Tony Spicer
Woodwinds

Tony is well established as a nationally recognized performer. Since earning his BA degree from Youngstown State University in Jazz Performance, Tony has performed throughout Northeast Ohio and the United States with outstanding groups like the Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey Big Bands, Phil Keaggy, Ernie Krivda, and Dave Banks, as well as his own jazz fusion group Costley Court. Tony is in high demand as a performer and a teacher. He teaches Flute, Clarinet, all Saxes and our Sunday Afternoon Jam class.

Trevor Wozniak
Woodwinds

Trevor Wozniak earned his B.A. Degree in Performance and Composition. He is currently a graduate assistant in Woodwind Performance at Kent State University. He has also studied at California State University and toured throughout Ohio and Central America. Trevor has also performed with the Ohio Army National Guard Band, and played in various venues including the Cleveland Music Festival, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Mason Smith
Brass

Mason hails from Mayfield, Ohio where he tutored music in every grade level from 1 through 12. In addition to basic Brass instrument pedagogy he is also well versed in Jazz and Audio/Sound production. Primarily a trumpet player, Mason also plays Euphonium, Baritone Horn as well as Guitar and Bass Guitar. He is currently finishing up his degree in Music Education at Kent State as a member of Michael Chung's brass Studio and Kent State's top performing groups.

Eric Johnston
Lower Brass

Eric is an outstanding young performer and scholarship winner at Kent State.  He is the first chair trombonist in the Kent State Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Jazz Band and is performing in two Brass Quintets.  Eric has been active as a performer,  teacher and clinician throughout the state having worked with the Solon, Xenia, and Licking Valley band programs as well as the professional wind ensemble “Sounds of Sousa Band. ”  He is a personable and versatile instructor.

Cameron Collier
Brass

Cameron holds a B.A. Degree from Kent State in performance where he was the lead trumpet in the Jazz Ensemble and the  principal trumpet in the K.S.U. Orchestra.  He performed with the Glassman Drum and Bugle Corp.  Also a rather accomplished pianist and Euphonium player, Cameron has been teaching privately for a number of years and is well versed in Jazz studies.   He is a great talent and a great teacher who  relates well to students of all ages.

Jefferson Rice
Piano, Jazz & Woodwinds

Jeff is one of Northeast Ohio’s premier performing Jazz musicians. Since completing his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and Kent State University, Jeff has spent a generation performing, teaching, recording, and arranging music. Equally proficient on Piano and Woodwinds, he not only teaches “serious” music but is a master at teaching Rock, Jazz and Improvisation.