MUSIC: SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, CLARINET lessons - online and in person (Online or in-person)

My name is Lena Bloch, I am Brooklyn-based jazz/classical musician, composer, teacher, clinician.

You can find me on Amazon, Google Play, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube and on the web.

I teach flute, clarinet, saxophone (any), piano, music theory, reading music, improvisation, song-writing.

30 years of experience (in Israel, Netherlands, Germany, United States). Education: Master's in Performance is from Cologne Conservatory (Germany) and second Master's in Composition from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I am an active performer on the NY, MA, NJ and VT scene.

Please do not contact me for anything else than music instruction and my qualification-related position. I love teaching and I am looking for dedicated, open-minded students. Any other kind of "job" is outside of my interest.

I teach all ages and all styles of music. Some age restrictions apply to kids learning woodwinds.

Trial lesson 30 min - $50, 45 min - $60, one hour - $75.

Visit my website: http://www.lenabloch.com/teaching/

Or: https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/lenabloch

RESUME:

PROFILE

• Woodwinds performance and instruction - saxophone, flute, clarinet

• Composition and arranging

• Jazz improvisation, music theory, psychology of improvising - research and instruction

• General piano and voice instruction

• Writing, translation, editing, blogging

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

• University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States - Master’s Degree in Composition and African-American music studies - 2006

• Cologne Conservatory at the University of Cologne, Germany - Master’s Degree (Artist Diploma) in Jazz Performance cum laude - 1999

• Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, Israel - Jazz Performance 1990

• Moscow State University, Russian Federation - psychology of development and learning

• Isaak Dunaevsky Music School, Russian Federation - classical voice,

• Moscow Studio of Improvisation, Russian Federation - jazz voice, piano

TEACHING AND WORK EXPERIENCE

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• Ensemble leader, composer, arranger

• Saxophone, flute, clarinet private instruction, Germany, United States

• Saxophone, clarinet instruction, Slope Music School, Brooklyn NY, USA -

• Saxophone, flute, clarinet, recorder, piano, The Music School of Westchester, NY, USA

• Saxophone, flute, clarinet, recorder, piano, The Woodmere Music School ,NY, USA -

• Saxophone, piano, Pelham Art Music Studio, NY, USA -

• Saxophone, piano, Amherst Red Barn Music School, MA, USA

• Teaching assistant, jazz history, ensembles, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA -

• Librarian, W.E.B.DuBois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

• Archivist, field recording technician, Salvatore Macchia, composition, UMass Amherst, MA, USA

• Clarinet, saxophone, State Music School, Bad Hennef, Germany -

• Saxophone, voice, piano, clarinet, Kuhn Music School, Leverkusen, Germany -

• Teaching assistant, ensembles coaching, Cologne Conservatory, Cologne, Germany -

• Teaching assistant, saxophone, ensembles, Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem, Israel -

WORKSHOPS AND MASTERCLASSES

• Residency: Workshop, masterclass, private lessons, Lanote Educational Center, Moscow, Russia - 2019

• Masterclass on improvisation with Feathery Quartet, University of Massachusetts Amherst,

MA, USA- 2019

• Masterclass on psychology of improvising, Moscow School of Jazz Improvisation, Russia - 2017

• “Four Extraordinary Ladies Of Jazz” masterclass, Solomon Studio, NYC, NY, USA - 2011

• Masterclass and Q&A, Lindon State College, VT, USA - 2005

• Performance-masterclass, Berkshire Hills Music Academy, MA, USA - 2004

SELECTED PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

• Live At The Falcon, Marlboro, NY, with Feathery Quartet

Band leader, composer, saxophonist, with Feathery Quartet - Russ Lossing (piano), Cameron Brown bass), Billy Mintz drums) - videographer performance

• Guest performance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with Feathery Quartet

• Showcase at the 40th National Chamber Music Conference, NYC, NY, USA

Showcasing ensembles were selected at a competitive basis. Band leader, composer, saxophonist with

Feathery Quartet.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum, soloist with Brad Linde Ensemble, Washington DC, USA -

