• Listening Skills
• Physical Set-Up and Positioning of the Drum Set
• The Rhythm Section: Principles and Development
• Time and Its Nuances
• The Ride Rhythm
• Practice Techniques
• Musical Form on the Drum set
• Dynamic Balance on the Drum Set
• Technique Development
• Brushwork
• The Hi-Hat
• Bass Drum: Use and Development
• Equipment Selection
• Reading and Chart Interpretation
• Tensioning and Dampening
• Extensions and Pivots
• Odd Meters and Superimposed Time Signatures
• Dealing with Transcriptions

ONLINE CLINICS/WORKSHOPS

• Jack is available for interactive online clinics and workshops through the
  ALIVE Project (Accessible Live Internet Video Education)

ARTICLES

JAZZ IMPROV INTERVIEW

PAST CONCERTS/CLINICS/WORKSHOPS

• International Association of Jazz Educators Conference (New York, NY)
• Soroptimist Women in Jazz Festival (Fort Bragg, CA)
• Lakeland Community College Jazz Festival (Mentor, OH)
• Grand Valley State College Jazz Festival (Grand Valley, MI)
• Blue Lake Jazz Festival (Blue Lake, MI)
• Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)
• Valparaiso University Jazz Festival (Valparaiso, IN)
• Indiana Percussive Arts Society State Convention (Indianapolis, IN)
• Perry-Meridian High School Jazz Festival (Indianapolis, IN)
• Chesterton High School (Chesterton, IN)
• Indiana Percussive Arts Society's "Day of Percussion" (Indianapolis, IN)
• University of North Carolina (Charlotte, NC)
• Winthrop University (Rock Hill, NC)
• University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
• University of South Carolina (Chapel Hill, SC)
• Bellarmine College (Louisville, KY)
• University of Wisconsin Day of Percussion (Madison, WI)
• University of Wisconsin Jazz Festival (LaCrosse, WI)
• University of Wisconsin Jazz Festival (Whitewater, WI)
• University of Wisconsin Percussion Symposium Day (Whitewater, WI)
• University of Wisconsin Jazz Festival (Cedarburg, WI)
• Birch Creek Farm Academy for the Performing Arts (Door County, WI)
• Greater Milwaukee Drum Expo (Milwaukee, WI)
• Wisconsin Lutheran College (Milwaukee, WI)
• Carey Grove High School (Cary, IL)
• International Association of Jazz Educators National Convention (Chicago, IL)
• Western Illinois University Jazz Festival (Macomb, IL)
• Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL)
• Illinois Wesleyan University Jazz Festival (Bloomington, IL)
• American Conservatory of Music (Chicago, IL)
• Columbia College Jazz Festival (Chicago, IL)
• Governers State University Jazz Festival (University Park, IL)
• College of Lake County Jazz Festival (Grayslake, IL)
• Millikin University Jazz Festival (Decatur, IL)
• University of Illinois Jazz Festival (Urbana, IL)
• Carl Sandburg College Jazz Festival (Galesburg, IL)
• William Rainey Harper College (Palatine, IL)
• Thornton Community College (South Holland, IL)
• Triton College Jazz Festival (River Grove, IL)
• Wright College (Chicago, IL)
• College of DuPage (Glenn Ellyn, IL)
• North Central College (Naperville, IL)
• Elgin Community College (Elgin, IL)
• Illinois Benedictine College (Lisle, IL)
• Midwest Bandmasters Convention (Chicago, IL)
• Oak Lawn High School Jazz Festival (Oak Lawn, IL)
• Jazz in the Meadows Jazz Festival (Rolling Meadows, IL)
• North Shore Jazz Festival (Glenview, IL)
• Mount Zion High School (Mount Zion, IL)
• Tri-City Jazz Festival (St. Charles, IL)
• Hinsdale South High School (Hinsdale, IL)
• Alan B. Shepard High School Jazz Festival (Palos Heights, IL)
• Riverside-Brookfield High School Jazz Festival (Riverside, IL)
• Stagg High School (Palos Hills, IL)
• Winterguard (New Lenox, IL)
• Chicago Area Jazz Festival (Lansing, IL)
• Benet Academy (Lisle, IL)
• Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Combo Camps (North Central College, Naperville, IL)
• Illinois Music Educators Association Convention (Peoria, IL)
• Wheaton North High School (Wheaton, IL)
• Lockport High School (Lockport, IL)
• Illinois State University Vocal Jazz Festival (Normal, IL)
• Argo High School Jazz Festival (Summit, IL)
• Summer Jazz Showcase (Hinsdale, IL)
• Scullen Middle School (Naperville, IL)
• Dickinson State College Jazz Festival (Dickinson, ND)
• International Peace Gardens Jazz Combo Camp (ND)
• University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)
• Mid-American Music Association Festival (Kansas City, MO)
• Wichita Jazz Festival (Wichita, KS)
• Kansas Association of Jazz Educators (Wichita, KS)
• Topeka Jazz Workshop (Topeka, KS)
• Kansas University (Lawrence, KS)
• Emporia State University (Emporia, KS)
• Baker University (Baldwin, KS)
• Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
• Bethany University (Lindsborg, KS)
• Bethel College (Newton, KS)
• Washburn University (Topeka, KS)
• Marymount College (Salina, KS)
• Cloud Country Community College Jazz Festival (Concordia, KS)
• Butler County Community College (Eldorado, KS)
• Hutchinson Community College (Hutchinson, KS)
• Jazz Horizons (Salina, KS)
• Riley County High School Jazz Festival (Riley, KS)
• Emporia High School (Emporia, KS)
• Seaman Rural High School (Topeka, KS)
• Larned High School (Larned, KS)
• Central High School (Salina, KS)
• Clay Center High School (Clay Center, KS)
• Clark Terry Great Plains Jazz Camp (Emporia State University, Emporia, KS)
• Midwest Rhythm Section/Improvisation Workshop (Emporia State University, Emporia, KS)
• Kansas Music Educators Association Convention (Wichita, KS)
• Southwest Oklahoma State University Jazz Festival (Weatherford, OK)
• Cameron University (Lawton, OK)
• Oklahoma Percussive Arts Society State Convention (Weatherford, OK)
• University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
• Okalahoma Jazz Hall of Fame (Tulsa, OK)
• University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK)
• Brownwood Music Festival (Brownwood, TX)
• Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (San Antonio, TX)
• Tarrant County Community College (Fort Worth, TX)
• Bands of America National Workshop (San Marco, TX)
• University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)
• University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
• University of Portland (Portland, OR)
• Willamette Valley University (Salem, OR)
• Jamey Aebersold Jazz Combo Camps
• National Stage Band Camps
• Montreux Jazz Festival and Clinics (Montreux, Switzerland)
• Seefeld Jazz Festival (Seefeld, Austria)
• Holy Cross High School Jazz Festival (Saskatoon, Sask, Canada)
• Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts Jazz Camps (Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask, Canada)
• Thom-Collegiate Stage Band (Regina, Sask, Canada)
• Swift Current High School (Swift Current, Sask, Canada)
• Downtown Optimist Jazz Festival (Regina, Sask, Canada)
• Swift Current Improvisation Workshop (Swift Current, Sask, Canada)
• Saskatoon Jazz Society (Saskatoon, Sask, Canada)
• Lions Jazz Festival (Saskatoon, Sask, Canada)
• Melville Jazz Retreat (Melville, Sask, Canada)
• Virtual Percussion Festival, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada)