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    • Intro to Jazz Improvisation 1A
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    • Let’s Sing with Jocelyn Medina
    • Let’s Sing with Olivia Foschi
    • Blues and Beyond

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    • New York Jazz Workshop BIG BAND
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    • BEBOP 2 Workshop
    • Brazilian Ensemble
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    • Funk Fusion Workshop
    • Improvisation & the ART of the JAM Session
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    • The Poetic Language of Jazz Improvisation
    • Rhythm Section Workout with Amina Figarova
    • Studio Jazz Arranging and Composition
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    • Afro-Cuban Jazz Improvisation Workshop

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    • NYJW Saxophone Quartet
    • RHYTHM for all instruments: Polyrhythm and Mixed Meter Workshop
    • From Bebop to Hard-Bop
    • Modern Jazz Ensemble
    • Jazz Vocal Workshop
    • Setting the STAGE for vocal with Fay Victor
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    Level 1

    • Notation with Sibelius
    • Dynamic Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician: Level One
    • Notational Fluency for Transcription and Dictation: Level One
    • Rhythm Section/Comping: Level One

    Level 2

    • Dynamic Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician: Level Two
    • Notational Fluency for Transcription and Dictation: Level Two
    • Rhythm Section/Comping: Level Two

    Level 3

    • Dynamic Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician: Level Three
    • Notational Fluency for Transcription and Dictation: Level Three
    • Rhythm Section/Comping: Level Three
  • Summer Series

    Summer Series - 4 Day Intensive

    • Summer Agenda and General Information – Summer Jazz Intensive Workshops
    • Brazilian Music Intensive Workshop – Vitor Gonçalves
    • Jazz Improvisation Intensive Workshop – Marc Mommaas, Tony Moreno and Mark Sherman
    • Vocal Intensive Workshop Beginner/Intermediate – Olivia Foschi
    • Vocal Intensive Workshop Advanced – Fay Victor
    • Guitar Intensive Workshop – Kenny Wessel and Vic Juris
    • Jazz Improvisation Intensive Workshop – Darius Jones & Vito Lesczak

    1 , 2 and 3 days Summer Intensives

    • Summer Agenda and General Information – Summer Jazz Intensive Workshops
    • African Rhythm/Djembe Intensive – Michael Marcus
    • West African Grooves – Yacouba Sissoko
    • Bata Drumming Intensive – David Ambrosio
    • Piano/Keyboard Intensive – Frank Kimbrough, Amina Figarova & Jacob Sacks
    • Vocal Intensive Intermediate/Advanced – Joceyln Medina
    • All About Drums Intensive – Tony Moreno, Tim Horner and Darrell Green
    • Music Composition – Alan Ferber
    • Counterpoint – Alan Ferber
    • Arranging – Alan Ferber
    • Guitar Intensive – Nate Radley & Sebastian Noelle
    • Jazz Composition Intensive for Beginners – Marc Mommaas

    Summer Intensive - INTERNATIONAL

    • New York Jazz Intensives Workshop Summer – General Information
    • Jazz Improvisation Workshop In ITALY – June 3 to June 9, 2018
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  • Weekly Workshops

    Beg/Int Level

    • Intro to Jazz Improvisation 1A
    • Intro to Jazz Improvisation 1B
    • Jazz Improvisation and Theory 2
    • Let’s Sing with Jocelyn Medina
    • Let’s Sing with Olivia Foschi
    • Blues and Beyond

    Intermediate Level

    • New York Jazz Workshop BIG BAND
    • BEBOP Workshop
    • BEBOP 2 Workshop
    • Brazilian Ensemble
    • Jazz Standards Workshop
    • Funk Fusion Workshop
    • Improvisation & the ART of the JAM Session
    • Jazz of the 1960’s
    • The Poetic Language of Jazz Improvisation
    • Rhythm Section Workout with Amina Figarova
    • Studio Jazz Arranging and Composition
    • Guitar Ensemble
    • Afro-Cuban Jazz Improvisation Workshop

