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Faculty Roster 1996-Current
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| Sarina Bachleitner |
Piano, Theory and Improvisation, Director |
| Bruce Barth |
Piano |
| Richie DeRosa |
Drums, Theory and Improvisation |
| Garry Dial |
Piano and Improvisation |
| Hugh Fraser |
Trombone, Big Band and African Highlife |
| Sly Geralds |
Electric Bass and Groove Clinic |
| Godwin |
African Drumming |
| Slide Hampton |
Trombone |
| Patience Higgins |
Saxophone |
| Rodney Jones |
Guitar and Groove Clinic |
| Steve Kirby |
Bass |
| Robert Levin |
African Drumming |
| Mike Longo |
Piano |
| Cecil McBee |
Bass |
| Rufus Reid |
Bass |
| Steve Slagle |
Saxophone |
| John Stubblefield |
Saxophone |
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About the Director
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Sarina Bachleitner founded the Jazz Apprenticeship Program in 1996 and is now directing its 12th year as an intensive program for jazz study. A native of New York City, Ms. Bachleitner has been a professional jazz musician for over 20 years. Although much of her work has been as a performer, she has always incorporated teaching as an important part of her career.
Ms. Bachleitner was the director of the Jazz Program at the Manhattan School of Music Prep Division in 1993 where she conducted the Big Band until 1996, when she became a member of the jazz faculty at the Westchester Conservatory of Music. She currently travels abroad as the ?artist in residence? where she conducts and performs master classes for various jazz programs similar to the J.A.P. In 1985 she founded the committee for the Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington, Vermont, which is now in its 22nd successful year as an international cultural event. Throughout her career she has performed with musicians such as Quincy Jones, Clark Terry, Rufus Reid, Hugh Fraser, Keith Copeland, Pat LaBarbara, Mo Holmes, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Stan Rubin Orchestra and has appeared as the special guest composer on PBS (The Metropolitan Opera Guild), Vermont Educational Television, The Charles Kuralt Show (composers workshop), and Good Day New York. Ms. Bachleitner currently performs in New York City and abroad and continues to promote the idiom of jazz through various educational institutions. |
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