experience. I hold bachelor’s degrees in both Music Education and Flute Performance from the University of North Texas.

Welcome to all musical aspirants!! My name is Swarnayan Saha, and I am a Hindustani Classical Bansuri artist, trained in the Maihar Gharana tradition. My musical journey began nearly two decades ago through rigorous Indian Classical Vocal training in the Bishnupur Gharana, under Pt.

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 have been teaching piano, strings, and band instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and drums) for more than 30 years in the public schools as well as privately. I have instructed large groups and ensembles, as well as smaller musical groups in and out of the public schools.