founder and Lead Hooper of HOOP POWER. She is also a clinical social worker who has been working with children, teens and families for over 15 years. A long time lover of dance and moving meditation, Kaye discovered hoop-dance in 2007. She immediately fell in love with moving and finding her own dance in the hoop, as well as the soothing, meditative, and fun aspects of hooping. After completing a teacher training through Hero Hoops, she began teaching both children and adults to share the physical and emotional benefits of hoop dance. Through HOOP POWER, Kaye teaches both children and adults in Berkeley and beyond! www.hoop-power.com

has spent the past twenty-five years traveling the globe, gathering and telling stories from Tel Aviv to Tokyo and Paris to Petaluma.  In addition to his six storytelling CDs, which have received numerous awards, Joel has recently published his first book, “The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness,” which recounts the remarkable story that began when Joel awoke from a surgical procedure to discover that he could no longer speak. Pursuing the more meditative side of his work, Joel will be offering two periods of environmental art, which he has taught for several years now, and has become a very popular addition to our schedule.  He’ll also be teaching “Life Stories,” based upon the “story skills” classes he has offered around the world. http://www.storypage.com/

has been performing Celtic and British Isles folk music and his own original songs for 30 years. Equally at home on fiddle, guitar, and octave mandolin, he has toured the world and recorded over a dozen albums, solo and with various duos and ensembles, earning two NAIRD “Indie” awards and one Grammy nomination. Danny has produced over 50 albums for other artists, including three for his current band Wake the Dead, billed as “the world’s only Celtic all-star Grateful Dead jam band”. His newest solo CD, “Sky In Your Pocket”, was released in June. He currently tours sporadically with Wake the Dead. He also has been teaching music performance, songwriting, and studio production in several community colleges for the past 15 years. Danny is the author of “Irish Songs for Guitar” (Hal Leonard), provides feature articles for Acoustic Guitar Magazine (on musical subjects from Celtic to French, Hawaiian to African, and beyond) and runs a regular Celtic column in Mandolin Magazine. When not playing or teaching music, Danny is an avid writer. His first two musical mystery novels, “A Jig Before Dying” and “Fortune Turns the Wheel”, are out and available at Camp. The third is awaiting publication. Danny lives in Albany with his lovely wife Saundra and their three-and-a-half-year-old son Teddy, who likes to dance and play the harmonica. You can find out more about Danny’s musical and literary goodies at both www.dannycarnahan.com and www.wakethedead.org.

Professor Pincel has been training in Capoeira for 15 years and teaching for 11 years. He is a part of the United Capoeira Association and a graduate student under the renowned Mestre (Master) Acordeon. Professor Pincel has spent the last 10 years teaching adults and kids of all races, ages and backgrounds in Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco in numerous after-school programs and special programs for youth. He has had the opportunity to travel all over the world teaching workshops, doing shows and demos and learning from world-renowned Mestres. He is currently a teacher and Director of Academics and manages the UCA’s children’s programs and admissions at the Capoeira Art Foundation in Berkeley. http://www.capoeiraartsfoundation.org/

is a vocalist/instrumentalist who enjoys working with children and adults of all ages teaching music. He’s also an in-demand artist who performs with several local and international touring acts including SoVoSo, Linda Tillery and the Cultural HeritageChoir, Keith Terry, Slammin All-Body Band, Chelle! And Friends and Rankin’ Scroo and Ginger. Bryan has recorded with countless artist over the years from Susana Baca to Huey Lewis and the News. “Everyone has music in them; I enjoy bringing it out of each person…”

