Brewhaus studios: Two saxophonists teaching and performing in the Twin Cities

  • A woman with curly brown hair sitting on a gray couch holding a gold-colored saxophone, smiling at the camera inside a cozy, sunlit living room.

    Dr. Emily Brewer

    Emily is a passionate educator with a K–12 Instrumental Music license in Minnesota and a DMA in saxophone performance. Since moving to Minneapolis in 2018, she has taught Woodwind Methods courses for the University of Minnesota, saxophone lessons to students throughout the Twin Cities, and conducted band for a number of smaller school programs. Please reach out if you’d like to know more about Emily, or would like to study saxophone with her.

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  • A man with glasses and a beard in a blue suit standing outside in a garden with green foliage.

    Dr. Chris Dickhaus

    Chris has worked with saxophonists of all ages and backgrounds. He spent over a decade running a thriving private studio in Texas, where many of his middle and high school students won competitions and went on to major in music. More recently, he expanded his teaching to the university, helping saxophonists earn degrees in Music Education, and Performance. If you're interested in lessons or just want to learn more, feel free to reach out—he’d love to hear from you.

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Student Accomplishments of Chris Dickhaus

Saxophone offerings

Private Lessons

One-on-one lessons with either Chris or Emily. Here we can focus on fundamental techniques, etudes, extended techniques, and repertoire for upcoming performances (All-State Band auditions, Band Concerts, Jazz Combo performances, etc.).

group lessons

A way to work on basic fundamentals from scales, to vibrato, to altissimo in a group setting; learning from each other throughout the process.

Chamber music

Nothing is more fun than playing music with others. This gives you an opportunity to build a community with fellow saxophonists, learning music together for future performances.

Videos for beginners

Class Notes: Beginning Band - How to Care for the Saxophone

Your Classical Minnesota Public Radio, and the Minnesota Winds put together a project that shares videos with beginning band students. I am happy to have worked with them to create the videos for saxophone. Enjoy.

Class Notes: Beginning Band - Making a Good Sound on the Saxophone

Class Notes: Beginning Band - Playing the Saxophone