Teaching

Teaching

I teach in the Jazz Studies program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, in one of the most innovative and creative programs in the country! I’m very proud to be a part of the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts serving the next generation of musicians in the Denver/Boulder region. I’ve also appeared as a guest artist or clinician at High Schools, Colleges and Universities nationally and internationally (see below).

Please contact me if you would like to set-up a lesson through “Skype” or are interested in having me visit as a guest artist/clinician.

Master Teaching and Lectures

• Presented masterclass on approaches to improvisation, Mahidol University, Thailand, (2017)
• Lectures on “Strategies for Better Practicing” at Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa (Portugal), Kodolanyi Jazz Tanszeken (Hungary), and Fryderyka Chopina Wydział Jazzu oraz Policealne Studium Jazzu (Poland) (2015)
• Masterclasses at Royal Academy of Music, London. (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
• Presented lecture at the Vercors Jazz Festival, France. (2011)
• Residency at Trondertun Folkehogskole, Norway. Master classes and rehearsal/performance with students. (2010)
• Masterclass at Royal Academy of
• Music, Junior Jazz School, London. (2010)
• Workshop at Guildhall School of Music, London. (2010)
• Presented lecture/paper at the International Association of Schools of Jazz, Corfu, Greece. “Improvising With Tones – Connecting Jazz Improvisation and Serial Music” (2010)
• Presented at the International Conference on Music Performance Analysis in Lucerne, Switzerland.
  Artist-in-residence at a two-week “jazz camp” in Bonefro, Italy. Students were high-school/adult age from around the U.S. (2007)
• Guest artist at Brigham Young University, Utah. (2012)
• Adjudicator and clinician at “Skyline” Jazz festival – regional high schools. (2011)
• Guest artist at New World School for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida. (2011)
• Clinician at St. Vrain Jazz Festival, Colorado. (2010)
• Workshop at Grandview High School, Aurora, Colorado. (2010)
• University of Texas, Dallas Teaching/Master Class (2009)
• Featured artist at the International Association for Jazz Educators [IAJE] with “Convergence.” Toronto, Canada. (2008)
• Contributing artist at the International Association for Jazz Educators [IAJE] with the “Fred Hess” Group. New York City, New York. (2007)
• Guest clinician at the Eastern Washington University Jazz Festival in Cheney,Washington. Gave masterclasses and workshops in jazz performance and pedagogy. (2007)
• Presented Master Class in performance at Roosevelt University, Chicago Illinois. (2007)
• Presented Master Class at the University of Illinois; Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. (2007)
• Clinician with “Jazz Aspen”. Rehearsed high school and middle school honor bands in Colorado’s roaring fork valley. (2004-2007)
• Presented a one-week residency by the New York based jazz and new-music ensemble “Spooky Actions.” (2007)
• Presented master class on methods and approaches to jazz improvisation at San Diego State University. San Diego, California. (2006)
• Guest clinician and adjudicator at the Bemidji State University jazz festival, Bemidji, Minnesota. (2006)
• Guest lecturer at Chico State University, California. Topics included Jazz improvisation and composition. (2005)