Lessons

Av Musiker – Guitar & Bass

Av is a professional musician who gigs throughout the Tucson area. He is an accomplished performer and teacher on guitar and bass. No matter what your skill level, Av can get you going in the right direction. He takes students from beginning to advanced and plays all styles of music. He also repairs and sets up guitars at Metro Gnome Music.

Call Metro Gnome Music with your contact info and Av will give you a call back: (520) 320-3780

 

Glen Gross – Trumpet & Jazz Improvisation

Trumpeter Glen Gross has been playing jazz for the last 30 years in Albuquerque, Monterey, Los Angeles, and Tucson. In 2012, Glen spent six weeks teaching trumpet in Haiti at three different music camps, and played principal trumpet in Orchestre Philharmonic de Sainte Trinte in Cange, Haiti. Glen is a frequent soloist at various Tucson jazz venues, including the Old Pueblo Grille, La Encantada Shopping Center, Café Passé, and the Oro Valley Jazz Festival. He has played both lead and solo trumpet with Desert Swing, the Memories band, and Big Band Sounds. Glen has also appeared at the Sydney Conservatory with the University of Arizona Trumpet Ensemble under the direction of Ed Reid and Jeff Haskell, and has toured China with the University of Arizona Studio Jazz Band. He has appeared as a jazz soloist with the Arizona Symphony. Glen’s experience includes playing trumpet on a cruise ship and working as a racetrack bugler for Santa Fe Racing, Inc. and the New Mexico State Fair. He has performed with Bo Diddley, John Handy, and Bobby Shew. Glen loves to teach trumpet students at all levels, and all styles. Glen also teaches jazz improvisation and jazz theory to students of all instruments.

Call Metro Gnome Music with your contact info and Glen will give you a call back: (520) 320-3780

 

Richard Sullivan – Flute & Saxophone (for all ages & levels)

Regionals preparation, jazz improvisation, sight Reading, recitals

Many of my students have successfully participated in various performances events including All State regional etudes, competitions, chair placement auditions, recitals, concert band, marching band and jazz band. My comprehensive teaching method trains the student in reading music, precise fingering technique, and playing with expression and beautiful tone! One of my goals is to help my students, whether as a soloist or as a member of the school band, to excel and advance rapidly and to experience their fullest potential as a musician.

Saxophonist and flutist Richard Sullivan has performed internationally with artists of renown in the U.S. and Brazil. Studied privately for 10 years with John May, renowned principal flutist of the Portland Oregon Symphony. Additional Flute studies with Sherry Wachsmuth and Jean Louis Kashy. Studies on saxophone with Sonny King, Chico Freeman, and Elwood Brooks. Special interests are improvisation, Latin jazz and Brazilian popular music. While residing in Portland, he performed with Ronnie Steen, Count Dutch, Sonny King, Curtis Salgado, Ben Falana, Laura Love, and many others. Active in southern Arizona as a member of the Neon Prophet Group, Sam Taylor Band, Blue Light Blues Band, Bobby Taylor and the Real Deal, Duo Vibrato, Jazz Lab, Nappy Brown, Kings of Pleasure Band and many others. He has toured and recorded with many legendary reggae stars such as Joe Higgs, The Meditations, Mikey Dread, Sister Carol & Danny Clark. Currently, Richard can be heard performing with the Rafael Moreno Latin Jazz Quintet, Primeiro Passo Trio (Brazil), and the Nod Squad (R&B). He is also the staff flutist and saxophonist for the Seven Stars recording studio of Minneapolis. In Brazil, Richard has recorded and performed bossa nova, samba, jazz and choros with guitarist Ítalo Peron, percussionist Adriano Busko, and clarinetist Paulo Sérgio Santos.

Call or email Richard Sullivan to book a lesson: (520) 390-3477 or richardsullivanstudio@gmail.com