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    Saxophone, Improvisation, Music Theory, Musical Analysis and Band Leading for all levels

    I am a saxophone performer, composer and music educator offering private saxophone, music theory and composition lessons to students of all levels.

    If you are looking for a passionate musician to explore together not only the countless paths of musical art but also new ways of approaching European, Jazz and Modal music, you have to just click.
    Send me a message and we will make together a personal plan about you that will take advantage of all your possibilities!

    The lessons are available for all levels and ages, from beginners to professional musicians. My teaching plans are individualized to focus on the aesthetic and style that each musician wants to explore.
    My teaching method is described by the word "decoding", which refers to the process by which the practitioner musician studies the various aspects of the musical practice to gain a meaningful understanding of the aesthetics, sound & timbre, time period and functionality of each piece or improvisation.
    So...
    • If you want to explore the possibilities of the saxophone and its sound,
    • If you are interested in improvisation,
    • Ιf you want to delve into the paths of music theory and practical musical analysis,
    • If you start to create your new project or set up your new band and you are looking for your sound in that context,
    and especially:
    • If you want to re-imagine and re-consider the musical practice and your hidden artistic-self

    Then this class is for you!

    Location

    Online via webcam

    General info

    Age:
    Children (7-12 years old)
    Teenagers (13-17 years old)
    Adults (18-64 years old)
    Seniors (65+ years old)
    Student level:
    Beginner
    Intermediate
    Advanced
    Duration:
    30 minutes
    45 minutes
    60 minutes
    90 minutes
    120 minutes
    The class is taught in:English, Greek

    About Me

    Telis is a versatile composer, performer (saxophone - various types of recorders) and researcher-musicologist. From an early age, he cultivated a profound interest in the compositional process, with a particular focus on its historical foundations. He is a graduate (Bachelor of Music) of the Department of Music Science and Art, University of Macedonia, with specialization in “Modal Composition”. He holds a Master’s degree (Master of Arts) in the same department, specializing in “European Early music and modal musical traditions of the Mediterranean”, with a scholarship from the A. G. Leventis Foundation. Moreover, he studied saxophone and Jazz studies at the Thessaloniki Contemporary Conservatory.
    As a composer, performer and researcher, he explores and considerates new ways of approaching, bridging and linking the Eastern modal musical traditions with European Early music, something that characterizes his works and his performing nature.
    Several scholars and critics have described his works as presenting a "paradox of temporality". By connecting "historical" musical textures and traditions, his compositional style and artistic-academic work re-examine the artistic heritage of the past and integrate the "historical" into the broader spectrum of the "contemporary". Characteristic element of his performing act is improvisation and on-time composition.

    In terms of his career as a concert artist he has performed in various projects (solo, chamber music ensembles, Jazz bands, etc) in an international level (Belgium, Italy, France, Bulgaria, Greece) and many of his original compositions have been presented at festivals and symposiums in Canada, Hungary, USA, Belgium, Italy, Greece and Belgium. Moreover he was awarded as a composer (ECM Canada, Sonus Foundation Hungary) and as performer-improviser (Rene Arons International Competition, Royal Conservatory Antwerp, Belgium).

    In terms of teaching, he has taught "Composition and Orchestration in Modal music" at University of Macedonia (2020-2022) and "Musical Analysis" at Music School of Preveza (2023 - now). Moreover, from 2023, he conducts seminars on the topic of “Modal Improvisation”, under the auspices of Tsaoussis Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Center (CE-LLC).

    Education

    University of Macedonia
    Department of Music Science & Art
    BMus (Bachelor in Music) (Hons) in Composition (grade 9/10)
    Graduated in 2020.

    University of Macedonia
    Department of Music Science & Art
    MA (Master in Musical Arts) (Hons) in Early Music and Modal Musical Traditions of the Mediterranean (grade 9.33/10)
    Graduated in 2022.

    Contemporary Conservatory of Thessalloniki
    Higher Certificate (Diploma) in Saxophone and Jazz Studies
    Graduated in 2019

    Experience / Qualifications

    Selected Educational Experience
    During the 2021-2022 academic year, he taught Music History and Modal Composition at the University of Macedonia (Department of Music Science and Art) as an Assistant Teaching Staff member.

    From 2023, he teaches Music theory and analysis at Music School of Preveza, as an Associate Professor.

    From 2023, he conducts seminars on the topic of “Modal Composition”, under the auspices of Tsaoussis Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Center (CE-LLC)

    Selected Artistic Activity
    In 2024, he won the award and the 1st place in the category: "Best improvisation of unique aesthetics – WildCard category" in the international competition "Renè Arons Improvisation Competition", under the auspices of the "Royal Conservatory Antwerp".

    In 2023, he composed 7 choral works (contemporary madrigals) for "2023 ELEVSIS" (Eleusis, European Capital of Culture 2023). Specifically, one of them is selected by the artistic director of the multifaceted project "2023 ELEVSIS", Michael Marmarinos, to be part of the sonic-narrative background of the opening ceremony "Mystery 0_Mysteries of Transition".

    In 2022, he was selected by Canadian ECM Inc. and the Canadian Music Centre as one of ten composers worldwide under the age of 35, to participate in the 'East Chamber Festival' with a commissioned duet composition.

    In 2021, he composed 'The Antonian Surcease' -a piece for alto saxophone, clarinet, and string quartet- as part of the Greek Ministry of Culture's program “All Greece, One Culture” commissioned by the Greek National Opera Centre.

    In 2021, his new piece “Myéo” for solo Glissotar (glissonic tarogato) was awarded by “Sonus Foundation” (Hungary) in the context of the International Composition Competition for glissotar.

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