Clarinetist Jeremy F. has studied with members of the San Francisco and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, and holds a Master’s degree in Solo Classical Performance from San Francisco State University. While at SF State, he won the annual Concerto Competition, and took the grand prize at the inaugural Wesley Farrand Day Piano Duo Competition. He has played with the Santa Cruz County Symphony, Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, Coastal Repertory Theater, Symphony Parnassus, the UC Berkeley Summer Symphony and has performed many chamber music concerts in and around the San Francisco Bay Area.

He currently resides in Santa Cruz and performs with local organizations while teaching private woodwind and voice lessons. He plans to pursue a PhD in musicology, studying the feminist implications of the coloratura roles of Mozart’s operas, while continuing a lifelong exploration of the clarinet.

Jeremy has worked as music teacher of all different ages and disciplines in New York State, having...

Hello! I am a guitarist & clarinetist originally from Washington, D.C. I graduated from Berklee College of Music (Magna Cum Laude) with a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance, where I was a recipient of Berklee's World Scholarship Tour (WST) and the Berklee Achievement-based Scholarship (BAS). I've toured internationally and played at clubs all over the United States. On guitar, my private teachers have included Mick Goodrick, Richie Hart (www.richiehartjazz.com), John Baboian, and Mike Williams (www.bluetempo.com). I have studied jazz improvisation with Hal Crook (www.halcrook.com) and Ed Tomassi. On clarinet, I studied under Kenneth Lee (kennethleeclarinet.com), who was a student of the Juilliard school under Leon Russianoff. I am currently an active performer and educator in the California bay area.

I have a BS in music education received at Lehman College, Bronx, NY. I am a professional musician/ composer/ arranger.I received my teaching credentials at SFSU and have been a General music teacher as well as a, band teacher. I have studied trumpet with Classical ( Wilmer Wise)and Jazz musician (Bill Hardman) and big band arranging with Frank Foster( saxophonist and arranger with Count Basie Band). At present I am retired and teaching privately.

I have been teaching music for over 50 years as well as being a professional musician/ composer and arranger. I not only know my fundamentals inside and out, but also I know many tricks of the trade. Over the years I have developed special teaching techniques that enable students to make sense out of music and progress rapidly on their instruments.I love playing music and aim at stirring that same kind of excitement abut music in my students.

To each lesson I bring a unique mix, encouraging the student to pursue excellence and also...