ARON COWEN
Aron Cowen started playing guitar at age 16 and has over 25 years experience working with children both as a camp song leader and through managing youth rec leagues. His teaching style has been described as “gentle” and Aron loves to watch students learn guitar, whether it’s their first time picking up the instrument or […]
Mike Montrey
Mike Montrey is a professional musician, and has been teaching music privately since 2006. (Primarily acoustic and electric guitar, songwriting, improvisation, bass guitar, ukulele, mandolin, banjo) Mike is well versed in all musical styles, with a focus on rock, folk pop, jazz and blues. His band, Mike Montrey Band, has recorded 4 albums, and toured […]
Orlando Hernandez
Orlando is a Grammy award winning drummer and one of the most prolific drummers in both Jazz and Latin music. He is currently the drummer for Latin superstar Chayanne, and performed on Natalie Cole’s album “Natalie Cole En Españos”. Orlando won a Grammy for best Latin jazz performance for Arturo Sandoval’s Dance on “A mis […]
Mary Ann McSweeney
Mary Ann McSweeney Bassist/Composer/Arranger/Educator Born in Aptos, California, Mary Ann McSweeney started playing piano at 5 and violin at 8. In high school, she fell in love with the acoustic bass while watching Ray Brown perform; was chosen at 16 to play Monterey Jazz Festival with All- Star band fronted by Thad Jones and Mel […]
Dion Kerr
Dion Kerr is a multi-dimensional artist (multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, arranger, songwriter, photographer, and videographer) born and raised in South Florida who currently lives and works between New York City and Miami. Kerr’s work reflects a broad range of influences and mediums. He has toured and recorded all around the world as both a leader and […]
Jean Caze
The ever worldly and charming Jean Caze has emerged as one of today’s most beautiful new voices in jazz. Jean’s experience includes having performed with stellar legendary artists such as: Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Michael Bublé, Mariah Carey, Al Jarreau, Roy Hargrove, Arturo Sandoval and George Duke just to name a few. Growing up in […]
Marc Friedman
Marc has multiple decades of Professional Music in his tool belt. Hailing from New England area, Marc is primarily an Electric Bassist having spent the first decade of his career touring the world with Avant-Rock trio The Slip. Marc has freelanced out of NYC, SF and Boston and has been Bassist for singer songwriter Ryan […]
Michael Goodman
Michael is a professional musician touring the country with his band Eggy. Since graduating Berklee College of Music in 2014 he has been performing constantly in a wide variety of genres. Eggy is an improvisational 4 piece rock band, and as Michael began playing Jazz professionally at age 13, he is an accomplished and astute […]
Blaine Dillinger
Blaine Dillinger hails from the small town of Findlay, OH. He picked up the guitar at age 10 and hasn’t put it down since. While in Findlay, he studied reggae and island music with Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuel of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fame. Dillinger then moved to Columbus, OH to study Jazz Guitar with […]
Daniel Zamir
Daniel Zamir is a saxophonist, vocalist composer, and bandleader. Though he often plays alto, the soprano horn is considered his primary instrument. His blend of modern jazz draws as much from klezmer, liturgical, and Hasidic traditional music, the rhythms of India and West Africa, as it does from jazz. Zamir was drawn to the sound […]
