Tom Garling - Trombone, Jazz Trombone, Composition/Arranging, Improvisation
Chieko Garling-  Classical Piano, Jazz Piano, Improvisation, Composition/Arranging, Theory

​Our Teachers

We proudly hire enthusiastic teachers who like to team up, study, and share pedagogy ideas.  Please click teacher's name to see their bio! As the owners are jazz musicians, we have many teachers who play jazz professionally around the Chicago area.  

Barbara Szynal
Piano

Bill Kidera
Guitar/piano/jazz improvisation

Matt Kellen
Drums/Piano

Rita McConville 
Vocal/Piano/French Horn

David Priest
Bass/Guitar/
Piano

Jeanne Bae
Flute/Piano

Andy Danstrom
Drums/Piano

Nastsumi Yamada
Violin

Bio and picture coming soon,,,

Tetsuya Nishiyama
​Piano/Guitar/Jazz improvisation
(Fluent in English/Japanse)

Tom Kidera
Drums/Piano