Maryland Summer Jazz Faculty

Maryland Summer Jazz Faculty Our Faculty is what makes Maryland Summer Jazz one of the most successful summer jazz workshops in the nation. Teaching at major educational institutions and performing at festivals and concert halls around the globe, MSJ’s stellar faculty has the experience, chops and answers you are looking for!
	Jeff Antoniuk - Saxophone, Artistic Director Saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk is an internationally respected jazz composer and musician whose concerts and recordings are consistently well received by critics. His 2010 CD, Brotherhood, has been lauded by jazz critics around the world who noted his exceptional compositions as well as the peerless technique demonstrated by all members of his quartet, the Jazz Update. The group sold out the first run of their 2007 CD, Here Today, which also enjoyed extensive airplay and fine reviews. Antoniuk has shared the stage with U.S. hitmakers Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Freddie Hubbard, Najee and Marcus Miller. He's worked with Canadian greats PJ Perry, Senator Tommy Banks, big band leader Rob McConnell, pop icon David Foster and trumpet sensation Ingrid Jensen. Additional work with the funk and R & B band Sound Connection has taken him from The White House to Las Vegas. A dedicated teaching artist, Antoniuk has been a featured performer and educator Juneau Jazz & Classics, the Edmonton International Jazz Festival, the Vic Lewis International Band Festival, MacEwan Summer Jazz and Maryland Summer Jazz. He is the co-founder and artistic director of Maryland Summer Jazz camp and festival and directs two other adult music programs in the U.S.: Jazz Band Masterclass and inDepth Jazz Clinics & Concerts. He is a master teaching artist with Washington Performing Arts Society and the Capitol Jazz Project, in conjunction with Jazz at Lincoln Center and Wynton Marsalis Visit Jeff’s Website
	Tom Baldwin - Bass Bassist Tom Baldwin backs many modern jazz greats like James Moody, George Garzone, Eartha Kitt and Eric Alexander. A member of the Jazz Update band, he has performed in countless venues, including the Wolftrap Jazz and Blues Festival and the Princeton JazzFeast. Tom helps select and prepare the music played in Maryland Summer Jazz workshops. Highly respected as a tasteful, articulate and inspired bassist, he teaches in the jazz department at University of Maryland. Visit Tom's Website
	Pete BarenBregge - Saxophones & Clarinet With a degree in Music Education from West Chester University, multi-woodwind artist Pete BarenBregge taught instrumental music before joining the US Air Force Band's prestigious group, the Airmen of Note. A featured soloist and musical director, he appears on many of the group’s albums and produced seven of their stellar recordings. He has traveled extensively, performing for royalty, heads of state and millions of people at countless venues around the world. He has collaborated with diverse artists such as Patti LaBelle, Randy Brecker, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Stevie Wonder, Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Sinatra. BarenBregge is the instrumental jazz editor for Alfred Music Publishing Co. He has been elected to two terms on the board of governors of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), and is a voting member of the Grammys. He appears on dozens of albums and remains a busy freelance musician. Visit Pete's Website
	Felicia Carter - Vocals While continuing to earn accolades for her beautiful voice and dramatic delivery, Felicia Carter is also a noted composer and lyricist. In 2007, Carter performed in Chile for the Jazz y Vino Festival with the Tony Martucci Quartet, as well at the Martin Luther King International Chapel with the Sistas Can Sang! ensemble. That same year, she collaborated with bassist/ composer Amy Shook, writing and performing music for Next Stop Silver Spring, a PBS documentary on the B&O Railroad (WETA-DC). Carter’s 2008 CD release, Feather/Step Lightly, is a double-disc recording of original music and jazz standards. Visit Felicia's Website
	Alison Crockett – Vocals Nu-Jazz singer and pianist Alison Crockett honed her craft at Temple University before earning a masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Best known for her work with DJ/producer King Kritt and as a former vocalist with the acid jazz group Us3, she has made music with Greg Osby, Terreon Gully and Orrin Evans as well. As an educator, she worked with the Highbridge Voices choral program in the Bronx and has been an instructor at Temple, George Washington Univ. and Fillmore Arts Center. Visit Alison's Website
	Fred Hughes - Piano Fred Hughes has performed, conducted and presented workshops worldwide for over two decades. He can be heard on over thirty recordings. Hughes was a member of the US Army’s premier touring jazz ensemble, the Jazz Ambassadors. He has performed with the Baltimore Symphony & the Kennedy Center Orchestra, as well as jazz greats Al Cohn, Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Bill Watrous, & Toots Thielemans. Fred has appeared the Newport, Montreux, Nice, & North Sea Jazz Festivals. As musical director for Cook, Dixon and Young, he appeared on PBS television's "Great Performances, " and conducted the Cincinnati Pops and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His book, The Jazz Pianist: Left Hand Voicings and Chord Theory is available from Alfred Publications.
	Ingrid Jensen - Trumpet Ingrid Jensen was born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, Canada. She graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1989. Since her early days playing in the subways of New York, she has established herself as a leader and soloist in a variety of musical genres. She has received many nominations for Canadian Juno Awards and won in 1995 for Vernal Fields. In great demand as a performer and teacher, she travels extensively. Ingrid’s name is seen yearly in the Downbeat Critic polls in the “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” category. She was a featured performer at the San Francisco Jazz Festival and has performed and/or recorded with an impressive list of names. Among them: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Marc Copland, Gary Thomas, Jeff Hamilton, Terri-Lynn Carrington, George Garzone and Clark Terry. On staff at the Port Townsend Centrum Jazz Workshop for many years, she also held the professor of jazz trumpet chair at the Bruckner Conservatory of Music from 1990-1992. Visit Ingrid's Website
	Matthew Stevens - Guitar Matthew Stevens grew up in Toronto and attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts. In 2004 he graduated Suma Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music, and was awarded the guitar department’s highest honor, the Jimi Hendrix Award. He was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts and moved to New York City in 2006. Stevens has performed and recorded with the likes of Christian Scott, Donald Harrison, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Esperanza Spalding. His playing has been applauded in The New York Times, Downbeat, Jazz Times and Los Angeles Times. He has toured extensively and appeared in numerous jazz festivals — Montreux, North Sea, Newport, Montreal, Monterey, Fujitsu and Anguilla BET. An educator as well, Stevens is a busy clinician and has been on faculty in Berklee’s summer guitar sessions since 2004. His debut album will be released shortly. Visit Matthew's Website
	Paula Phillips - Administrative Director Paula Phillips is the Administrative Director of Maryland Summer Jazz. The co-founder of the MSJ, Paula is the powerhouse behind the scenes. She has set high standards in developing curriculum and faculty for jazz students and continues to expand public concerts for jazz patrons. She has also found ways to nurture young talent by instituting scholarship and intern programs. Paula received national awards for developing county arts programs, and continued to be an innovator working on television and radio programs and developing a voice as a feature writer. With years of experience in public relations, arts administration and meeting management, she also runs The Phillips Agency, a PR firm that represents The Jazz Update and other award winning arts-based clients. Visit Paula's Website
	We reserve the right to change or substitute faculty members with no additional notice to clinic participants