• Washington Women In Jazz Festival, soloist with Brad Linde Orchestra -

performing arrangements by Jimmy Giuffre and Bill Hollman, whiten for Lee Konitz

• Merkin Concert Hall, soloist with New York Chamber Players

Performing Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra by Eric Koenig, world premiere

• Temple of the Arts Jazz Festival, with Vishnu Wood Quartet -

Performing original music by Vishny Wood and Randy Weston, with Vishnu Wood (bass), Makaya McRaven (drums), James Weidman (piano)

• Lady Got Chops Festival, with Sumi Tonooka Quartet

• Smalls Jazz Club, Lester Young’s Centennial Celebration, soloist with Brad Linde Ensemble

Performing as a soloist with Ted Brown and Chris Byars, arrangements by Jimmy Giuffre and Bill Hollman

• Women In Jazz Festival, various locations, MA and VT, USA - 2004 Participated as a featured saxophonist, composer and arranger in a small group setting.

• Jazz Lent Maribor Festival, with Alvin Queen and Jurai Stanik, Maribor, Slovenia 2002

• Bayerischer Hof Hotel, Live recording with Steve Reid Quartet, Munich, Germany 2000 The highlight of collaboration with Steve Reid, American freedom music percussionist that was later

released on Mustevic Records in 2000.

• Leverkusener Jazz Tage Festival, Leverkusen, Germany, with Pyramid Quintet 2000 Bandleader, saxophonist, composer, leading Pyramid Quintet with John Marshall (trumpet), Boris

Netsvetaev (piano), Keith Copeland (drums).

• Jazz Newcomer Competition, 1st Prize with Pyramid Quartet, Leipzig, Germany 1999 Performed as a band leader, saxophonist, composer, arranger.

• Red Sea Jazz Festival, Eilat, Israel 1990 Leader of a student ensemble, which was selected to perform at the festival on a competitive basis.]

RECORDINGS

• Lena Bloch Quintet - with Boris Netsvetaev, John Marshall, Stefan Noelle (self-released) 1999, Germany

• Steve Reid Quartet - Live In Europe - with Steve Reid, Boris Netsvetaev, Chris Lachotta (Mustevic Records)

2000, Germany

• Pyramid - with Boris Netsvetaev, Chris Lachotta, David Mason (self-released) 2001, Germany

• Feathery - with Cameron Brown, Dave Miller, Billy Mintz (Thirteenth Note Records) 2014, United States

• Heart Knows - with Feathery Quartet, Russ Lossing, Cameron Brown, Billy Mintz (Fresh Sound New Talent) 2017, United States

• Rose Of Lifta - with Feathery Quartet (Fresh Sound Records), 2021, United States

• Live at iBeam Brooklyn - Lena Bloch & Feathery (self-released), 2022, United States

SELECTED INTERVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

• “Strong Sound, Intimate Feelings” interview - Jazz Podium Magazine 1997

• Interview by Eric Nemeyer - Jazz Inside Magazine 2014

• Feature by Elzy Kolb, Hot House Magazine 2014

• “Active Dreaming” interview - Chamber Music America Magazine 2018

• “Interview with Lena Bloch: The between intellect, feeling and intuition” - Jazz Blues News 2019

• Masterclass “Coordination and agility exercises for saxophone” - Down Beat Magazine 2019

• “The Music Of Human Flesh” , interview with Lena Bloch by Chris Searle - Morning Star, UK 2021

• Lena Bloch’s translations of Giorgio Agamben, Gunther Anders, Ginevra Bompiani, Frederick Badel, Davide Tutino, Leonardo Lippolis and others —— https://lenabloch.medium.com/ ———————— 2018-current

SPECIAL SKILLS

• Languages: Russian, German (fluently), Italian, Spanish, French (translation)

• Arts: literary composition, writing, oral and written communication skills

• Community leadership and people connecting

• Music notation software: Sibelius Ultimate

• Online teaching and conferencing platforms: Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, Google Hangouts

• Research, archiving, organizing information skills

• Librarian, archivist