John Douglas

John Douglas has had a lifetime of experience in music. He has taught privately for

over 20 years, and has performed professionally on saxophone, clarinet, and flute

for over 35 years.

John’s education includes early studies with revered Bay Area saxophonist Ben

Meltzer, performances with the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Band,

and as the lead saxophonist in the California All-State Jazz Ensemble.

A graduate of the highly regarded Music program at Los Medanos College in

Pittsburg, CA, where he studied privately with Diane Maltester and Mary Fettig,

John went on to pursue studies at Cal State University at Northridge in their BM

program for music performance, where he played the solo E flat clarinet chair in the

University Wind Ensemble and lead alto saxophone in CSUN’s prestigious “A" Jazz

Ensemble. He is currently pursuing a BM in Music Education at Sonoma State

University, where he studies clarinet with Roy Zajac.

John currently performs in the Kelly Park Big Band and GroovaNova (Wayne Fettig,

Mike Williams, Marc Levine, Gerry Kennett), and is busy as a freelance artist with

numerous other ensembles. He has performed everything from solo saxophone

engagements to orchestras, rock/funk bands to musical theater, jazz trios to

chamber ensembles.

John is a band director and ensemble teacher for Instrumental Music for Children

(IMC). He has directed the elementary school band program for the Benicia Unified

School District, and has directed music programs for Children’s Music and Arts

Foundation. He has been on the teaching staff of ABC Music for ten years.

John teaches in our Benicia location.

For registration and lesson information, please visit
https://johnpatdouglas.musicteachershelper.com

JOHN DOUGLAS