Juan Narvaez
Juan is a passionate musician and educator that wants to help spread love and appreciation for music throughout the world. They believe that music has a great capacity to heal and unite people; it is a form of communication with many dialects and meanings that we can all relate to one way or another. Juan has great love for all music and particularly a passion for Western art music, jazz, and musical traditions from around the world. They compose, arrange, and perform as a soloist and collaborator. Juan has studied piano performance at the Alfred Cortot School in Paris, at Florida Atlantic University, and at Algoma University in Canada- the latter from which they graduated in 2016. They have studied with renowned pianists and teachers that include: Dr. Adam Aleksander, Sergei Sichkov, Andrei Gorog, Dr. Irena Kofman, and Dr. Anne Louise-Turgeon.
Juan has more than 15 years of experience teaching and performing music. They have experience playing classical piano music, chamber music, orchestral music, jazz, musical theater, Latin music, and popular music styles. Juan has had the opportunity to play in master classes for Alexander Beridze, Conrad Tao, Leslie Kinton, and James Anagnoson. They have also performed with the FAU Symphony Orchestra and the Algoma University Jazz Ensemble. Juan has collaborated with instrumentalists and singers, accompanied choirs, and worked as a church pianist and organist.
Jasmine Ugarte
Miss Jasmine has been teaching privately since 2014 and has worked with several music camps, companies and academies. She discovered her passion for teaching music to young children after she had the privilege of teaching piano at the FAU TOPS Piano and Creative Writing Summer Camp.
She received her Bachelor of Music, majoring in Commercial Music Business, from Florida Atlantic University in August 2017. While there, her instrument of concentration was the piano, which she studied under the tutelage of Dr. Irena Kofman.
She has experience working with students of all ages and abilities, from young children as young as 3 years to seniors. Her main focus is in early childhood education and she has great passion in working with children. Miss Jasmine has taught students with special needs, including autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities. She has used piano playing as a means of physical therapy for those with neurological disorders, injuries and arthritis.