Jazz & Improvisational Music Faculty

As trombone instructor in the Conservatory, I get to share my love of music through teaching private lessons and studio class, co-directing the Trombone Ensemble, coaching chamber music and small-group ensembles, and performing with the Faculty Brass Quintet an

Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for more than 40 years. He has played many venues throughout the U.S.

Associate Professor of Music

Patty Darling directs the Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble and also teaches classes in jazz composition, arranging, electronic music and functional jazz piano.  Patty completed her Bachelor of Music degree in Compos

Marty was principal/solo tubist with the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C., serving 6 presidents. His remarkable reputation as a soloist in both classical and jazz idioms was celebrated in a retrospective concert at in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2013.

Described as a “The voice of the new jazz culture with seemingly limitless expression” by Jazziz Magazine, the spirited and vivacious Janet Planet has been self-produced and managed for the majority of h

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Matt Turner is widely regarded as one of the world's leading improvising cellists.

Mark Urness is a versatile bassist, composer, and educator.