    Advanced Level

    • NYJW Saxophone Quartet
    • RHYTHM for all instruments: Polyrhythm and Mixed Meter Workshop
    • From Bebop to Hard-Bop
    • Modern Jazz Ensemble
    • Jazz Vocal Workshop
    • Setting the STAGE for vocal with Fay Victor
  • Courses

    Level 1

    • Notation with Sibelius
    • Dynamic Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician: Level One
    • Notational Fluency for Transcription and Dictation: Level One
    • Rhythm Section/Comping: Level One

    Level 2

    • Dynamic Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician: Level Two
    • Notational Fluency for Transcription and Dictation: Level Two
    • Rhythm Section/Comping: Level Two

    Level 3

    • Dynamic Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician: Level Three
    • Notational Fluency for Transcription and Dictation: Level Three
    • Rhythm Section/Comping: Level Three
  • Summer Series

    Summer Series - 4 Day Intensive

    • Summer Agenda and General Information – Summer Jazz Intensive Workshops
    • Brazilian Music Intensive Workshop – Vitor Gonçalves
    • Jazz Improvisation Intensive Workshop – Marc Mommaas, Tony Moreno and Mark Sherman
    • Vocal Intensive Workshop Beginner/Intermediate – Olivia Foschi
    • Vocal Intensive Workshop Advanced – Fay Victor
    • Guitar Intensive Workshop – Kenny Wessel and Vic Juris
    • Jazz Improvisation Intensive Workshop – Darius Jones & Vito Lesczak

    1 , 2 and 3 days Summer Intensives

    • Summer Agenda and General Information – Summer Jazz Intensive Workshops
    • African Rhythm/Djembe Intensive – Michael Marcus
    • West African Grooves – Yacouba Sissoko
    • Bata Drumming Intensive – David Ambrosio
    • Piano/Keyboard Intensive – Frank Kimbrough, Amina Figarova & Jacob Sacks
    • Vocal Intensive Intermediate/Advanced – Joceyln Medina
    • All About Drums Intensive – Tony Moreno, Tim Horner and Darrell Green
    • Music Composition – Alan Ferber
    • Counterpoint – Alan Ferber
    • Arranging – Alan Ferber
    • Guitar Intensive – Nate Radley & Sebastian Noelle
    • Jazz Composition Intensive for Beginners – Marc Mommaas

    Summer Intensive - INTERNATIONAL

    • New York Jazz Intensives Workshop Summer – General Information
    • Jazz Improvisation Workshop In ITALY – June 3 to June 9, 2018
  • Lessons

    In person

    • Private Lessons
    • Semi Private

    Online

    • Online Courses
    • Skype Music Lessons
  • Events

    Upcoming Events

    • All Events
    • Live Student Concerts
    • Past Master Classes
    • Vocal Jazz Showcase
    • Rhythm Section Workshop with Amina Figarova
    • Giacomo Gates Vocalese Masterclass
  • Services

    Additional Services

    • International Students: Jazz Studies Packages
    • Improvisation Masterclass for Groups
    • Music Production
    • Hire a Band for Your Events

    Outreach

    • Jazz Outreach Introduction
    • Multi-Topic program
    • Jazz Appreciation
    • Clinics -THE BAND
    • Team Building
  • About

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    • Mission
    • New York Jazz Workshop Membership
    • Testimonials
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NYJW Music Teachers

Meet the NYJW Music Teachers!

NYJW music teachers are available for in-person private music lessons in New York City and online private music lessons from anywhere in the world. You won’t find a better list of amazing teachers for guitar, piano, drums, bass, voice, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute, percussion, violin, composition and more! We guarantee that our diverse music faculty list offers the most convenient, effective, and affordable options for your specific music-learning needs.

Each of the NYJW music teachers is a professional musician and educator with several recordings to his or her credit. Our faculty members can be seen performing at prominent jazz venues around NYC and in major jazz festivals around the world. Many of our teachers are associated with renowned conservatories and universities such as NYU, The New School, Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music, Berklee and Juilliard. All of our teachers are outstanding people that truly enjoy teaching music and see their students grow musically.

