Cindy Tag

Education:

          Master of Music, University of Tennessee -Jazz Studies and Woodwinds

          Certificate, Summer Jazz Program, Berklee College of Music, Boston.

          Bachelor of Fine arts, Music Education, Carnegie Mellon University.

          Bachelor of Fine Arts, Clarinet Performance, Carnegie Mellon University

          David Liebman Advanced Saxophone Master Class

          Jamey Aebersold Jazz Camp: Studied directly with David Baker

          Studied with master jazz educator Jerry Coker, saxophonists Joseph Viola and Billy Pierce; and Pittsburgh Symphony principal clarinetist Louis Paul

Teaching Experience:

          Director of Music, St. Andrews Sewanee Academy, Sewanee TN

          Instructor of Jazz Improvisation, University of Tennessee Non Credit Program

          Instructor at New Mexico Jazz Workshop, Adult Jazz Imrovisation

          15 years as private instructor

           Instructor at Hummingbird Music camp

Performance Experience:

          Performs regularly with "the Coolers, Cafe Mocha Salsa Band, SAVOY, Blues Kings, and Singset"

          Backup Performer for Lawrence Welk, Dolly Parton, Ray Stevens, Fifth Dimension, Guy Lombardo, Les Elgart Band, Jerry Coker, and Donald Brown

          Warmup Bands for Melissa Manchester, Gary Puckett, David Keith, Lee Greenwood Sideman, woodwind doubler,and Opryland USA

          Bandleader and saxophonist, House Jazz Band on Knoxville, TN, riverboat

          Private music instructor of flute, clarinet, saxophones, and jazz improvisation

          instructor at Hummingbird Music Camp

          Jazz Under the Stars soloist, 1998