Michael Hudson-Casanova (sax, flute, clarinet) is from the Detroit area and began playing saxophone in the 5th grade. Throughout high school he studied saxophone, flute, and clarinet with some of Detroit’s most in-demand performers and teachers. In 2016 he graduated from Western Michigan University with his Bachelors of Music in Education and Jazz Studies and he’s now working toward his Master of Music in Jazz Performance at Temple University. Michael has taught private lessons for over five years. He loves helping students develop a personal relationship with music and their chosen instrument. Using his own practice materials as well as method books, Michael also encourages students to bring their own music. Having performed theatre productions, concert bands, chamber ensembles, blues and rock groups, and small and large jazz ensembles, Michael can guide a student in whatever musical direction they wish to pursue.