DAVID KOLCHMEYER


Plays:  Alto Sax

David Kolchmeyer started playing saxophone in the fourth grade. He has studied at the Jazz Institute of New Jersey and has participated in its Youth Ensemble lead by Radam Schwartz. During the summer, he attends the JazzConnections workshop at Montclair State University. He is a student at East Brunswick High School and is a member of its Wind Ensemble and Jazz Big Band led by John Kish.

He has been taught by various teachers including Radam Schwarts, Mike Lee and Bruce Williams at his summer jazz camp. His main influence is Charlie Parker but he also enjoys listening to Sonny Rollins and Miles Davis.

He started classical piano lessons at the age of five and he played pieces written by composers such as Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Gershwin. One of his favorite pieces is Tocatta and Fugue in D minor by Bach.  He currently studies with Mikurya Ryugin.

To Contact David:

E-mail: leslieklein@comcast.net