by zachary | Aug 30, 2018
I first studied music at the Juozas Gruodis Conservatory of Music in Kaunas, Lithuania at age 16. During my 4 years at the Conservatory I took classes in Choir Conducting, piano theory and practice, Harmony, Solfeggio, and Music History. I then enrolled at The...
by zachary | Nov 20, 2017
John has been playing and teaching professionally in Portland since 2010. He specializes in trumpet, French horn and accordion in a wide variety of international styles including jazz, classical, blues, klezmer, musette, funk, bluegrass, rock, cumbia, norteno, ska,...
by zachary | Jun 15, 2016
At age four, I began learning music in a children’s program, Kindermusik, then, piano lessons at six, trumpet at nine, and the upright bass at 14. After a jam session with my Dad, (we played “Jingle Bells” with real musicians! I was 10), and my first...