Artistic Director www.shotgunplayers.org Patrick received a BA in English from James Madison University in Virginia in 1990. While there he was a founding member of the American Shakespeare Center (formerly Shenandoah Shakespeare) now based in Staunton, Virginia. Patrick has directed over 40 award-winning productions for Shotgun including: Ubu for President by Josh Costello (named one of the top ten productions in 2008 by the East Bay Express); The Cryptogram by David Mamet; The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, King Lear, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, The Skriker and Owners by Caryl Churchill and his original adaptation of Baal by Bertolt Brecht. Shotgun Players has produced nearly 30 new plays since 1992 and developing new works and commissions have become more significant with each season. Beginning with 2010, eight of our next ten plays will be commissions. A sampling of original works include Swimming in the Shallows by Adam Bock; The Death of Meyerhold by Mark Jackson (winner of several awards and later produced by The Studio Theatre in Washington D.C.); Dog Act by Liz Duffy Adams (winner of the Will Glickman Award in 2004 for best original play) and most recently Jon Tracy’s hip hop adaptation of Orwell’s Animal Farm performed in an outdoor amphitheatre. Community-based productions by Marcus Gardley Love Is A Dream House In Lorin (nominated for the 2006 Steinberg New Play Award) and a 2009 piece about the women who worked in the Richmond Shipyards, This World in a Woman’s Hands have helped us redefine what “community theatre” can mean. A 2008 commission of Jason Craig and Dave Malloy resulted in Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage, which was named as one of the top ten productions of 2008 by the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune and East Bay Express. A sold-out remount in New York City garnered more critical acclaim including a top 10 mention in the New Yorker. Patrick has teamed up again with Craig and Malloy to direct a new work about the life of Rasputin called Beardo to kick off our 20th anniversary season in 2011. He also made sure to have a “ringer” to close out our anniversary season and so of course he commissioned Mark Jackson to create God’s Plot for December 2011. Committed to using theatre as a means of community building, Patrick led a capital campaign in 2007 to the make the Ashby Stage – Shotgun’s home base – the first 100% solar powered theatre in America. He is married and has three beautiful daughters all under the age of seven so he’s pretty busy at home too.

is a vocalist/instrumentalist who enjoys working with children and adults of all ages teaching music. He’s also an in-demand artist who performs with several local and international touring acts including SoVoSo, Linda Tillery and the Cultural HeritageChoir, Keith Terry, Slammin All-Body Band, Chelle! And Friends and Rankin’ Scroo and Ginger. Bryan has recorded with countless artist over the years from Susana Baca to Huey Lewis and the News. “Everyone has music in them; I enjoy bringing it out of each person…”

is an East Bay Regional Park District Naturalist who grew up exploring the hills and ravines around his Oakland home. Anthony creates bows, arrows, baskets, flutes, and other materials in the style of Native California. When he’s not rubbing two sticks together to start the family BBQ, Anthony can be found teaching and learning in the Sunol/Ohlone Wilderness, surrounded by dragonflies, bobcats, woodpeckers, rattlesnakes and oak trees.

has performed mime, clowning, and circus arts with the American Mime Theatre in NYC, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus National Tour, her solo show in Nagasaki, Japan, and most recently with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Green Show. For the past twelve years, she has been an Artist in Residence in the public schools in Southern Oregon and has collaborated with ScienceWorks Hands on Museum in Ashland to create shows and lessons that teach science curriculum using movement theatre. She is thrilled to return to CAZ and don the baggy pants!

has been playing guitar since childhood. Dennis moved to the S.F. Bay Area in 1972 after spending his early years growing up in Southern California. In addition to playing guitar, Dennis enjoys teaching music, band leading, composing and arranging. Being an avid fan of digital audio engineering, Dennis has also produced several home studio music projects including the recently released CD of his gypsy jazz band, Éclair de Lune. Over the years Dennis has played in bands covering many music styles including Folk, Rock, Blues, R&B, Bluegrass, Country and Jazz. Dennis is also a former instructor at Bandworks. Dennis currently works as an audio/video design engineer, and plays with several bands: The Jay Byrds, On The Air and Éclair de Lune. Dennis, along with his family, has been attending Cazadero Family Camp since 1991, and has been on the teaching staff for the last 8 years.

has worked as an independent sound engineer on and off since 1980. He has been an engineer on recording sessions, for concerts and other live events, and in radio production. He spent several years creating audio software and sound effects for video games, and nowadays has a day job as a technical writer.

has been teaching guitar, bass, and mandolin in the Bay Area since moving to Berkeley in 1984. In 1993 Steve, along with Jeremy Steinkoler, founded Bandworks, a “school of rock” for all ages. Recently Steve has performed and recorded with the Jolly Gibsons, (co-leading the group with Jennifer Jolly), The Marie Schumacher Band, Eda Maxym, The Kevin Beadles Band, Jemimah Puddleduck and many more.  www.bandworks.com

is a yoga teacher, mother of two, and co-director of the Berkeley Yoga Center. Born and raised in Texas, she started practicing yoga in 1992 in Austin. She made her way to Berkeley in 1997 and has been teaching yoga (Ashtanga, prenatal, postnatal and kid yoga) in the Bay Area since 2000. In her classes, Melanie makes yoga accessible to all. While encouraging students to focus on their breath, she teaches her students to deepen their practice as they honor their bodies. She values the spiritual aspects of yoga integrated with the asanas. She especially values taking the lessons from the mat and integrating them into daily living. Melanie’s daily Ashtanga yoga practice informs her teaching and gives her an abundance of experience from which to teach others. She is available for public classes, group privates and individual privates. For more, go to www.melyoga.com or www.berkeleyyoga.com.

