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Day camp schedule: 6/16/14 - 6/21/14

Monday-Friday 9am – 3pm 

The camp will provide free boxed lunches and bus/rail passes for students with unique transportation needs.

About staff

J.T. Lynch  – Director/Conductor.  A graduate of East Tech High School in Cleveland, Mr. Lynch earned two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Akron, one in music and one in jazz studies and a master’s degree in education from Ashford University.  Mr. Lynch has extensive experience working with young people of all ages, preschool through high school. He believes that becoming a musician takes hard work and discipline that culminates in a sense of joy and satisfaction.

Today his jazz band, Horns & Things, performs at regional special events and local night clubs. In addition to performing with the jazz group, Lynch is an arts educator with the Chrysanti School of Music in the Fairfax/Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland. He has worked with community orchestras, helps procure grant money for instruments and prepares students for their college auditions. Several of his students have received full scholarships to study music.

Davidione C. Pearl (Developer).  Davidione is a musician and fiction writer collaborating with other musicians and artists to continue John Kuegeler's tireless devotion to ensure that music,  dance, and art, is accessible to all youth. Presently a member of the band Mo' Mojo, he has previously worked with members of Dire Straits, The Pointer Sisters, and The Grateful Dead among other notable names in the industry. He utilizes his strengths in team-building to network, produce, and promote multi-media arts and cultural exchanges.

Carol Kuegeler (Developer).  Carol is John Kuegeler's mother and a member of the family of Cleveland musicians who have worked so hard in this collaborative effort to provide a valuable musical experience to young musicians in John's memory. Carol was a member of The Prayer Warriors and loves to sing the Blues, Gospel and Folk. She has been warmly included to perform with several wonderful Cleveland bands.

Contact information

For further information on the summer camp please contact musiccamp@john.kuegeler.net.

John Clemens Kuegeler 23 November 1971 – 22 June 2012

Photo: Elizabeth Barrie (Sun Press)

Born in New York City and raised in Cleveland Ohio, John Kuegeler enjoyed an eclectic and adventurous career as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, organizer, and educator.

John graduated with a degree in music from Kent State University. At Kent State he studied trumpet as his principal instrument and developed skills on piano and percussion. Kent State provided a rich and creative musical environment where he honed his abilities through classical studies and enjoyed a consistent exploration through jazz, world music, new music, improvisation, and composition. Through his friendship with Kent State professor emeritus and composer Halim El Dabh, John discovered a talent as an organizer. He co-produced and directed El Dabh’s Opera Flies, and co-coordinated The Opera Flies Pageant. Later he co-coordinated a multi-media arts event called The Body Festival at Kent State.

John moved to Cleveland after his studies and made much of his living as a freelance musician. He has appeared with Sammy Deleon and his Orchestra, The Latin Jazz project, was auxiliary trumpet for the first production of Love Janis at the Cleveland Playhouse, and freelanced around the city.

John enjoyed success as a talented educator over his career. He worked as a teaching artist for Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio and held an artist-in-residence position with the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Environmental Education Center. He also taught with members of S.A.F.M.O.D. at the center’s River Run Arts Camp. John Kuegeler worked as a teaching artist for Roots of American music in Cleveland and utilized his skills as a percussionist, organizer, and educator in his work with the local company Rhythm Culture. He taught as a trumpet studio instructor, most recently at Fine Arts Association in Willoughby, OH. While working as a music specialist in the Montessori Schools of Flagstaff, he was inspired by the Montessori approach's individualized educational approach. While in Flagstaff, AZ he instructed jazz history at Coconino Community College.

John was a 2012 recipient of the Creative Workforce Fellowship for music composition given by the Cleveland area organization Community Partnership for Arts and Culture and was working on original work for performance when he passed away in June 2012.

In the spirit of John Clemens' passion in music education, this summer music camp aims to engage students of all backgrounds in independent thinking and team work while guiding them through an artistic process. Participants will be collaborators in the creation of a finished musical project and performance.

To learn more about John Kuegeler, visit the John Kuegeler Memorial Facebook Page  or listen to his music at bandcamp.com or reverbnation.com.

Last updated: June 4^th 2014