Ramsey Castaneda, DMA
Performance, Education, and Scholarship
Chair, Upper School Music Department
Courses taught: Advanced Theory and Aural Skills, Pedagogy, Big Band, Combos, Ensemble Workshops, Chamber Groups, and Private Lessons
Courses taught: Private Jazz Lessons for Classical Saxophone DMA Candidates
Teaching Assistant:
Co-director of Los Angeles based high-school jazz ensmble organized by USC Thornton School of Music's Music Teaching and Learning Outreach Program.
On Michael Bublé's 2018 album, ❤, (pronounced, "Love").
A solo with Jon Hatamyia Group
A solo during the Paquito Rivera workshop at Carnegie Hall
A solo with Peter Erskine and the Disneyland All-American College Band
Saxophonist (all parts) on Disney's Making Today a Perfect Day for the TV show Best Friends Whenever
Saxophonist on Disney's
Sophia the First
As an undergraduate at the University of North Texas, I taught myself basic web-development to put online a Chris Potter discography that I had created. This first attempt at coding and publishing a web-project put me in contact with other jazz scholars and fans around the world and initiated meaningful musical connections that expanded my perspective of jazz beyond performance. During my doctoral studies, I took classes in interactive web and database development.
Over the past few years, I've enjoyed marrying my passions for music, theory, and history with code and pedagogy. Below are some of the projects I've created. I've created web-applications in PHP, SQL, Angular, Angular Universal, Vue, and of course JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Currently under construction
jazzinpopculture.com
In mid-2018, I migrated all of my music theory web-applications to music-theory-practice.com, which now features approximatley 28 interactive music-theory articles, tutorials, and flashcards. A sample of those is below.
Currently under construction
I currently have openings for private lessons (saxophone, improvisation [any instrument], and music theory) in the Pasadena, CA area. I provide in-home lessons. Please contact me through email if interested.
I'm additionally available for masterclasses and workshops with high schools and colleges. Contact me through email if interested.