began studying Taiko in 1986 with the San Francisco Taiko Dojo. A few months later, on a trip to Japan, she was accepted to join Kodo’s first apprenticeship program. Susan returned to the U.S. and continued to practice, study and perform. Eventually she began teaching and formed her own group and Dojo in Emeryville. Since the opening of Emeryville Taiko in 1998 Susan has had hundreds of students and has taught in after school enrichment programs in Berkeley and Alameda. This year Taiko will be seriously fun! if you have hesitated in the past or felt intimidated, this is the year for you to try Taiko. Memorization of parts will be minimized, fun maximized, but will still be taught in the tradition of Taiko discipline. http://www.etaiko.org/

is the Artistic Director/founder of the CHELLE! and Friends, and founder/producer of the Queens of New Orleans Music Festival. Michelle performs educational programs for the San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program and children’s concerts for Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, California. Michelle is the founder of the Gospel World Music Chorus, founded and directed the ALA Children’s Chorus in Alameda in 2007-2008, teaches at the Cazadero Music Camp, is an elementary school music conductor for Oakland Youth Chorus in the Oakland Unified School district, and LEAP…Imagination in Learning in the San Francisco school district and former director of Young Performers International chorus in Marin. Michelle is also a founding member of the Street Sounds a cappella quintet. Michelle has toured throughout the United States and Europe performing with and alongside many well known artists including: Manhattan Transfer, Wynton Marsalis, Linda Hopkins, Ladysmith Black Mambaza, Pete Seger, Al Greene, and The Persuasions. Michelle also performed in Geneva, Switzerland, for the United Nations World Conference of Human Rights, the Montreux Jazz Festival, The Gurten Music Festival, and The Berne Jazz Festival. Michelle’s credits include: recipient of the City Of Oakland, Individual Artist grant for 2008, winner of the 1992, Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA) for “Best Folk/Progressive Song”, “Home Africa, studio recordings for Susana Baca, Kepa Junkera, and soundtrack for the Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, 2010 movie “La Mission” with Benjamin Bratt, and served on the board of directors of Arts First Oakland. http://chellemusic.com/ www.myspace.com/chelleandfriends www.cdbaby.com/cd/chelleandfriendsYES, WE ARE ON I-TUNES!

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has been “radiatin’ the eighty-eights” since the age of four. After studying classical piano with Roy Bogas throughout her childhood, she dove headfirst into rootsy American styles such as blues, boogie-woogie, New Orleans R&B, rock, country, jam bands, and funk. Jennifer is on the teaching faculty of The Jazzschool in Berkeley, is a full-time private teacher of piano/keyboards, and has been teaching at Caz Family Camp since 1999. She’s been performing solo and with Bay Area groups at clubs, festivals, and private events since the late ’80s. Jennifer currently performs solo, with Big B and His Snakeoil Saviors, in The Jolly Gibsons (co-founded with Steve Gibson), in Blue Caboose (with Jeremy Steinkoler), and as an accompanist and on-call musician. She also gets together with motley crews to play such joyfully diverse music as classical duets, minimalism, calypso, New Orleans funk, jazz, Irish, ’60′s folk, and vocal music. Some of Jennifer’s favorite career performances include gigs in the ’90s with Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, hot jazz festivals with Tom Rigney & Flambeau, sitting in at the now-defunct Tin Roof in New Orleans, and jamming at Kid City. She’s played keyboards and sung on over a dozen soundtracks and recordings, and also loves to play simple flute, guitar, bass, and drums. http://www.JollyGibsons.com

has been teaching jazz to kids for over 25 years, including founding many camps and programs in the Bay Area including the Youth Jazz Camp at Feather River. For the last ten years, she has been Director of Jazz Bands at Brooklyn Friends School in New York City. As a saxophonist, Jessica has her own quartet, which has played at major festivals on the East and West Coasts, and has worked with such modern jazz artists as Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, and Don Cherry. She continues to play her own music in her quartet and help others find their music. Jessica has been featured in Jazztimes magazine, and her quartet has been reviewed in several major jazz publications. Jessica has been working at Caz Family since its inception. http://www.jessicajonesmusic.com/

