Jasper Jagd

Jasper Jagd is a New York based musician, educator, and audio engineer. He has more than 15 years of experience as a teacher and has taught guitar, electric bass, acoustic bass, ear training, composition, and music production to students of all ages and ability levels. Jasper is originally from Denmark and received both a Bachelor’s degree in Performance and a Master’s degree in Composition from T

Leonid Morozov is a fifth generation musician from Kursk, Russia. He started out by playing harmonica on the streets of Moscow to earn lunch money at the age of nine. Leonid later picked up the guitar after hearing blues masters Mississippi Fred McDowell, B.B. King and others, and fell in love with with jazz after hearing Lester Young. The first portion of Leonid’s career was spent in Russia, wher

Sean Saville’s love for music began as he started attending and eventually organizing local DIY concerts in his hometown of Utica, NY. He later moved to Rocheter, NY, where he earned a degree in Music Business while minoring in and focusing on jazz improvisation. In Rochester, he played a wide variety of gigs from big bands and pit orchestras to rock concerts and benefit fundraisers. Sean is

Jarrett Shedd grew up in a musical family where the guitar was used as a common accompaniment to daily life in Amarillo, TX. This same city has been used as inspiration for songs such as “Amarillo by Morning” and “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66.” He began his formal music education by studying the electric guitar privately with Jerry Thompson. Jarrett later attended Amarillo College under the instru

Matt Kaplan is a classical guitarist based in New York City. He holds bachelor’s degrees of Music Education and Music Performance with a minor in Piano from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and a master’s of Music Performance from Mannes College – The New School for Music where he studied with classical guitar luminaries like Frederic Hand and Michael Newman. Matt’s performing experie

George is a musician, composer, and sound engineer based in Queens, NY. Originally from Indianapolis, IN George studied Jazz Guitar at Indiana University under NYC Based Jazz Guitarist Dave Stryker. George played in various acts while living in Indiana, and also spent time playing in pit orchestras, doing session work at Hit City Recording Studio, and even hosting and curating the improvised music

Julian Barthold first picked up the guitar at age 11 and almost instantly discovered his passion for music. It was not long thereafter that he came to New York City Guitar School for lessons and Summer Rock Camp, which set him on his path towards interning and now teaching at NYCGS! Julian earned his BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied music composition, theory, history, performance,

David was born in Nashville, TN (Go Titans!) and began playing guitar at age 12. He holds a BFA in Jazz Guitar Performance from the New School and also has a strong background in hospitality. David is a patient, caring, and enthusiastic teacher. He is excited to build relationships with his students and to inspire a love and a passion for music in each of them. But most of all, he hopes to help ea

Clayton Hopkins is a NYC/NJ based guitarist, songwriter, and singer. He studied Music Engineering, Production, Contemporary Guitar, and Composition/Songwriting at Frost School of Music before moving to NYC to pursue his original music full-time. Clayton’s contemporary rock n roll group, Clayton-Ellis, has toured the UK 3 times and Clayton co-wrote and co-produced all the material on the band

As a native New Yorker, Sean is a performing musician in multiple bands across the tri-state area. He plays bass in the avant-pop act Diana Lopez, as well as the rock group Damn Jackals. Sean’s musical identity has always been defined by his curiosity for different styles. Although his first love is electric bass, Sean has also been playing guitar and drums for over a decade in diverse genres. He