Learn more about the NYJW music teachers here:

Glenn Mills

  • Private Trombone Lesson ($57)
Trombonist Glenn Mills has been active in New York City as a performer, arranger/composer, and educator for four decades. After serving as a ... more

Nicole Glover

  • Private Saxophone Lesson ($57)
Nicole Glover’s journey in music began when her father introduced her to jazz and blues at a young age. She began playing the clarinet at the age ... more

Eli Hershiser

  • Private Saxophone Lesson ($57)
Eli Hershiser is an emerging saxophonist and composer based in New York City. Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, he was introduced to the music of ... more

Flávio Silva

  • Guitar (Brazilian) lessons ($65)
Flávio Silva is a musician who is part of a new generation of Brazilian composers and instrumentalists that has been breaking through the musical ... more

Lorin Cohen

  • Private Acoustic Bass Lessons ($62)
  • Private Electric Bass Lessons ($62)
Lorin Cohen’s work as a bassist and composer has resonated with audiences throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East ... more

Marco di Gennaro

  • Private Piano Lesson ($69)
Marco di Gennaro was born and raised in Rome, Italy, and studied classical music at the Italian Conservatory of Music. As a composer, pianist, ... more
Marc Mommaas

Marc Mommaas

  • Private Saxophone lesson ($69)
  • Private Rhythm lesson ($69)
  • Private Composition lesson ($69)
  • Private Improvisation lesson ($69)
Saxophonist, composer and educator Marc Mommaas comes from a creative background. He grew up with his mother performing and teaching opera and ... more

Vanderlei Pereira

  • Drums ($100)
The drummer, percussionist, composer and instructor Vanderlei Pereira, quickly became one of the most sought-after musicians on the contemporary ... more
Brazilian Jazz Workshop

Vitor Gonçalves

  • Piano ($85)
  • Accordion ($85)
Vitor Gonçalves is a pianist, accordionist, composer and arranger from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After a illustrious career as an in demand musician ... more

Darius Jones

  • Private Saxophone Lesson ($92)
Darius Jones is a critically acclaimed alto saxophonist and composer who joined the New York music community in 2005. In the last decade he has ... more

Mike Fahn

  • Trombone ($77)
Mike Fahn grew up in Huntington, Long Island, and started playing slide trombone in middle school. Mike also plays the valve trombone and baritone ... more

Mike Sarin

  • Drums ($72)
Over the last twenty-five years, drummer Michael Sarin has been at the center of New York City’s genre-bending jazz and improvisation community. ... more

Tommaso Vittorini

  • Arranging ($100)
Tommaso Vittorini has a 40-year career in arranging and orchestrating. In his jazz experience, he started writing scores for big bands when he was ... more

Patience Higgins

  • Saxophones ($75)
  • Clarinet ($75)
  • Flute ($75)
  • French Horn ($75)
Patience Higgins, from Greenville, South Carolina, is a multi-reed player who plays all the Saxophones, Flutes, Clarinets, Oboe, and English Horn. ... more

Matthew Woroshyl

  • Saxophone ($55)
  • Flute ($55)
  • Clarinet ($55)
Matthew Woroshyl is a Canadian-born bandleader, educator, composer and woodwind specialist. Matt graduated from the University of Toronto (B. Mus.) ... more

Jocelyn Medina

  • Vocal ($80)
Born into a family of singers, Jocelyn determined her identity as a musician at the tender age of five through choirs and piano lessons. She later ... more
Richard Boukas

Richard Boukas

  • Guitar ($100)
Internationally acclaimed contemporary performing artist, composer, educator, author and journalist, Richard has led original music ensembles for ... more
Renato Thoms Percussionist

Renato Thoms

  • Percussion Lessons ($125)
  Born in Colón, Panamá, Renato Thoms began his music training at the Conservatory of the National University of Heredia in Costa Rica. After ... more

Sam Newsome

  • Private Saxophone ($87)
Saxophonist Sam Newsome is a soprano saxophone specialist. Since making the soprano his main instrument almost 20 years ago, he has established ... more