taught herself to walk the tight wire while working with the Caravan Stage Company in British Colombia, Canada. She later studied at the National Circus School and the Lecoq School of Physical Theatre in Paris, France. She toured extensively throughout Europe as street performer as half of the female duo, “The Deepsea Sisters.” In San Francisco, she’s performed on the tight wire and as acrobat and juggler with the Pickle Family Circus. For the past fifteen plus years, she has delighted in teaching circus arts to thousands of children throughout the Bay Area’s elementary schools.

Multi Instrumentalist/Composer Stephen Kent’s  journey had it’s beginnings in East Africa, morphed into an adolescence in the UK, exploded on the European music scene through the vocal music of Furious Pig and was transported to Australia  in 1981 where,  as Music Director of Circus Oz, he connected with the land, with Aborigines and with the Didgeridoo. Over the following 25 years Stephen has become one of the preeminent contemporary Didgeridoo artists on the planet with a recording career that spans well over two decades and a catalog of more than 20 CD’s, including 6 solo works showcasing the Didjeridu in a wide variety of both solo and collaborative settings that have been received with wide acclaim all over the world. The band projects Trance Mission, Beasts of Paradise & Lights in a Fat City established Stephen as a collaborative musician at heart and he’s continued expanding his musical connections all along, performing and sometimes recording with a host of musicians from many diverse parts of the world including, Airto Moreira (Brazil), Chirgilchin (Tuva), Habib Koite (Mali), Zakir Hussain (India), Omar Sosa (Cuba), Zap Mama (Belgium, Congo), Yassir Chadly (Morocco), Choi Jong Sil (Korea) Leonard Eto (Japan) and many more. He continues to innovate, now working with 2 new trio projects, Australian Bebop Ragas, and Baraka Moon and also performs with his partner Eda Maxym‘s band, Imagination Club. For the past 15 years he has produced a popular and eclectic weekly radio show, Music of the World on North America’s flagship listener-sponsored radio station, KPFA 94.1 FM. http://stephenkent.net

is an extraordinary teacher, master percussionist and prominent part of the Bay Area’s music, dance and arts education community. Youth of all ages and abilities are invited to attend his free Saturday afternoon Children in Flight class in African and jazz percussion, song and dance in Oakland. Tacuma has been teaching classes and leading students in performance since founding the Children in Flight program in 1993. For thirteen years his class has been an important—and sometimes only—gateway into the arts for many underserved, inner-city children. While most of the children served are from Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area, visiting artists have come from as far away as Ghana, Japan and Indonesia. Among the percussion instruments children learn are the djembé, dundun and conga drums. Among the many artists and groups Tacuma has worked with are the San Francisco Symphony, Young Audiences, the Sun Ra Archestra, Cross Pulse, Shaka Zulu, Bantaba Dance Ensemble and his musical mentor Moshe Milon. Tacuma’s teaching combines an expansive knowledge of music and dance with a loving concern for children. Whether teaching West African djembé and dundun drumming, teaching a South African gum boot dance or leading students in a New Orleans-style second line jazz procession, he brings an exuberant warmth and playful magic to his classes and workshops.

grew up with traditional American music and dance, clogging and playing clawhammer banjo at music festivals all over the East Coast. After studying dance and choreography at Brown University (BA ’91), Evie went on to study in New York, Nigeria and Chicago. For ten years she toured nationally with the music and dance ensemble Rhythm In Shoes of Dayton, OH, performing and teaching tap dance, clogging, step dancing, and body percussion. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Evie appears as a versatile dancer, musician and vocalist with her solo project Evie Ladin & Evil Diane, the all-gal old-time teardown The Stairwell Sisters, and in a variety of rhythm-based world music and dance ensembles with partner Keith Terry & Crosspulse. Known as a patient and thorough teacher, Evie is integral to the thriving old-time music scene in the Bay Area, leading rowdy square dances for every age, teaching private and group lessons and performing in countless festivals, clubs, schools and libraries. She has three releases with The Stairwell Sisters that feature some of her original songs, an instructional DVD: Buckdancing for Beginners, and in 2010 she released her first solo CD with producers Mike Marshall and Keith Terry. Evie tours nationally, and you can find her at www.evieladin.com

is a drama therapist, special educator and professional clown. She is the artistic director and primary instructor at the Clown School of San Francisco, where she uses the medium of the clown with adults as a vehicle for personal growth. Christina also co-facilitates a clown program for people with severe developmental disabilities, and performs as her alter ego “Dotty Moppet” around the Bay Area. Christina clowns around daily with her 11 year old daughter Lucie.

