Learn from Great Jazz Improvisation Teachers

Hi! My name is Itzel Reyna. I’m a professional saxophone player, instructor, and music lover. I was awarded the first-ever Latin GRAMMY Prodigy Scholarship in 2015 in partnership with pop star Enrique Iglesias and Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation. I graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2019 and I’ve been giving saxophone/music lessons for the past 10 years.

As a multi-instrumentalist, educator, and composer, I bring over a decade of performance experience and more than four years of dedicated teaching to my students. I began my musical journey at the age of three and picked up the saxophone at ten.

Guitalele Teacher of The Year (2020, 2021, 2023—2025), and Jazz Improvisation Teacher of The Year 2022. Roque Deschamps is a highly experienced music educator currently teaching as Faculty Associate at Utah State University, here he earned a Master of Music in Guitar Performance.

*If you do not see a suitable time in my availability please message me, I'm sure I can fit you into my schedule somewhere!* When he is not busy performing or recording, Matt loves to share his passion for music with others by teaching all levels and ages of students.

Hello and welcome, I’m a pianist, composer, and educator with a lifelong passion for music as a living, breathing language — something to explore, shape, and make your own. Originally trained as a classical pianist in France, I later graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where I had the chance to study with inspiring artists such as Danilo Pérez and…

Diego Ferreira is Bachelor of Music in Saxophone by Ufrgs - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2013), Master of Music in Jazz performance by New Jersey City University (2017) – where he studied under saxophonists Bob Malach, Walt Weiskopf and Jim Snidero – and Master of Music in Composition by New Jersey City University (2020), having studied with Spanish composer…

Hello! I'm Stephanie (she/her), and I am a singer, pianist, and composer with a jazz and classical music background. As a teacher, I work with students on a range of topics including singing, jazz, pop and and Brazilian music repertoire - including scat-singing; ear-training, improvisation and music theory.

I have been teaching piano, strings, and band instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and drums) for more than 30 years in the public schools as well as privately. I have instructed large groups and ensembles, as well as smaller musical groups in and out of the public schools.

I've been playing the guitar for over 40 years and have experience in teaching school age students as well as adults. In addition to this I play and teach Native American Style Flute and Didgeridoo. I also have experience working with those with special needs. Over time I have learned various styles and techniques for guitar, it is my main instrument.

Downbeat Magazine calls trombonist Mariel Bildsten “irrepressibly spontaneous." Mariel Bildsten headlines jazz festivals, plays around the country, and performs regularly in New York City, in the US, and internationally. Mariel has been featured onstage with Jon Batiste, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jennifer Hudson, Roy Hargrove, and many others.