Private Lessons
Private lessons are a requirement for ALL Symphony Band members. Below is a list of private lessons teachers that come to the high school on a weekly basis. Private lessons are also available to any Freshmen Band and Concert Band student. We highly encourage all students to take advantage of this opportunity. Private lessons cost $20 per week. Please see Mr. Campbell if you are interested in signing up for lessons.
Private Lesson Teachers
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Ali Dettmer is an active flutist and educator in the Ann Arbor and Washington D.C. areas. As a performer, she has participated in and won several competitions, winning first prize in the 2020 Kentucky Flute Society Young Artist’s Competition. She was a third prize winner in the 2020 Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia Young Artist’s Competition and at the national level of the 2011 Music Teacher’s National Association Competition for junior woodwinds. She has also soloed with the City of Fairfax Band as winner of their high school soloist scholarship competition.
Ali has attended several prestigious summer programs, including Brevard Music Center, Boston University Tanglewood Wind Ensemble Institute, and ARIA International Summer Academy. She has been a substitute flutist and piccoloist with the Akron Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and New World Symphony. She has also been a faculty member at the Judith Lapple Woodwind Camp in Fairfax, Virginia. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018 with college and university honors with a BFA in Flute Performance. While there, Ali also completed a certification program in music education and received the Elizabeth Graf scholarship for excellence in music education. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Flute Performance at the University of Michigan under the tutelage of Amy Porter. Her primary teachers have also included Alberto Almarza, Jeanne Baxtresser, Jennifer Lapple, and Judith Lapple. |
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Principal Bassoonist of the Michigan Philharmonic, Alexander Carlucci is an active orchestral player, chamber musician and educator in Michigan and the Midwest. In concert, he has appeared with the Adrian and Jackson Symphonies (MI) as well as in Washington DC as a member of the Washington Chamber Orchestra and Mid-Atlantic Symphony. An advocate for new music, he has performed in events for New Music Detroit with the AEPEX Contemporary Performance ensemble and in concerts with the SONAR New Music ensemble in Baltimore, MD and the Occasional Symphony of Baltimore. Mr. Carlucci’s interests in music of the twenty-first century have also led to frequent premiers of new works with the Peabody Camerata New Music Ensemble and frequent collaborations with emerging American composers in chamber music and solo bassoon premiers. As a member of the Washington Chamber Orchestra, Mr. Carlucci has recorded with Centaur Records and has recorded on the Naxos Label under the direction of Baltimore Symphony Conductor, Marin Alsop. He has performed in masterclasses for principals of the Minnesota, Baltimore and New York Symphonies as well as members of the Metropolitan Opera and Berlin Philharmonic and was invited to perform at the 2010 International Double Reed Convention in New York, NY.
Mr. Carlucci earned a Master of Music degree from The University of Michigan where he was a graduate fellow studying with Jeffrey Lyman. Prior to that, he studied with Phillip Kolker of the Baltimore Symphony, earning a Bachelor of Music Degree at the Peabody Institute of Music while simultaneously completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Natural Sciences with concentrations in Biophysics at the Johns Hopkins University. His scientific pursuits have led him to publish research studying heart arrhythmias as well as an iPhone application to detect atrial fibrillation. |
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Upon moving to Michigan in the fall of 2001 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Clarinet Performance from the University of Michigan (MM, '03), Sarah crossed paths with various jazz musicians that jump started her musical pursuits in new directions. Beginning with composer/musician Chad Hughes (Sir Wick Productions), Sarah began to gain some attention as a vocalist in 2008. She is passionate about all things music which has enabled her to continue to teach in southeast Michigan while maintaining a full time performing, writing and recording career in and around metro Detroit. This comes to fruition through her musical partnership with Paul Keller and through cultivated and spontaneous performances with several great Michigan and national jazz artists such as Ellen Rowe, Cecile McLorin Salvant, John Pizzarelli and Johnny Trudell.
Sarah D’Angelo’s professional classical clarinet resume includes stints with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Dearborn Symphony Orchestra, and Livonia Symphony Orchestra. Her vocal/clarinet jazz work history includes appearances at various jazz festivals throughout Michigan including the Grand Labor Day Jazz Festival on Mackinac Island, the Michigan Jazz Festival, Lansing JazzFest, the GRandJazzFest and Brighton’s Smokin’ Jazz and BBQ Festival. Sarah’s love for a variety of styles of music has led to a long association with the pop/rock band NINE, Sarah and the Deadlies and the Detroit’s Blue Water Kings. Sarah sings and plays clarinet regularly in the Detroit area as a freelance artist and with such groups as the Paul Keller Orchestra/Septet/Trio, The Easy Street Jazz Band and The “At Sundown” Quartet and her own “Klino” Quartet. Her recordings can be found at PKOrecords.com and sarahdangelogroove.com |
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Jakob Lenhardt holds a MM in Clarinet Performance from the University of Michigan, and a BM in Music Education from The College of New Jersey. His primary teachers include Daniel Gilbert, Chad Burrow, and Roger McKinney. Jakob has spent two summers performing with the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan and currently holds a Clarinet Fellowship with the Tanglewood Music Center which will resume in the summer of 2021.