Adam Smale

  • Private Guitar lesson ($57)
Audiences love the sound of Adam’s seven string guitar. What emerges are distinctive yet subtle nuances, a piano-like quality, often creating the ... more
Jean-Michel Pilc

Jean-Michel Pilc

  • Private Piano Lessons - SKYPE only ($140)
  • Private Improvisation Lessons - SKYPE only ($140)
Born in 1960 in Paris, and now an American citizen, self-taught, Jean-Michel Pilc has performed with numerous giants in the music field such as: ... more

Amina Figarova

  • Private Piano lesson ($75)
  • Arranging ($75)
“…Many of the strongest composer­arranger­orchestra leaders in jazz are women. Think Toshiko Akiyoshi, Carla Bley, Maria Schneider. ... more

Sana Nagano

  • Private Violin lesson ($62)
Ever since she moved in New York City (2010), violinist and composer Sana Nagano has been performing actively in NY jazz, classical and underground ... more

Loire

  • Private Voice lesson (NYC) ($125)
  • Private Voice lesson (Montclair, NJ) ($90)
“Astonishing” (Chicago Tribune) … “Jaw-dropping dexterity” (Chicago Classical Review) … “Acrobatic vocals” (Financial Times) … “Rapid-fire ... more

Olivia Foschi

  • Private Voice lesson ($57)
“Foschi is today’s vocalist, blazing the trail for a new style of jazz vocals, not adhering to traditional sounds or rhythms, but appealing to a ... more

Fay Victor

  • Private Voice lesson ($72)
Fay Victor has been hailed by the New York Times as “artistically complete” for her unique vocal approach to the blues, jazz, free improvisation ... more

Mark Sherman

  • Private Vibraphone lesson ($125)
Mark Sherman has performed globally for the last eight years as a leader, with six tours to Europe and throughout Russia, China, Korea, The ... more
Blues and beyond lead by Dave Scott

Dave Scott

  • Private Trumpet lesson ($62)
Dave Scott is an award winning trumpet player with a wide range of professional experience who has worked with some of the greatest jazz artists in ... more

John Carlson

  • Private Trumpet lesson ($62)
Jazz trumpet soloist and clinician John Carlson has achieved international recognition through tours and recordings with Friendly Fires, ... more

Ron Horton

  • Private Trumpet lesson ($62)
Since 1982, trumpeter Ron Horton has been an integral part of New York’s flourishing jazz scene and he stands out both as an exemplary ... more

Craig McGorry

  • Private Saxophone lesson ($55)
Craig McGorry is a tenor and soprano saxophonist living and teaching in New York City for over 20 years. He focuses on helping beginner and ... more

Tim Price

  • Private Saxophone lesson ($62)
Tim Price has had the extreme good fortune to have bands of his own featuring world class stellar players like Lew Tabackin, Rachel Z, Allison ... more

Billy Test

  • Private Piano lesson ($62)
Pennsylvania native Billy Test began playing piano when he was seven years old. His piano playing draws on a wide variety of styles and influences. ... more

Angelica Sanchez

  • Private Piano Lesson ($75)
Pianist/Composer Angelica Sanchez moved to New York in 1994. Since moving to the East Coast has played with: Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Motian, Ralph ... more

Jim Ridl

  • Private Piano lesson ($72)
Jim Ridl is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and teacher residing in the New York City area. He performs internationally with the Jim Ridl Trio ... more

Frank Kimbrough

  • Private Piano lesson ($100)
Pianist/composer Frank Kimbrough has been active on the New York jazz scene for nearly 30 years. He is currently a Palmetto recording artist, ... more

John Austria

  • Private Piano lesson ($57)
John Austria is a jazz pianist who has been performing and teaching professionally in New York City for over ten years. He performs regularly with ... more

Ganesh Kumar

  • Private Percussion lesson (5 package) ($250)
Ganesh Kumar received his initial training on the Mridangam from legendry percussionist Shri T R Hari Hara Sharma and later continued his advanced ... more

