Scott Tixier

Lessons for beginner and advanced students

Scott is available for workshops and individual studies, with a fresh approach to violin and all instruments, giving any musician new ideas about their own inner space, melody and rhythm.

Experience as Teacher:

• Private Lessons (as violin teacher)
• Group workshops (jazz and classical techniques)
• Small ensemble coaching
• Improvisation and Jazz Theory classes
• Summer camp classes
• Children's music classes
  (Festival/workshop "les Enfants Du Jazz" in Barcelonnette (south of France))

More:

• Individualized lessons to meet your specific goals and learning styles
• Learn a variety of genres, including Jazz, Classical, Rock, Funk, Baroque, Swing, Hip Hop...
• Lessons for all ages and ability levels

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About Scott:

Scott Tixier was born on February 26th, 1986 in Montreuil, France to an artistic family and from an early age he was surrounded by music. His mother taught dance, but also played piano while his father was involved with the theater, both as a producer and an actor. His brother Tony is also an accomplished pianist.

Scott began his musical studies at the age of three at the Montreuil Conservatory where he played percussion and the piano. It wouldn't be for another couple years until Scott would first pick up his primary instrument, the violin. He continued his classical study of the violin at the Montreuil Conservatory, eventually also attending the 10th District Paris National Conservatory.

Interestingly, his first performance experience was not as a musician, but as an actor. By the time Scott was five years old he was already performing in the theater; his first role being that of one of the "praticiens" in Albert Camus's stage adaption of Caligula. Scott also began doing ballet and modern dance at the age of seven and became involved with the dance company "Afro Jazz Fusion." Soon thereafter he became a member of his father's theater troupe where he performed until the age of sixteen, when music took over his life.

By this time he was studying so intensely at the conservatory that it left little time for school, let alone theater or dance. In the conservatory Scott was studying classical choral singing, harmony, counterpoint, composition, and of course violin. It was also around this time that Scott became interested in jazz and began studying with his twin brother, pianist Tony Tixier. Together they studied the jazz language and attended countless master-classes by great jazz musicians such as Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Bob Mintzer, Dave Libeman, and Steve Coleman, developing a strong passion for the music. It was then that Scott decided to focus on a career as a jazz violist.

After finishing school and getting a DFE in Jazz, Scott began performing and teaching jazz violin in and around Paris. Since 2004 he has been on faculty at "Les Enfants du Jazz" festival serving as the violin professor. Notable performances in Europe include playing at the Paris Jazz Festival, Orleans Jazz Festival, Lamentin Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vauvert, Festival des Enfants du jazz, Nimes Metropole festival and the Sunside-Sunset, Baiser salé, Jazzcartoon, Café Universel, Autour de midi, and the Trianon.

Scott moved to the jazz capital of the world, New York CIty, in 2008 and has continued his career as both a sideman and leader. Since moving to the United States, Scott has appeared at The Stone, Williamsburg Music Center, Cachaça, Joe's Pub, Brooklyn Lyceum, and the Capitol Building in Washington DC, among many other venues.

In addition to leading his own groups, Scott has co-led a quintet with trumpeter Nicolas Genest and shared the stage with greats such as Maceo Parker, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Michel Camilo, Marcus Miller, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Bireli Lagrene, Manu Di Bango, Monty Alexander, Archie Shepp, Siegfried Kessler, Lonnie Plaxico, Myron Walden, Clifford Adams (from Kool & the Gang), Kenny Grohowski, Helen Sung, Yvonnick Prene, Brice Wassy, Nicolas Genest, Mario Canonge, Linley Marthe, Jean Jacques Elangue, Tigran Hamasyan, Pierrick Pedron, Anne Paceo, and many more.
He also worked for the music theater and cinema with Pierre Palmade and Alban Capello.

Scott's teachers include Florin Niculescu, Pierrick Pedron, Frederic Favarel, Thierry Peala, Malo Valois, Frederic Favarel, Nicolas Genest, and Guillaume Naturel.

In 2007, he won the first place in the "Trophées du Sunside," one of the most important awards for young jazz musicians in France. The concert was broadcast on Radio France (emission Jazzclub Claude Carrière).

Since 2008, Scott endorses Corelli Savarez strings.

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