Justin DiCioccio Jazz Clinics

Clinics: All Student Levels

How To Rehearse Big Bands, Ensembles and/or Combos
How To Swing and Groove
How To Teach Jazz Styles
How To Teach Improvisation
How To Put Together a Jazz Program and/or Festival
Consulting (all jazz areas of study)
How to Prepare High School Students for College/Conservatory Jazz Program Auditions! What’s Expected from Students? What Student’s Can Expect from Colleges or Conservatory Programs

Internationally recognized Jazz educator
An inventive approach in administration and teaching with many years of experience
Conductor of Big Bands and Large Ensembles
Coach of Combos and/or small ensembles
Master classes, clinics, workshops and lectures in improvisation, rhythm, swing and groove and rhythm section playing
Drumset lessons, successfully having taught some of the most important jazz, pop and funk drummers, currently performing
Administrative experience as Associate Dean of Jazz Arts program, MSM
Program Director for Carnegie Hall Jazz Education
Creator and Director of New York All City High School Jazz Program
Founder, Designer, Director, LaGuardia High School of the Arts Jazz Program
Consultant and clinician to Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Education
Artistic Director and Conductor of both the McDonald’s and Grammy High School Jazz Bands and Programs

Clinician and Board Member of National Young Arts Foundation, Presidential Scholars in Jazz
Three-time recipient of the Presidential Scholars Teacher Recognition Award in the field of Jazz by the US Department of Education.
US State Department Cultural Envoy of Jazz Ambassador to Tiblisi, Georgia
Designer/Creator of the MSM Jazz Program, LHS Jazz Program, the True School in Mumbai, India and the Henry Mancini in Los Angeles
Coordinator and Designer of International Exchange School Programs
Drumset and/or Conducting credentials including Concerts, Commercials, Broadway Shows and recordings with Jazz, Orchestral, Pop and New Music groups
Performances with many acclaimed artists, including Joe Lovano, Dave Leibman, Paquito D’Rivera, Randy Brecker, Phil Woods, Donny McCaslin, Dick Oatts, Terell Stafford, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, among others.
Global and International experience in Summer Workshop and Performance Programs and Festivals