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Hi, my name is Yotam Ben-Or and I'm a harmonica player and composer. I moved to NYC after receiving a full scholarship to study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and graduated in May 2016. I perform and record in NYC and internationally as a band-leader as well as a sideman.

Originally from New Zealand Brent Stanton began playing music professionally at age 16, performing and recording there. In 1978 he moved to Australia to continue study saxophone, flute, clarinet and composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. This led to an ongoing and varied performance, recording and teaching career in many music genres over a period of 10 years.

Josh O' Loughlin is a professional freelance musician/ writer/ educator from County Clare in the West of Ireland. His main instruments of focus are the Irish Tenor Banjo, The Mandolin, The Irish Bouzouki, and the Acoustic Guitar. Josh holds an Honours Bachelor degree from Trinity College Dublin in Music Education and a Masters Degree in Music Performance from Dublin Conservatory…

I graduated from Berklee College of Music as a pianist with a major in Contemporary Writing and Production and specialized in Music Production at UCLA. I have either played with or produced countless artists from all over the world and have been teaching privately since 2014, when I attended the Souza Lima Jazz conservatory in Brazil.

Lindsey received a doctorate in Music and Music Education from Columbia University's Teachers College. She has over 20-years of teaching experience with individual and group instruction, ages 3-50+. She finished her Masters in String Pedagogy and Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Violinist, educator and composer, Christian Howes was voted #1 in the Downbeat Critics Poll (“Rising Stars/Violin”), named among the top three jazz violinists in the JazzTimes critics poll, and nominated for Violinist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist Association.

I am a New York based alto and soprano saxophonist. In 2017 I graduated with honors from the B.F.A. jazz performance program at the City College of New York. After working as musician in New York City for a couple of years I have released my debut album Time to Begin in 2018.

As a recent graduate from Berklee College of Music, Francis has quickly ventured to Vancouver to continue career as a musician. He started performing professionally in the Philippines in 2012, co-founding bands like The 2 Day Rush and performing with other musicians as well.

Cellist Hamilton Berry's eclectic taste has led him to pursue a variety of performing, arranging, and composing projects in the New York area and beyond. A member of the Grammy-nominated PUBLIQuartet, the Toomai String Quintet, Founders, Decoda, and The Con Brio Ensemble, Hamilton has also performed with Ensemble Connect, NOVUS NY, The Orchestra of St.

Hi! My name is Adam and I am a father, a husband, and a drummer. I began playing the drums at age 8, started my professional career at age 14, and began teaching at age 21. I am now 36 and have grow up to share the stage with many of the great jazz and rock legends of today.