Saxophone

Bettyjeane Quimby received her BM in music education (2005) and her MM in music performance (2012), both from Cleveland State University. During her Masters degree at CSU, she won the graduate concerto competition performing a jazz clarinet concerto with the University Orchestra. For the past 21 years she has been performing locally with numerous ensembles including; Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Great Lakes Theater, Sammy DeLeon y Su Orchestra, The Lakewood Hometown Band, The Dazzle Awards and many diverse musical groups across Northeast Ohio. 

In  addition, she has shared the stage with The Temptations, The O’Jays and The DIVA Jazz Orchestra with the production of Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life. In 2022  she was invited to perform the Artie Shaw Concerto for Clarinet at the International Clarinet Association conference in Reno, Nevada to honor her former professor Theodore Johnson. 

Since tutoring and teaching in numerous school districts, Ms. Quimby continues to hold a professional teaching license maintaining a prominent private lesson studio in the western suburbs. Some of her students have auditioned into the Ohio All State Band, Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony (CYWS) and The Contemporary Youth Orchestra (CYO). For the past three years she has been a lead teacher with CJO’s education outreach residency program in Cleveland Metropolitan School District sharing her love of music with both students and teachers. Currently, Bettyjeane serves as Education Program Director for Roots of American Music non-profit organization where she is crafting their education curricula, providing excellence in music education while connecting history, culture and social emotional learning through music. As a freelance musician, teacher and non-profit administrator, Bettyjeane remains active in the performance and music education community attending music conferences across the nation.