Yuto Kanazawa

  • Private Guitar lesson ($55)
Born in Tokyo, Japan 1986. Yuto Kanazawa is a jazz guitarist and composer graduated from Berklee College of Music, Jazz Composition B.M. in the ... more

Charlie Apicella

  • Private Guitar lesson ($57)
Charlie Apicella has studied improvisation and composition with Pat Martino, Yusef Lateef, Archie Shepp, and Dave Stryker. “I think you will find ... more

Kenny Wessel

  • Private Guitar lesson ($72)
Kenny Wessel, a versatile, sensitive and soulful guitarist and composer, has performed in 27 countries. He toured with revolutionary jazz artist ... more

Miles Okazaki

  • Private Guitar lesson ($72)
Miles Okazaki grew up in Port Townsend, Washington, a small town near the Olympic Mountains and San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, across ... more

Sebastian Noelle

  • Private Guitar lesson ($72)
Guitarist and composer Sebastian Noelle has been an active member of New York City’s multi-faceted creative music scene since 2002, performing at ... more

Nate Radley

  • Private Guitar lesson ($72)
Nate Radley is a guitarist and composer who as been described as “an emerging player to watch” and a “brilliant… player on the New York scene.” He ... more

Vic Juris

  • Private Guitar lesson ($100)
A native of Jersey City, N.J., Juris took up guitar at age 10 during the summer of 1963. Accordion, he notes, was a far more popular instrument ... more

Bart Platteau

  • Private Flute lesson ($62)
Bart Platteau (1965) studied classical percussion, harmony, chambermusic and flute at the Brussels Conservatory, and jazz at the Rotterdam ... more

Jeff Brillinger

  • Private Drums lesson ($72)
Drummer Jeff Brillinger has toured and recorded with many jazz greats including the Woody Herman Orchestra, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Horace Silver, ... more

Vito Lesczak

  • Private Drums lesson ($62)
Jazz drummer, Vito Lesczak, has been part of the international jazz scene for more than 20 years and is one of the foremost working jazz drummers ... more

Tony Moreno

  • Private Drums lesson ($100)
New-York-based drummer Tony Moreno is simply one of the most sought after musicians of his profession. He tours all around the world and has played ... more

Tim Horner

  • Private Drums lesson ($92)
Tim Horner began playing the drums at the age of ten. His influences rest primarily with musical parents. His introduction with music began by ... more

John O’Gallagher

  • Private Composition lesson ($100)
  • Private Saxophone lesson ($100)
Born in Anaheim California, and growing up in Spokane, Washington, John O’Gallagher has been a presence on the New York scene for the past twenty ... more

Yvonnick Prene

  • Private Chromatic Harmonica lesson ($100)
“Yvonnick Prene is skilled and talented without a doubt but there is a depth to him that calls to the depths within the listener. It is no wonder ... more

Doug Beavers

  • Private Trombone lesson ($62)
  • Private Arranging lesson ($82)
  • Private Sibelius/Finale lesson ($82)
  • Private DAW/Protools lesson ($82)
Internationally regarded as cutting-edge trombonist and a renown producer, composer, orchestrator and “arranger of the first-class” (Harvey Siders, ... more

Thomson Kneeland

  • Private Double Bass lesson ($72)
  • Private Electric Bass lesson ($72)
Acoustic bassist and composer Thomson Kneeland has established himself as a formidable sideman and leader since moving to New York City in 2003. He ... more
Peter Brendler

Peter Brendler

  • Private Double Bass lesson ($62)
  • Private Electric Bass lesson ($62)
Bassist Peter Brendler grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He began his musical studies on electric bass, but soon gravitated towards the upright bass. ... more

Maryann McSweeney

  • Private Double Bass lesson ($72)
  • Private Electric Bass lesson ($72)
Maryann McSweeney was born in Aptos, California. She started playing piano at the age of five and then began studying the violin at age 8. In high ... more

Andrea Veneziani

  • Private Double Bass lesson ($62)
  • Private Electric Bass lesson ($62)
Bassist and composer Andrea Veneziani performs extensively within the improvised music scene, across a broad spectrum of genres. His instrumental ... more

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