JAZZ FACULTY
COJAC participants work with faculty daily to perfect their technique & musical performance. Guest Artists lead individual masterclasses throughout the Academy, giving participants detailed instruction and insight into and from the professional world.
GERALD CLAYTON - PIANO | Director, Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
KATIE THIROUX | BASS - Director, Women in Jazz
ALEXA TARANTINO - REEDS & WOODWINDS
BRUCE FORMAN - Guitar
TANYA DARBY - TRUMPET | Chair of Brass, Berklee College of Music
GAW VANG WILLIAMS - VOCALS | Director of Vocal Jazz, CSU Sacramento
IVAN MALESPIN - TROMBONE
ZACK OLSEN - DRUMS
AKILI BRADLEY - Trumpet
SAM HIRSH - PIANO
JONATHAN RICHARDS - BASS