Start with the music you already love.
Private lessons with Dan Magay — clarinet, saxophone, and flute, with foundations in bass and keys, and a lifelong practice of improvisation. Patient with beginners, demanding with the advanced, kind with everyone.
What you can study
Every path starts where you are — sight-reading or not, day eight or eight hundred.
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How lessons work
Online or in person. Zoom lessons anywhere; in-person around the San Francisco Bay Area. Dan teaches on Pacific time (California).
30 minutes, an hour, or longer. Weekly and recurring times welcome — consistency matters … though intensity does too.
Every lesson customized, with deep care. Not just songs — the technical and musical elements critical for a life of appreciation and skill.
In the studio
Lessons happen in living rooms, band rooms, and over Zoom — a student, a stand, and time that moves a little slower. This frame is waiting for a photo of Dan teaching (or a Higgsfield render until the real one arrives).
Some of Dan's music
A few recordings to sit with — the tone, the phrasing, the feeling. Press play and listen.
Dan isn't only a teacher — he's a professional musician who performs on stages and records around the Bay Area and the world. Students and parents are always welcome to come hear him play.
Rates
Simple and honest. Sliding scale available for students and elders — just ask.
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Book a lesson
A few questions, your preferred times, and — for Zoom lessons — checkout right here. In-person lessons are confirmed with Dan first; payment follows once a time is set. All times are Pacific (California).
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Pick up to three windows — Dan confirms one within a day, by email.
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