$70/hour; Venmo: @mayakeren, PayPal: mayapkeren@gmail.com, check by arrangement with instructor. Maya Keren is a Philadelphia-raised pianist, vocalist, improviser, and composer currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Princeton University where she has studied with Kris Davis (2018) and...
Drummer Francisco Mela is a favorite among jazz’s best performers including Chucho Valdés, Joe Lovano, Kenny Barron and McCoy Tyner. Born in 1968 in Bayamo, Cuba, Mela moved to Boston in 2000 to attend Berklee College of Music, where he...
$50/hour; Venmo: @Malik-McLaurine. 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...
Haneef Nelson holds a Bachelors of Music degree in African-American Music Studies from the Hartt School where he studied under Jackie McLean, he holds a Masters degree in Jazz Composition from UMass Amherst. Nelson has taught at The Artist Collective...
$75/hour, PayPal: request address from instructor. Composer, leader and sideman, Marcus McLaurine has become one of the most sought-after bassists in jazz, sharing bandstands with Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Lou Donaldson, Dame Cleo Laine, Joe Williams, Jon Hendricks, Abbey...
Linda May Han Oh was born in Malaysia to parents of Chinese descent who immigrated to Perth, Western Australia, where she was raised. In 2004, Oh was an International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Sister in Jazz. In 2006, moved...
$100/hour; Zelle: 917-456-6023, e-check by arrangement with instructor. Drummer Francisco Mela is a favorite among jazz’s best performers including Chucho Valdés, Joe Lovano, Kenny Barron and McCoy Tyner. Born in 1968 in Bayamo, Cuba, Mela moved to Boston in 2000 to...
$60/hour; Venmo: @jasonpalmertrumpet, PayPal: pogo56@gmail.com. Trumpeter/Composer/Educator Jason Palmer is becoming one of the most in-demand musicians of his generation. He has performed with Roy Haynes, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ravi Coltrane,...
$80/hour; Venmo: @clarence-penn, PayPal: clarencepenn@mac.com. Clarence Penn is riding a wave as the go-to-drummer of his generation. He is the first call drummer for many of New York’s most enduring, creative artists like Maria Schneider, Dave Douglas and Stanley Clarke. Since...
$50/hour; Venmo: David-Picchi, check by arrangement with instructor. David Picchi has been performing and teaching music in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley since 2001. As an electric and double bass player, he has been called to play on many recording projects and is...