CJ
Greer

CJ Greer is thrilled to be back in Naples! She is currently on the voice faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno implementing a new Musical Theatre degree program. CJ found her passion and life’s work in vocal performance and instruction. She carries an MFA in Music Theatre Vocal Performance and Pedagogy and MM/Classical from Penn State University, and a BME from the University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana. CJ has performed and presented around the world as singer, actor, teacher, and conductor with an undying love for storytelling through music. Research interests span from bringing movement and intimacy training practices into the voice studio, to interdisciplinary approaches to vocal performance, to working with the medical field exploring where science and singing can heal. She has just completed her Open Source Forms (OSF) certification and is piloting a new integrative approach to teaching singing alongside movement and dance. CJ has been featured multiple times in Classical Singer magazine, on The Visceral Voice podcast and is presenting her research nationally and internationally. She is a frequent guest singer for Symphonic Holiday Pops concerts and has recently completed a one-woman cabaret featuring the music of Kander & Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago). Her most recent article “Finding Grace: A Singing Teacher’s Journey with Her First Transgender Student” was published through Routledge/Voice and Speech Review. This February she will be performing here in Naples at TheatreZone in their production of Escape to Margaritaville. Come check out the show! Broadway/National Tour/Regional performing credits (Sister Act, Les Miserables, The Producers, Ragtime, I Love A Piano, Mamma Mia, The Buddy Holly Story, The Addams Family, Chess, Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods, etc). 

Website:  https://cj-greer.com  

Email:  cjgstudio@gmail.com

John Salminen

John D. Salminen, SPME received his Bachelors of Music Education from Temple University, Pennsylvania, his Masters Degree from Michigan State University and his Specialist in Music Education from the University of Miami at Coral Gables. His instrumental background includes studying clarinet with the principal clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Anthony Gigliotti while at Temple University and, while at the University of Miami. saxophone with jazz artist Gary Keller.

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Over the past 40 years, John has taught instrumental music at international schools in such places as Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Jordan, the UAE and Belgium. He has built programs from as small as 50 students up to 500 and has conducted works from grade 1 (Beginners) to grade 6 (University). In 2002 he was the guest conductor of the International Jazz Ensemble in Warsaw, Poland. Along with his teaching and conducting, John has performed in jazz bands, concert bands and orchestras around the world. In addition, he has organized student trips, guest performers and opportunities for students to interact with great musicians such as Wynton Marsalis, the Canadian Brass and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.