Learn from Great Jazz Improvisation Teachers

Ted Taforo is a Los Angeles-based musician known for his powerful saxophone sound, versatility and unique compositions. Taforo is a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award and was recently named semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. Taforo has been featured on JUNO award and GRAMMY award nominated albums and a Telly Award winning commerical.

About Me & My Teaching Approach Professional Background With over 30 years of professional performance and 25 years of teaching experience, my musical journey has spanned across Mexico, Canada, and Brazil. I am a multi-instrumentalist (Bass, Guitar, Piano, and Drums) and a composer currently preparing for an international performance contract with Disney.

Bruce has been helping children and adults learn to play music for over twenty years. A graduate of the Hartt School of Music, Bruce moved to New Hampshire to be part of the Waldorf school movement and has taught as an elementary classroom teacher and music teacher since 1997.

With a Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and 10+ years experience as a professional jazz musician and composer, Adam Lamoureux is an award-winning saxophonist based in New York City. Adam has performed at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Stanford University and has composed music for multiple films, one of which featured Academy-Winner Whoopi Goldberg.

Producer/Songwriter/Guitarist/Game Developer Loomis Connell Green is a studied Jazz guitarist from Daytona Beach Florida living currently in Berlin, Germany he is well versed in many styles Jazz, Fusion, Bebop, Rock, Latin etc.

My name is Kevin Thomas, and I love teaching anything that has to do with the piano. Music is my passion, and I want nothing more than to share this amazing world of music with my students. I have experience teaching all ages. I received my Bachelors in Music from California State University Northridge.

I am a pianist and music teacher with a classical background and over 10 years of teaching experience. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Music (Classical Piano Performance) from Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (ASAB, Bogotá, Colombia), and I have also studied Electronic Music Production at SAE Institute (2019).

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 am a music educator, performer, and composer with a Master’s Degree in Music from New York University (2021) and a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a minor in Music & Technology from Stony Brook University (2019), where I graduated Summa Cum Laude. My training includes instrumental performance, composition, conducting, and music technology.

Born in 1991 in Austria, I am a working musician and pedagogue living in Vienna. I have two Master's Degrees, one in Music Education majoring in wind instruments with my main instrument being jazz saxophone at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the other in Jazz Composition at the Jam Music Lab University Vienna.