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Anthony Muthurajah

Anthony Muthurajah is a Bahrain born Sri Lankan musician specializing in the bass guitar. Music was an integral part of his life unknown to him. At age 12, he joined the local church band as the drummer and that's where it all began. He was nurtured and mentored to eventually pick up the guitar and a little bit of bass guitar. At age 17, he moved to Chennai, India for a year and was an active part of the gospel scene. ​

In 2010 July, he moved to Kuala Lumpur to pursue his music education at the International College of Music, a Berklee International Network partner school. While in college, a change of heart made him switch to the bass guitar as his primary instrument from the guitar. ​ From the summer of 2011, he became highly active as a session bass player, both live and in the studio. While in Malaysia, he worked with Ning Baizura, Michael Veerapen, Jayesslee, Melissa Indot, Mokhtar Samba African Jazz Project, Patrick Terbrack, Valtinhio Anastacio, John Thomas, Lewis Pragasam to name a few artists.

Doug Stone

Born: August 21, 1981

Doug Stone’s career has involved work as a touring musician, primarily with jazz trumpet legend Maynard Ferguson and his band, the Big Bop Nouveau, as well as with the “world-jazz” group Panoramic, and with a number of ensembles from Chicago, Illinois. His time on the road has taken him to virtually every corner of the United States as well as Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and Canada. As a member of groups at Northern Illinois University, Stone had the opportunity to perform with Frank Foster, Benny Golson, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Rufus Reid, Larry Ridley, and Carl Allen. As a member of the Birch Creek Academy Band he has performed with jazz luminaries Dennis Mackrel, Harold Jones, Derrick Gardner, Tanya Darby, Reggie Thomas, and Clay Jenkins

Dan Redner

Dan Redner – Award-Winning Musical Director, Pianist, & Educator

Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Dan Redner is a versatile pianist in both classical and jazz traditions. A 2007 alumnus of Grand Valley State University, he has earned performance honors from Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University, Aquinas College, and the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival. He has collaborated with the Grand Rapids Symphony and the Austin Symphony Orchestra, and served as a clinic musician for jazz legend Wynton Marsalis.

Dan has performed at the T.S. Eliot Society Conference in St. Louis for the world premiere of Craig Benjamin’s opera, The Wasteland, and at the famed Rose Theater @ Jazz At Lincoln Center in NYC as the MD & Pianist for the Broadway musical revue, Sing out.  In 2025, he performed with Italian tenor, Andrea Bocelli during his North American tour at Austin’s Moody Center Arena, and most recently at Bass Concert Hall with Grammy nominated, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird. 

Vibist, Jerry Tachoir and Pianist, Marlene Tachoir at Jazz Educators Network Conference

January 3, 2011

Jerry and Marlene Tachoir will be one of the featured clinicians and performers at next weeks Jazz Educators Network Conference in New Orleans. Jerry and Marlene will present an Outreach clinic/performance at the KIPP School for the Creative Arts in New Orleans, present by the Jazz Educators Network and sponsored by the Ludwig/Musser division of the ...