Experience

JAZZ HOUSE KiDS

• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Jazz Education + Associate Producer

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Educational and Operational Oversight of sites in Montclair,NYC and 15 IN-School programs that span 4 districts. Leadership of 10+ staff and 100+ teaching artists that see over 2000 students per year. Curation of all concerts and festivals along with Artistic Director Christian McBride and Founder + President, Melissa Walker.

• Director, Jazz House Summer Workshop

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  • Create educational direction and tone for Jazz House Kids• Managing 20 Faculty, 25 TAs, 10 Staff Members, and 150 Students for a two-week immersion in jazz training, playing, and listening including major performances atDizzy’s J@LC and the Montclair Jazz Festival• Class placements by skill level for 150 students, 18 small groups and 8 big bands• Organization of audition requirements and resultsTed Chubb Trumpet Artist, educator, Composer, Music Director, Arts Administrator Page 3• Stage management and run of show coordination at Montclair Jazz festival.• Students’ recruitment, and international program partnerships with London’sTomorrow’s Warrior, U.S. Embassy in Peru, S-Mart Music School Juarez Mexico, TheDream Poject of the Dominican Republic, and NJ/NY public schools.• Produce, book, and host daily guest artist concerts in coordination with artistic director, Christian McBride.• Run faculty and staff meetings, and oversee all daily activities of the workshop Show less

• Jazz House Kids Teaching Faculty

  • Sep 2011 - Present

  Providing instruction, support, and mentorship to students hundreds of students of all ages and levels. Directing small ensembles, improvisation classes, big bands, adult ensembles at the Jazz House Kids studios, and ensembles for middle school students in Newark and Elizabeth NJ for 8 different schools.

• Director of Cultural Programming

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2022

  • Coordination of music programming and direction for all Jazz House Kids special events, educational and cultural exchanges, galas, and the Montclair Jazz Festival• Artistic Curation and booking for Montclair Jazz Festival + Sound Check Series, 35K+ attendees across 6 events• Show Producer, Ralph Pucci International Jazz Set Virtual Performance w/ChristianMcBride & Wynton Marsalis,• Steward of The James Moody Jazz Scholarship for New Jersey• Show Producer for web series “Hang at Home” hosted by Christian McBride• Curation of bi-monthly emerging talent virtual performance series at Ralph PucciInternational• Producer and Host, “Inside the Jazz Note” – 10 part online cultural humanities series featuring Ashley Khan, Christian McBride and a variety of noted guests in the field of jazz Show less

• Director of Music

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2015

  • Directed 18 faculty members, 6 staff members, and 21 ensembles• Created educational and artistic direction, tone, coordinated curriculum and educational strategy for the program. Audition and place 150+ students.• Oversaw 80+ student performances per year.• Built and directed program from regional, to one of the premier jazz education programs in the nation, winning multiple awards at J@LC’s Essentially Ellington Competition, The Charles Mingus Competition, Next Generation Jazz Competition.• Co-produced the concert and educational event “Inside the Jazz Note” with Chrisitan McBride and the Jazz House Big Band that featured artists such as David Sanborn, Al Jarreau, Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, Louis Hayes, Paquito DiRivera and the NJ Ballet Company.• Produced and Directed the Jazz House Big Band’s “Swinging at the Jazz House”recording at MSR Studios NYC.• Organized the Jazz House Kids Cultural Exchange Program, Tour to Peru 2015 and2016, with the United States Embassy of Peru. Responsible for 25 students while abroad and performed as a featured soloist with the ensemble.• Oversaw dozens of students placed into the highest music conservatories and universities such as Julliard, MSM, The New School, Temple, Oberlin, and Purchase Show less



Princeton University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer of Jazz Trumpet

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  Private trumpet lessons and combo instruction Private trumpet lessons and combo instruction



Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trumpeter

  • 2005 - Present

  Active NY Performing Trumpeter: Jazz, Broadway, R&B, Soul, Funk Private trumpet instruction, improvisation and technique, with a focus on concepts of breathing taught by William B. Fielde Active NY Performing Trumpeter: Jazz, Broadway, R&B, Soul, Funk Private trumpet instruction, improvisation and technique, with a focus on concepts of breathing taught by William B. Fielde



The Statuary

• United States
• Consumer Goods

• Artistic Director and President

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Artistic Vison, Booking, and Concert Production for all events. Artistic Vison, Booking, and Concert Production for all events. Presenting 12 multidisciplinary events each year featuring international jazz artists Artistic Vison, Booking, and Concert Production for all events. Artistic Vison, Booking, and Concert Production for all events. Presenting 12 multidisciplinary events each year featuring international jazz artists



RIVERVIEWJAZZ ORG

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  Advisory role on artistic programming and partnerships for the Jersey City Jazz Festival Advisory role on artistic programming and partnerships for the Jersey City Jazz Festival



Jazz at Lincoln Center

• Performing Arts
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Band Director

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  • Responsible for the weekly educational experience for 21 NYC consisting of courses in jazz language/improvisation, jazz masters, • Trumpeter for Jazz Blues and Business Mentorship Workshops • Faculty Sub – Jazz at Lincoln Center High School Jazz Academy • Responsible for the weekly educational experience for 21 NYC consisting of courses in jazz language/improvisation, jazz masters, • Trumpeter for Jazz Blues and Business Mentorship Workshops • Faculty Sub – Jazz at Lincoln Center High School Jazz Academy


New Jersey Jazz Society
• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advistory Board, New Jersey Jazz Society

  • Jan 2021 - Present


Arts for Kids

• United States
• Government Administration

• Teaching Artist

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  NEA Grant Funded Visiting Teaching Artist for Cicely Tyson Performing Arts High School, East Orange NJ NEA Grant Funded Visiting Teaching Artist for Cicely Tyson Performing Arts High School, East Orange NJ