Teaching
Maja Lisac Barroso obtained a Master of Music Performance and a Master of Pedagogics. For 12 years, she has been giving saxophone and group classes to students, adults, and pupils, and preparing them for music competitions and auditions.
Pedagogical concept
Having experienced the music education of Slovenia, Austria, and Switzerland, Maja Lisac‘s own teaching approach is a mix between the Eastern and Western teaching culture. Her emphasis is on developing a solid playing technique as well as experiencing the joy of music through playing and listening. Maja Lisac focuses on music education with clear instructions and induces a lot of self-responsibility so that the student learns how to motivate oneself. She constantly seeks the students’ individual strengths and limits and shows the student the possibilities to overcome the limits.
In order to assure a high level of pedagogics, Maja Lisac is a regular performer and attends various professional developments (Jazz classes, saxophone masterclasses, Dance, multidimensional teaching, the method Suzuki, early childhood music teaching, people with Adhd).
She currently teaches at following institutions
MUSIKHOCHSCHULE FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, GERMANY (for professional saxophone students)
JAZZCAMPUS BASEL, CH (for professional saxophone students)
MUSIC HIGHSCHOOL IN SOLOTHURN (music highschool pupils)
MUSIC SCHOOL IN GELTERKINDEN (children and adults)
Maja Lisac also gives private lessons in Basel.
Successes and Awards of her former students
Angel Soria Diaz: 2nd prize at the international saxophone competition Jean-Marie Londeix in Bangkok, Thailand ; 3rd prize at the Kiefer Hablitzel competition ; currently saxophone professorship at the music university in Valencia.
Rahel Kohler: Fritz Gerber Award
Pedro Pablo Camara: 2nd prize at the Palmares competition, Spain; Kiefer Hablitzel prize ; saxophone professorship at the music university in Madrid
Joaquin Saez Belmonte: Kiefer Hablitzel Award
Former pupils
Andrea Leandro Perin: 1st prize and 2nd prize at the Raiffeisen competition Basel-Land
Andrea Perin and Paul Doering with band Sunday Morning Session: Winners of the Firewire Bandcontest
Andrea Thoma: 3rd prize at the Impuls competition and 3rd prize at the Raiffeisen competition ; successful entry exam and studies at the Jazzcampus Basel
Milena Leuenberger: 1st prize at the Impuls competition
Philip Tanner: 3rd prize at the Raiffeisen competition