$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...
$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...
$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...
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...
$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,...
$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...
$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...