In his 16th year as Director or Co-Director of the Jazz Harmony Retreat...

Dr. JEREMY FOX

Grammy-nominated arranger Jeremy Fox leads the Jazz Voice program at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California, where he is incorporating hands-on classes/skills not traditionally taught to Jazz Voice majors. In his schooling, he earned an Associates Degree from The School for Music Vocations, a B.M. degree in Piano Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University, a Masters degree in Studio Jazz Writing and a Doctoral degree in Jazz Composition from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.  In 14 years as a full-time faculty at The SMV, Jeremy taught classical theory, vocal and instrumental arranging, studio recording, and solo jazz literature, while directing various instrumental and choral and vocal ensembles including the multi-award winning vocal jazz group First Take.  For 20 years, Jeremy coordinated and led Vocal Jazz camps around the U.S. and Canada. He is active as a clinician, and has presented clinics and served as guest conductor of All-State and Honor ensembles throughout the United States and Canada.  He ran the SMV Vocal Jazz Festival for 14 years, and brought in such artists as The Real Group, säje, NY Voices, Rajaton, Mark Murphy, Nancy King, and m-pact.

Jeremy was nominated for a GRAMMY® award for his orchestral arrangement of "All My Tomorrows" featuring Kate McGarry, off his "With Love" album (available on iTunes, and at www.JeremyFox.net).  He has also received 10 awards from Downbeat magazine, including ones for: Best Written Song, Best Arrangement, Studio Engineering, and for his vocal jazz ensembles.  Jeremy’s charts are published with UNC Jazz Press, Sound Music Publications, and with his own publishing company, Foxtrot Publishing.  He has written for: Kevin Mahogany, NY Voices singers Lauren Kinhan and Peter Eldridge, Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, m-pact, Cadence, Sunny Wilkinson, Terence Blanchard, and Metropolitan Opera singers Eric Owens and Denyce Graves.  He travels around the world conducting a concert of his and other’s Bossa Nova arrangements with national orchestras and with Brazilian singer Rose Max. In 2013, a track he conducted on the album recorded from a concert earned a Latin Grammy nomination.  He has also twice acted as the guest conductor for the famed Henry Mancini Institute Jazz Orchestra, based in Miami.  For more info, please visit: www.JeremyFox.net

And in his 7th year with the Jazz Harmony Retreat:
Dr. JUSTIN BINEK

Dr. Justin Binek is an internationally recognized jazz and classical singer, pianist, clinician, and composer/arranger.  Justin is a co-author of the upcoming third edition of Richard J. Lawn’s Experiencing Jazz textbook; he is also a contributing author to Diana Spradling’s Jazz Singing: Developing Artistry and Authenticity and Katrien Van Opstal’s Vocal Jazz Technique: The Mixing Table Model. A renowned scat singer and teacher of vocal improvisation, Justin is a featured clinician in Michele Weir’s ScatAbility iOS app. Justin’s compositions and arrangements are available from Kerry Marsh and Anchor Music, and his original jazz-inspired mass, Missa Lucis, made its Carnegie Hall debut in June 2022.

A 2022 and 2023 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Quarterfinalist, Justin currently serves as an Associate Professor of Music Theory, Jazz Studies, and Commercial Music at Kansas City Kansas Community College, where he also directs the DownBeat Student Music Award-winning Blue Devil Funk Band. He also teaches on the faculties of The Jazz Harmony Retreat, the TiffinMusic Summer Camp, and the Halewynstichting Jazz Workshop (Belgium). Justin has presented numerous clinics and performed at the JEN, IAJE, IJVC, and ISME Conferences, he has twice served as a guest artist/clinician at the National Youth Jazz Festival in Makhanda, South Africa, and he has served as a the director for multiple All-State and region-level honors vocal jazz ensembles.

Justin is an active performer in the vibrant Kansas City jazz scene, and lives in Olathe, KS, with his wife, Claire, an accomplished vocal pedagogue and middle school choir director, and their daughters, Cora and Iris. Justin previously held teaching positions at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia) and the University of Mary (Bismarck, ND), and holds degrees from the University of North Texas (DMA), Western Michigan University (MM), and the University of Mary (BS and BA). For more information, visit www.justinbinekjazz.com.