As a freelance musician, he has made appearances with orchestras around the country including but not limited to the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, City Music Cleveland, and the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida. Additionally, Jakob performs regularly with smaller local orchestras such as Southwest Michigan Philharmonic, Michigan Philharmonic, Dearborn Symphony Orchestra, and Jackson Symphony Orchestra. |
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Born and raised in San Francisco, Danny Hawthorne-Foss began his musical career at the age of 5, playing Bluegrass, American Old Time, and Irish folk music on the mandolin. In 2014, he graduated from the University of Michigan where he studied saxophone performance with the legendary Donald Sinta.
He now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he teaches a private saxophone studio of all ages, coaches young saxophone quartets, and runs sectionals at local middle and high schools. His students have been accepted, and awarded scholarships to various top tier University music programs. As the baritone saxophonist of the award-winning Sinta Quartet, Danny has recorded two critically acclaimed albums, as well as performed in three continents, and nine countries. |
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Grace Gilpatrick is an active freelancer and teacher in the Ann Arbor/Detroit area. Currently at the University of Michigan, Grace is a senior studying Trumpet Performance. There, she has performed as Principal Trumpet in the University Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Band as well as the the Bonnema Brass Quintet. In addition, she has played Principal Trumpet with the Ann Arbor Symphony, Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, Nittany Valley Symphony, and has performed with numerous chamber ensembles across the US and Sweden.
Through private instruction, Gilpatrick has guided students of all ages through their fundamental trumpet playing, individual repertoire, and school band/orchestra assignments. |
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Horn player Dominic Hayes performs a blend of classical and modern music as a soloist and collaboratively across Michigan and the United States. He is currently a member of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra and the Adrian Symphony Orchestra, and performs regularly with the Toledo, Ann Arbor, and Battle Creek symphonies. He has also performed as a soloist at the CHIME Festival at the University of Chicago and at the Society of Composers Inc. National Conference.
Dominic is also a member of the Pure Winds Quintet; an award-winning woodwind quintet based in Lansing, Michigan. With Pure Winds, Dominic has performed across the United States, as well as given lectures, masterclasses, and coaching's to high school and college students. Recent engagements include presenting at the 2019 Midwest Clinic, the 2020 Kentucky Music Educators Conference, and performances at University of the Cumberlands and Union College. In addition to performing, Dominic is an active educator. His private students span a large spectrum of age and experience, from beginners to adults. His students have been honored with awards including Honors Band invitations and first division ratings at Solo and Ensemble competitions. Dominic earned his M.M. Degree in Horn Performance in 2020 from the University of Michigan, and his Bachelor's Degree in 2018 from Western Michigan University. His primary teachers were Adam Unsworth, Bryan Kennedy, and Lin Baird |
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Elliot received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas in 2015 and his Master's degree from the University of Michigan in 2017, receiving a full graduate fellowship in music performance. As a performer, he spent two years as the Bass Trombonist of the Fayetteville Jazz Collective, a professional big-band located in NW Arkansas, as well as serving as Bass Trombonist of the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also performed with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra, and in a concert series as part of the Detroit Winds.
As an educator, he maintains a full-time teaching studio of 30+ members and has had students go on to receive superior ratings at both the regional and state levels of Solo and Ensemble. In addition, he has had students place in the MSBOA All-State Band and Orchestras. His primary teachers include David Jackson of the University of Michigan and Dennis Smith, formerly the Principal Trombonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, and Detroit Symphony. |
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Doctor Brendan Ige, a native of Pearl City, Hawaii, earned his Bachelor's Degree from Bowling Green State University and his Master’s and Doctorate from University of Michigan in 2016. His primary teachers include Fritz Kaenzig and David Saltzman.
His performance experiences range from performing orchestral music to playing the sousaphone in a roving “beach band” at Cedar Point. He has performed in the Toledo Symphony, Toledo Zoo Band, the Perrysburg Symphony, and the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Currently, Brendan is an Instructor of Low Brass at Madonna University and Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at Eastern Michigan University. |
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Colin McCall is a young percussionist, collaborator, and composer currently based out of Ann Arbor, MI. His goal as a musician is to find ways to present both complex and accessible percussion music in mediums which connect with audiences on a basic, human level. Through use of audience participation, original compositions, and multimedia components, he strives to develop a fresh and engaging performance style.
Colin has seen success in several competitions, most recently being named the winner of both the Black Swamp Multi Percussion Competition and the Atlanta Symphony Modern Snare Drum Competition. He also participated in the renowned TROMP International Percussion Competition, and was a semi-finalist in the Northwestern Percussion Competition. As a collaborator, Colin has partnered with the Virginia Technical University Percussion Ensemble, Harvard Ballet Company, University of Missouri Percussion Ensemble, and Chautauqua Institution Theatre Company. Colin is currently pursuing his DMA in percussion performance at the University of Michigan, where he previously completed a master's degree under the tutelage of Joseph Gramley and Jonathan Ovalle. He holds a bachelor's degree in music performance from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Michael Burritt. Colin proudly endorses the products of Innovative Percussion and Remo drumheads. |