sings, plays piano, accordion, tin whistle and banjo. She composes original songs as well as instrumental tunes in a Celtic/ Americana style. She has both sung and been the accompanist with Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, The Roches, and many others. With her partner Robin Flower, she released a 5th CD in 2009, “Twenty Years/Twenty Rivers”, commemorating 20 years of creating ‘beautiful and cutting edge music’ together. They also have 4 additional CD’s, “Angel of Change”, “30 Second Kiss”, “A Kiss From The Angel of Change”, and “Steelhead In the Riffles”. Libby also directs The Linwood Project Community Chorus, a weekly community chorus currently in its 15th year that meets in Oakland as an offshoot of the Caz Family Camp advanced chorus. This chorus recorded a CD, “TEN”, which was released in June 2006, celebrating 10 years of The Linwood Project Community Chorus. Libby is also a co-writer of a Billboard #1 Disco hit from 1983 that has once again become wildly popular throughout the European dance club scene. And no, she will not be performing this song at any time during camp. Libby lives and teaches privately in Oakland, plays for contra dances, and performs 3 children’s shows all over California. She also loves to fly fish. Libby has been coming to Caz, on and off, since 1967 when she first came as a camper. She is the Treasurer on the Caz Family Camp Board of Directors. www.libbymclaren.com and www.flowerandmclaren.com.

has been a fixture at Caz since becoming the family camp lifeguard over ten years ago. He returns every year to soak up the spirit of camp, learn a new musical instrument, and enjoy the pace of our unique community in the redwoods. Camp legend says he holds many mysterious degrees in biology, but he still gets excited every time he goes down to the creek to find bugs and catch frogs! When he isn’t rooting around in the dirt or napping at Kid City, Craig is a good guy to ask if you need help with problems big and small. If you want to find out more, sites.google.com/site/nelsoncraige2

Anthony Michael Peterson (a.k.a. Tru), a native of St. Louis MO, attended the Berklee College of Music, where he became one of the youngest faculty members of the college. Anthony has worked with Peter Gabriel, Marcus Miller, Joan Baez, Cassandra Wilson, and saxophonist Oliver Lake. Anthony’s production company, TribeTruMedia publishes his compositions and musical education materials, including songs, soundtrack music for video games and extreme sports shows, children’s music, Christmas music, and a three-volume work on improvisation for guitarists.

Anthony became the singer-song writer Tru and recorded his first cd, “I’m Not Through Dreaming” in his recording studio. With his band, he has been playing throughout the Bay Area.  Anthony is also passionately interested in developing musical learning techniques for students of all levels of ability. He has developed an intuitional band concept for children called “I Dare You to Make Music!” He is on the faculties of The Pyramid Institute for Advanced Digital/Audio Studies in San Francisco where he has developed a program of study consisting of three levels of songwriting and music theory; Allen Temple Baptist Church, where he teaches guitar and music theory, and private guitar/ukelele instructor at Vibo Music Center in San Bruno. In October of 2010, Anthony was the primary arranger and Director of Orchestration for the Oakland Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Maestro Michael Morgan) in their collaboration with artist Goapele.
Youtube Videos:
With Cassandra Wilson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh_r6NwqIvs
With Joan Baez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEE67H9ozbA&feature=PlayList&p=31ACB7DA8126C5B9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=43

is our camp nurse in Session B. He is a Nationally Registered Paramedic working in San Mateo County, teaching emergency medicine in Santa Cruz County and an active member of the San Francisco Paramedic Association. Nate also is a musician and photographer and has played saxophone and electric bass in several bands in the Bay Area.

