BIO: Over the course of a seven-decade career, NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi has made a unique and vital contribution to the art of jazz. In 1929, at the time of her birth, Akiyoshi’s Japanese family resided in Manchuria, China...
One of the best ways to enjoy music-in-community! The jam session is a time-tested way to work on tunes and learn from fellow-musician brothers and sisters. We join together with our instruments/voices in a safe, nurturing environment where everyone is...
Mon. – Fri. 12:00 – 6:00 pm Most of our instructors are available for private lessons by request. Cost of private lessons are not included in Zoom Into Jazz program fee, prices vary according to instructor. Payment for private instruction is to...
$80/hour; PayPal, Zelle, Chase Quick Pay: jfnybb@aol.com John Fedchock began his career as a jazz trombonist when he joined the legendary Woody Herman Orchestra in 1980. He toured with Woody’s “Thundering Herd” for seven years, during which time he became...
$100/hour; Venmo: Raymond-Gallon Jazz pianist/composer Ray Gallon has performed, recorded and toured the world with many of the leading artists of jazz, including Ron Carter, Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer, T.S. Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Wycliffe Gordon, Les...
Saxophonist Ron Kelley is a dedicated teacher, serving as director of the music department at Leland and Gray Union High School from 1994–2017, and at the Vermont Governor’s Institute of the Arts for two decades, where he conducted the all-school...
$40/hour (reduced rate for Zoom Into Jazz participants); PayPal: julian@juliangerstin.com. Julian Gerstin, PhD is a percussionist, composer and ethnomusicologist. At the Vermont Jazz Center, Julian co-leads the Latin Jazz Ensemble with Eugene Uman and the Samba Ensemble with Ron Kelly,...
Amy London is an accomplished vocalist who has released five albums as a leader; she is Musical Director of The Royal Bopsters, a vocal quartet plus rhythm section that pays homage to jazz royalty by inviting such legends as Mark...
Malik is an assistant instructor at the VJC summer workshop. He attended SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music, where he studied under Doug Weiss and Todd Coolman. Although his time at SUNY Purchase prepared Malik for his arrival in the New...
$100/hour; Check by arrangement with instructor. NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan directs the VJC vocal jazz program along with Jay Clayton. Raised in Pennsylvania's coal-mining country, Sheila began singing as a child and by her early teens was sitting in at...