The Elon Music Department hosts various guest artists throughout the year, including composers, soloists, ensembles, producers, and songwriters. Guest master classes have been conducted by:
Elliot Mazer
Record producer & engineer (Neal Young, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan)
Alex De Grassi
Guitarist
Douglas Neidt
Classical guitarist
Awadagin Pratt
Concert pianist
Gene Bertoncini
Jazz guitarist
Carmine Appice
Drummer (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Stanley Clarke, Ted Nugent, Pink Floyd)
Bart Feller
Principal Flute of the New York City Opera, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Arlene Shrut
Faculty member of the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music
Lori Laitman
Composer of art songs
Adeline Tomasone
Flautist
Eugene Rousseau
Professor of saxophone, Indiana University
Arnold Jacobs
Principal tuba, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Renold Schilke
Manufacturer of Schilke trumpets and former member of Chicago Symphony
Bill Chase
Jazz trumpet recording artist and leader of "Chase"
Wolfgang Basch
International trumpet soloist
Leon Breedan
Director of Jazz Program, North Texas State University
Thomas Murray
International organ soloist and head of organ department Yale University
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