is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer and educator who specializes in Venezuelan folk music and also music from other Latin American and Caribbean countries. In addition to her mandolin and cuatro expertise, Rago is an accomplished percussionist and vocalist.  Jackeline Rago is the artistic and musical director of the “Venezuelan Music Project” (www.venezuelanmusicproject.com) and a founding member of the”VNote Ensemble” (www.vnoteensemble.com) bands which she travels and performs with. She was also a founding member of “Altazor” (Nueva Canción ensemble), “Wild Mango” (world beat music), “Keith Terry & Crosspulse” (world percussion) and “Trio Altamira” (contemporary Latin American music). Jackeline Rago has been a guest artist on recordings and performances by prominent artists such as John Santos and the Machete Ensemble, Andy Narell, Mike Marshall, Holly Near, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Isay Barnwell (Sweet Honey in the Rock), Marco Granados (Venezuelan flutist), Aquiles Báez (Venezuelan guitarist), Alexander Livinalli (Venezuelan percussionist), Rebeca Mauleon, Omar Sosa, the Oakland Youth Chorus, various Windam Hill recording artists and many other musicians and ensembles within the U.S. and Venezuela. http://jackelinerago.com/
Just recently, Rago received the “Award of Excellence in Music“ given by the Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts in its 30th Anniversary, in San Francisco, CA. Additionally, Jackeline is a recipient of awards and grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, California Arts Council, Meet the Composer/Readers Digest Commissioning Program, The National Endowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace Readers Digest Foundation and AIM (Adventures in Music program sponsored by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra). Furthermore, Rago was an Artist in Residence of the State of California from 1989 to 2001.

a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a well-rounded musician and highly acclaimed performer, educator and recording artist. Brian is an expert on Afro-Cuban and Brazilian percussion, but can be heard playing a multitude of styles including Classical, Flamenco, Celtic, Persian, Balkan, Klezmer, Jazz, Folk, Broadway Musicals, and the occasional Chinese funeral making him one of the more versatile percussionists in the country. Brian plays with Mike Marshall’s Choro Famoso, Wake the Dead, Samba Rio, The Dann Zinn Banned, and freelances with many other bands and artists in the Bay Area and on the west coast. In addition to music Brian is an accomplished juggler. Brian’s discovery of juggling began in 7th grade and grew into a daily discipline by High School. At Oberlin Brian co-taught a juggling class with the great Cindy Marvell, and has long been spreading the word of how juggling can free your mind, and improve your life.

completed her Montessori training with Ursula Thrush in San Francisco. She is certified in both the Kodaly Method and the Orff levels of teaching principles of music to young children. She worked for many years under master children’s folk musician Nancy Raven. She has run a small preschool in Berkeley for over 25 years. For more info on Kid City, please click here

graduated from Humboldt State University in 1992 with a B.A. in Music Performance. In 1994 Mark traveled to Trinidad to perform with Phase 2 Pan Groove under the direction of Ray Holman, taking fifth place of over thirty bands competing in Trinidad’s annual Panorama competition. Since returning to the Bay Area in 1994, Mark has developed steel band programs at several Bay Area schools including Head Royce,Chabot Elementary,Malcolm X, and Redwood Day Schools. During the summers Mark is on faculty at both Jazz Camp West and Jam Camp West. Mark continues to perform regularly with “Caribbean Pan Groove” and others. www.caribbeansteeldrums.com

is a teacher and musician who specializes in a cappella singing and arranging. She applies her background in developmental psychology, music theory, and classroom teaching to her vocal instruction of groups and individuals. Marie is the founder and director of PDX Vox, a Portland-based program that teaches a cappella singing to adults and teens. She is also a certified Music Together teacher and a former middle school teacher. Marie has released four CDs of original acoustic pop music. She has played with several bands over the years, including Agent 99 (60s retro-pop), the Big Picture (R & B), and Andrea Hurley (Americana), as well as her own band. http://marieschumacher.com/. http://www.pdxvox.com/

“A master of second-line syncopation,” (SF Bay Guardian) has been beating on the drums since the age of 10. His credits as a sideman include performances and recordings with Adam Levy and Lee Alexander (Norah Jones), Clarence Bucaro, Kirk Joseph (Dirty Dozen Brass Band), Dave Ellis (The Other Ones, Charlie Hunter), and Christie McCarthy; plus the bands Guru Garage, Kevin Beadles Band, Hot Links, Phatlip, and many other top musicians around the Bay Area. He leads and composes for his own group Mo’Fone, the unique saxes-and-drums trio which has been featured at the Monterey, San Francisco, and Sonoma Jazz Festivals, and was voted “Best Jazz Group” in the East bay Express Readers’ Poll. He is equally at home playing rock, jazz, funk, blues and pop styles, and has earned a reputation for creative and exciting drumming in many different musical circles. Jeremy has been teaching private drum lessons for over 20 years, and has established himself as one of the premier drum instructors in the Bay Area. Along with Steve Gibson, he is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of BandWorks, a school of rock for musicians of all ages, with several locations around the Bay Area. He has taught rock band workshops and master classes in Dublin, Ireland; Ann Arbor, MI; and in Northern California for the past 20 years. He has published drumming articles on vicfirth.com, and is currently writing his first drum instruction book. Jeremy is proud to be endorsed by Istanbul Agop Cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks, Protection Racket Cases, and Aquarian Drumheads. [More info: www.mofone.net, www.bandworks.com]

