Brady
Cohan: High-Honors student at Homestead
High School, Mountain View, CA, toured Japan with Monterey Jazz
Festival All-Star Band, recorded and played as member of Grammy
All-Star Band in NY 2003. Entered USC, fall of 2003.
Kirk
Danielson: Versatile mulit-instrumentalist (sax & piano) has toured
and recorded with a variety of 'all-star' groups, and entered USC's
Jazz Program, fall of 2003
Aron Forbes: Accomplished blues guitar player/singer
with "The Blue Tones" a teen band that has toured extensively, played
at BB King's Blues Clubs and were finalists in the Teen People Magazine
battle of the bands at the Apollo Theater. Member, All-State Honors
Choir. Entered USC, fall of 2003.
Bryce Hall: Performs regularly at many major nightclubs
throughout Northern and Central California with a variety of 'name'
professionals. Honor student at York School, speaks three languages.
Daniel
Krasner: Graduate of program, toured and played with the
Monterey County Honor Band, Monterey Jazz Festival All Star Band
and the Grammy Band. Honors Graduate of the Advanced Mathmatetics
program at UC Berkeley. Now a graduate fellow at Columbia University.
He gigs regularly.
Andrew
McKay: Blues guitar phenpom, has played with many of the
greatest artists: George Benson, BB King, etc. Toured with the Monterey
Jazz Festival Honor Band, summer of 2003, and entered USC's Studio/Jazz
Guitar Dept., fall of 2003.
Storm
Nilson: Teen blues guitar star, played all the major festivals
and clubs. Now enrolled at California School of the Arts in the
LA area. Teachers such as Charlie Haden, Brad Mehldau and Larry
Koonce run the program there and perform with him at various venues
in the LA area. He has mentored for many JazzMasters Workshop sessions.
Ryan Scott: Past member of Monterey
County Honor Band (European tour), Monterey Jazz Festival All-Star
Band (Japanese Tour, 2001 performance at MJF w/Wynton Marsalis,
guest star) Numerous performances throughout California, now living
in New York, performing, recording and touring with a variety of
bands