Jonathan has been actively involved in the field of music-education since 2009, and has served as private instructor, ensemble coach and lecturer within public school, private school, charter school, and university environments. He has been an employee of many New York-based music-education programs such as the Afro-Latin Jazz Academy, The Gramercy Brass Orchestra of New York, New York Ensemble Classes, the Lyceum Kennedy International School, Jubilee Enrichment Programs, Jazz Empowers and the New York Jazz Academy. He's conducted group classes at an array of New York City-based public schools, such PS 126 and PS 290, and has been apart of international educational outreach in places like Costa Rica, Australia and Canada. semesters as a Graduate Part-Time Instructor for the University of Colorado Boulder, where he taught jazz small groups, jazz orchestra and a 100+ student Jazz History lecture course. He has been teaching privately for over a decade, has accumulated nearly 50 5-star Yelp/Google reviews and multiple awards and competitive accolades for his educational prowess. His home studio on the upper east side is complete with weighted 88-key digital piano, a high-quality Bose speaker system, professional audio and video recording equipment, as well as musical media and sheet music spanning many musical genres, cultures and time periods. Jonathan specializes in the following areas of applied musical study: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Improvisation, Jazz Improvisation, Composition/Songwriting, Arranging, Music Theory, Sight Reading, Ear Training, Music Appreciation, and Music History (includes classical, jazz, and world musics).