a Caz camper since ’92 and later an employee, is a graduate of New England Conservatory ’00 and has been performing and teaching jazz for the past 15 years. Teaching in the Bay Area through the Young Musicians Program at the University of California at Berkeley has allowed Geechi to pass on the tradition of Swing’n to the low income youth. Playing Jazz, Blues, R&B and Hip-Hop for the past 10 years has allowed Geechi to see the world, learning from each place he landed.

is a percussionist/rhythm-dancer/educator whose artistic vision has straddled the line between music and dance for more than three decades. As a soloist he has appeared in such settings as Lincoln Center, Bumbershoot, NPR’s All Things Considered, the Vienna International Dance Festival, and the Paradiso van Slag World Drum Festival in Amsterdam. His groups – Slammin All-Body Band, Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble, Professor Terry’s Circus Band Extraordinaire, and Body Tjak (with I Wayan Dibia) – have performed in a variety of venues, including Joe’s Pub, WNYC, and Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Grand Performances, LACMA Jazz, the Roxy, and the Skirball Center (LA), SFJazz, Vancouver Island MusicFest, and the Bali Arts Festival. In addition, Keith has performed with a wide range of artists including Charles “Honi” Coles, Turtle Island String Quartet, Jovino Santos Neto, Barbatuques, Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Kenny Endo, Freddie Hubbard,Tex Williams, Robin Williams, Bill Irwin and Bobby McFerrin. As a producer he has created 5 CDs and 4 DVDs for Crosspulse Media. From 1998 to 2005 Keith was on the faculty at UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures, where he designed and taught a dozen courses on the relationship of music and dance; deep listening; synchronicity, time, and timing; and intercultural communication in the arts. In 2006 he conceived and directed the first International Body Music Performance Project for the Orff Institute in Salzburg. Keith tours extensively in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, where his Body Music performances, workshops, residencies and choreographic commissions are popular among professional performers and educators. Terry is the founding artistic director of the International Body Music Festival (IBMF), which explores the language of body music from culture to culture. In 2010 the IBMF “Americas” concert was featured at Lincoln Center’s Out-of-Doors Festival in New York, and in November 2011 the 4th IBMF will take place in San Francisco and Oakland. Terry is a Guggenheim Fellow, as well as the director of Crosspulse, an arts organization dedicated to rhythm-based intercultural music and dance. For more information visit: www.crosspulse.com

is a cellist and National Board certified music educator. He has performed internationally in chamber music festivals and as a soloist. For nine years he was the music director at Woodside School. From 1997 to 2001, he was an Assistant Conductor with the El Camino Youth Symphony. In 2004, Richard was recognized by the radio station KDFC, as one of the Bay Area’s outstanding music educators. Currently, he is music director at Hillview Middle School in Menlo Park, CA conducting the concert band, orchestra and jazz bands.

a Sonoma County potter, printer, painter, weaver, craftswoman and teacher, with over 30 years’ experience exploring and teaching a wide variety of mediums both in the studio and classroom. http://willowspringschool.com/

is a traditional and digital artist, teacher, and father. Mark has been as an artist for over 25 years. Wagner is involved in the film industry as a professional concept artist and consultant, in addition to his work as graphic designer, illustrator, author, musician, and fine artist. Recent clients include the Smithsonian Institution and Pixar. Mark is the founder of Drawing on Earth, a nonprofit that inspires art the creativity in youth and communities around the world. Their first project set a Guinness World Record for the largest chalk drawing. The current project is a global illustrated story. www.drawingonearth.org. Mark holds a Master’s Degree from JFK University and a BFA from Pratt Institute in. He has taught art and creativity classes in graduate school, state prison, elementary school, and created core curriculum for computer art schools. He recently completed illustrating and writing his first book “The Art of Being a Dad.” See his work online @ www.heartsandbones.com

