TEACHING

  
 
"Education means to educe that which is already within the student and to enjoy achieving new goals."
  
       
 
INSTRUMENTS
    
 

Jon Novi teaches:

  • CLARINET (Master's Degree)

  • PIANO

  • SAXOPHONE

  • KEYBOARD for beginners, intermediate and professionals

  • FLUTE, GUITAR, TRUMPET and VOICE at the lower levels.
    Sorry, no strings or windows.

    Special Needs: Mr. Novi now has six special needs students (primarily autism).

Molly Tanenbaum sits in at her own Bat Mitzvah
  
   
 
       
 
STYLES
    
       
 

Jon Novi’s uniqueness in allowing the student to choose his or her own music is a matter of great personal pride.

  • BACH
  • BEETHOVEN
  • BERNSTEIN
  • CHOPIN
  • DEBUSSY
  • GERSHWIN
  • COLE PORTER
  • LUBAVITCH
  • BEATLES
  • SMASHING PUMPKINS
  • ZAPPA
  • And everything else in between
"Just give me a recording & I’ll write it up for the student, any fish in the sea, with or without scales." (JN)
Jon teaching Aden and Sofia Jimenez
  
       
 
AGES AND LEVELS
    
       
 

Jon Novi has taught:

  • One six-year-old who became a professional musician
    (Scott Thomas)
  • One 82-year-old who is still studying with Mr. Novi after 12 years
    (Leslie Pauls)
  • Many high schoolers who became professional musicians
    (Andrew Hadro, Tony Guefen, Doug Ackman, John Platero)
  • Many performing professional musicians who wished to hone their skills after meeting Jon Novi on the bandstand
    (Kari Nelson, Shana Bringle, Mike Derex, James Sanders, Gerald McClendon, Luz Yvette Velasquez, Dave Downer)
  • Thousands (not hundreds) of high schoolers who went on to different careers but who had a blast playing in the band anyway
  • Many housewives, doctors and lawyers who began music playing in their forties
  • and countless others
Piano student is accompanied by Jon on clarinet.
  
       
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    
       
 

College:

  • North Texas University
  • Columbia College of Chicago
  • The American Conservatory of Music
High School & Middle School:
  • Mexico City
  • La Grande, Oregon
  • Lake Forest, Illinois
Jon Novi leading the American High School Band
  
       
   
 Jon teaches at Solomon Schecter
       
 
INTRODUCING THE VERY YOUNG
    
       
 

Mr. Novi would like to caution parents not to introduce the very young to private lessons, except in the case of strings or the very gifted. The disadvantage of starting too young is that the student learns to learn slowly, as opposed to the eleven-year-old who learns to learn rapidly.

They would better be served being exposed to live performances and recordings of a wide variety of music: opera, Chinese, Cuban, country, classical, jazz, solo.

This is the way I learned before I was fourteen.
Jon and son Alexander with saxophones
  
       
 
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