Grace Notes Music
saxophone and clarinet lessons with Meg Grace
Make music with confidence and satisfaction

recommended reading

Peter KurtzMeg Grace is one of the best music instructors I have ever had the joy of knowing. She is very educated in the field of music and is willing to pass her knowledge onto students.
My experience has been a very good one. Lessons have made the clarinet so much easier to play! -- Peter Kurtz

I've found many useful books that have inspired me to improve as a musician. May you discover incentive to advance your musical journey in these books as I have.

  1. 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, A Llistener's Life List by Tom Moon. Moon shares lists of recordings from every music genre imaginable. Invaluable resource.
  2. The Musical Life: Reflections On What It Is And How To Live It by W. A. Mathieu. A holistic view of humanity as inherently musical.
  3. Making Music for the Joy of It by Stephanie Judy. reference for amateurs and pros alike.
  4. Sounding the Inner Landscape by Kay Gardner. Read about the curative and transformative elements of music and sound.
  5. What to Listen For in Music by Aaron Copland. The definitive guide to musical enjoyment.
  6. The Art of Saxophone Playing by Larry Teal. Filled with useful diagrams of finger positions, embouchure formation, reed structure and more.