Wayne is currently the Director of Bands at the Frank J. He completed both his Honors Fine Arts and Education degrees from York University in Toronto, Canada. Wayne Dillon holds a Masters degree in Jazz performance/pedagogy from The University of Miami (Fl). He is recently retired from public school education but continues to work with music students through his affiliation with Music and Arts as an instructor and through his clinics and adjudication of jazz festivals. He has also performed with Arturo Sanduval, Clark Terry, Bill Watrous, Phil Woods, Louis Bellson, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Dave Wekle, and Wayne Bergeron. Ron has performed with great local jazz musicians such as Dennis DeBlasio, Dave Pollack and Bob Gravener. DiDonato has been performing in the tristate area for over 40 years and has played drums with the Lakewood Jazz Ensemble, now the Wilbur Wittemann Big Band, for over 30 years. He has been an active member of SJBODA, NJAJE and the Percussive Arts Society. He has also directed several honors ensembles as well as the NJ All Region jazz bands. He has had award-winning school ensembles and musicians under his direction. During that time, he served as Director of Bands at both the high school and middle school levels. Drew has taught at the UNC and UNT summer jazz camps, as well as Arrowbear Music Camp in California, and the Golden Jazz camp in Zhuhai, China.ĭrew is an Advisory Board Member of the NJF.Ī graduate of West Chester University, Ron DiDonato spent 30 years in public education. Additionally, he has given clinics and guest artist performances in Melbourne, Brussels, Tokyo, London, Hannover, The Netherlands, and in dozens of colleges and high schools in the United States. He was given the title of visiting professor at the Contemporary Music Institute in Zhuhai, China. Drew is in demand as a clinician and guest artist. In addition to writing music, Drew is an active saxophonist, keyboardist, and woodwind artist. Drew is a 3-time Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer winner. Drew received the Sammy Nestico Award in 2018. Drew has published music through Alfred Music, Sierra Music, and has self-published over 70 works. Drew teaches jazz composition and arranging at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) jazz studies department.
He has composed and arranged pieces for/performed by the BBC Orchestra, the WDR and NDR Big Bands, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Metropole Orkest, the Airmen of Note, Wycliffe Gordon, Dick Oatts, Randy Brecker, Eddie Gomez, Lee Loughane of “Chicago”, the Vietnam Classical Players, and the Pyramid Jazz Orchestra in Kanazawa, Japan.
He has three self- produced albums: Prepare A Place For Me, Nuevo Comienzo, and Afropean Affair.ĭrew Zaremba is an award-winning writer, a passionate conductor, and fiery performer. He has been commissioned to arrange music for Chick Corea, Regina Carter and the MSM Jazz Orchestra featuring Sean Jones. He is the recipient of the 2006 ASCAP/IAJE Commission in honor of Billy Strayhorn. He also studied at the New England Conservatory, University of North Florida and Aaron Copland School of Music. He has been an educator through Carnegie Hall, the Kupferberg Center at Queens College and Jazz at Lincoln Center. He is currently enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Doctoral program. Oscar is also faculty at Montclair State University, Drew University, Manhattan School of Music and Jazz House Kids. Oscar Perez, a New York City native, has played in the musical groups of Phoebe Snow, Wycliffe Gordon, Christian McBride, Charenee Wade, Dave Stryker, Steve Turre, Eddie Allen, Charlie Porter and Don Braden, and has shared the stage with Bunky Green, George Russell, Dianne Reeves and Curtis Fuller.
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