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Saxophone Lessons

Tutor Profile: Meriel
Saxophone Lessons with Meriel

Location:

M20

Online

Travel within 10 miles (travel surcharge applies depending on distance)

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Lesson Rates:

£60/hour
£45/45 minutes

£30/30 minutes

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Specialisms:

Contemporary/classical, experimental music, music theatre performance and composition, acting and stage presence for musicians, free improvisation, funding application advice and consultation, studying abroad advice and audition coaching, UK audition preparation lessons, orchestral playing, chamber music coaching, creative project consultation.

 

Availability:
On request â€‹

Meriel is a multidisciplinary artist, saxophonist, composer and performer, creating works that span visual art, music, theatre, choreography and film. In 2023 she had a solo exhibition at Museum Tinguely, Basel and her works have been shown internationally at festivals such as the Munich Biennale, BAM Berlin Festival for Contemporary Music Theatre, OUT·SIDE Santa Mònica Barcelona and Art Assembly at Manchester Art Gallery. She creates works of new music theatre with her ensembles DieOrdnungDerDinge and Aside, and performs as a saxophonist with ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. She is currently acting and playing the saxophone in contemporary opera which has toured Manchester International Festival, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele, Southbank Centre, Holland Festival and Ruhrtriennale with further performances planned in New York later this year.

 

Meriel studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Berlin University of the Arts before returning to Manchester to do a PhD combining fine art, music and theatre at the Manchester School of Arts and the Royal Northern College of Music. 

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