$75/hour, PayPal: rrubyfire@aol.com, check & cash by arrangement with instructor. Drummer/composer/educator Claire Arenius has been performing jazz and improvisational music for more than thirty years. Her formative years were spent studying music at the University of Massachusetts, where faculty members Archie...
$75 (reduced rate for Zoom Into Jazz participants), Venmo: @Cameron-Brown-315, check by arrangement with instructor Bassist, composer and educator Cameron Brown began his career in the mid-1960s, recording in Europe with George Russell and Don Cherry. These important innovators remain life-long...
Stacy Dillard teaches saxophone and ensembles at the VJC Summer Workshop. Stacy attended college at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. A fortunate encounter with Wynton Marsalis in Dayton, Ohio would turn Dillard's attention to the New York scene. Since...
$50 (reduced rate for Zoom Into Jazz participants), PayPal: freddiebryant@gmail.com, Venmo: @Freddie-Bryant, Zelle: freddiebryant@yahoo.com Freddie Bryant has been called “one of the most gifted and versatile guitarists on the scene today” by jazz author Bill Milkowski and “a brilliant young guitarist...
During her career as a performer and recording artist, Samirah Evans has become known for her dynamic and soulful approach to music, especially jazz and blues. Her musical style is heavily influenced by the sounds of New Orleans, where she was one...
$100/hour; Venmo: @Jay-Clayton-6, PayPal: jay@jayclayton.com, check by arrangement with instructor. (book directly by emailing jay@jayclayton.com) Jay Clayton is an internationally acclaimed vocalist, composer, and educator whose work boldly spans the terrain between jazz and new music. Jay has gained worldwide attention as...
$100/hour, Venmo & Paypal: stacydillard@gmail.com, Cash App: $dilski Stacy Dillard teaches saxophone and ensembles at the VJC Summer Workshop. Stacy attended college at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. A fortunate encounter with Wynton Marsalis in Dayton, Ohio would turn Dillard's...
BIO: Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, Grammy nominated pianist and composer Manuel Valera is a Guggenheim Fellow who has recorded 13 CDs as a bandleader with touring projects ranging from his Grammy nominated group New Cuban Express to modern...
BIO: Born in Denver, Colorado, Shamie Royston is, according to JazzTimes, “a vigorous, versatile pianist.” She grew up alongside her sister, the award-winning Tia Fuller, in a musical and academically-minded household. The daughters of two public school teachers, the sisters were...
BIO: Philadelphia-based Orrin Evans has been categorized as a bebop player, one of the “young lions” that emerged in the 1990s. But Evans’ style and repertoire are deeply personal, they are broad-ranging and convey a sense of thoughtful intelligence and...