Georgianna Krieger Musician

Updated: September 20, 2022

Born: March 21, 1967

Georgianna Krieger began playing the saxophone at the age of 9 and just kept playing. She spent several formative years growing up in Denton Texas, a fabled jazz town, and attended the Arts Magnet High school at Booker T. Washington in Dallas. Her first musical memory is of Gerry Mulligan, so it’s not surprising that she plays the baritone saxophone in addition to alto and soprano. If you asked her, Georgianna would tell you she sees a direct correlation between gestural drawing, her visual art and jazz improvisation. “The media are quite different” she says, but the conceptual goal: “to explore a fleeting moment”, is the same.

Georgianna will be releasing a recording of songs for the saxophone in October 2022 on Bandcamp entitled Embrace. Each song will be accompanied by a work of visual art. The pre-order is available now and you can listen to 4 preview songs today.

Georgianna Krieger: Embracing Music and Art During the Pandemic

by La-Faithia White
November 11, 2022

Georgianna Krieger is a teacher, visual artist and performer. She plays baritone, soprano and alto saxophone, and she teaches students ages nine and up at her Oakland, California studio. While studying sculpture at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, she also earned a Bachelor's degree in Jazz and Commercial Music. Georgianna spent most of her formative years in the college town of Denton, Texas. She has been in the Oakland, California area for about fifteen years. She ...

Primary Instrument

Saxophone

Location

Oakland

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Creative, fun and rewarding saxophone lessons for students age 9 and up. Learning the craft of playing a musical instrument takes time and individual mentoring. True mastery takes inspiration! In my private lessons for beginning and intermediate saxophone, I not only give each student a strong foundation in saxophone technique, but also talk about the physics of how the saxophone works, the fundamentals of practicing, the joy of playing with others (a philosophy of jazz), musical concepts and ideas for making music part of everyday life