has been writing, directing, teaching, and  performing children’s theater in the S.F. Bay area since 1975. In 1978, she brought her repertoire of wacky characters to Caz and has been an integral part of the drama program at camp ever since. Sue wrote and directed 12 original musical mysteries during her tenure at Cazadero Family Camp. Sue’s original plays are also performed under her direction by the FirstStage Ensemble at Marsh Youth Theater in San Francisco  (http://www.themarsh.org/myt) Sue is also a co-director and facilitator with Act Out Science, a unique educational organization combining science and theater arts. (http://actoutscience.tumblr.com)

is an actor and director and runs the Drama program at Berkeley High School. He does a solo show “The Great Zamboni Explains it All – with Cookies” He is passionate about Shakespeare, Caz, his kids, the amazing trees at Caz, the creek, and using drama to discover exciting new things about ourselves and the world.

studied classical piano in grade school. His guitar romance began in high school and included lessons with Jerry Garcia, Tuck Andress, Robert Fripp, Joe Satriani, Amos Garrett and Peter Maunu. After surviving the 60’s, musical highlights include, 14 years as Music Director for Augustino Dance Theater of Oakland, dinner with Willa and her parents, playing with Lydia Penst in high school, playing bass with drummers Ami, Jeremy, and Isaac at Caz and playing mandolin with Porch. I’ve enjoyed teaching guitar and bass lessons for the past 15 years at Subway Guitars in Berkeley.

Cellist Gael Alcock has accompanied divas, dervishes, and dancers, played in symphonies, string quartets and celloposses, and composed and improvised music with diverse partners. She gives individual and group cello lessons, and teaches string orchestra at Joaquin Miller Elementary School. This year she’ll be performing a series of Bach concerts with Polyhymnia, and with poets Clive Matson and Adele Mendelson, will host a monthly salon at Cafe Roma -North Beach, San Francisco.

has been conducting circus band at camp since 1999. A lifelong musician, she started at age four with piano lessons. Lisa studied oboe as a student at Cal State Long Beach. She has been the principal oboist with the Huntington Beach Concert Band for over two decades and also plays oboe and English horn with the Southern California Philharmonic Orchestra. She also performed in the JCC Classical Orchestra in Irvine. Inspired by her talented mandolin and harmonica playing grandfather, Lisa plays mandolin with the South Coast Simcha Band. She loves the performing with all sizes of ensembles and is passionate about the energy exchanged between musicians and audiences. Lisa is an avid jazz fan as well. Lisa and her husband Steve believe in instilling a love of music in their two daughters, Andrea and Hilary, who are accomplished musicians on piano/vibraphone and bassoon.

has been in the clowning and circus program for ten years.  He was the Berkeley High mascot and got voted “Most likely to be in the circus” in the BHS yearbook. Besides working at Caz, he supervises at a summer sports camp working, with campers ages 4-12. He loves working with young kids and can’t wait for another Caz summer.

Currently attending the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the Jazz Studies Department, Chase has been performing music since age nine when he began playing vibraphone. While attending Berkeley High School, a known for its prestigious jazz department, Chase performed at numerous jazz competitions both local and national, winning outstanding soloist awards. Chase was chosen to participate in the Berklee School of Music Jazz Workshop, where he was one of 16 nationally recognized outstanding jazz students. Chase has also performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival on two occations and was a member of a group that won Downbeat Magazine’s Student music awards for best conglomerate small jazz group. Chase’s high school combo also won first place in the Combo Division of the 2009 ‘Next Generation’ national competition. In addition to these honors and accolades, Chase has also performed in Japan at the Kurashiki Jazz Festival, and in Europe at the Montreux Jazz festival in addition to other venues in Asia and Europe. Chase currently studies jazz composition and vibraphone performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with Robin Eubanks and Dan Wall respectively and has studied composition and arranging with the late Wendell Logan. Chase is additionally pursuing a major in Political Science within the College of Arts and Sciences at Oberlin. In addition to his work and studies as a jazz musician, Chase is a member of the pop/rock band Thirstbusters who’s music videos have been featured on the Disney XD channel and Direct TV. Chase also performs on marimba, bass, guitar, and keyboard in a variety of genres ranging from rock, and pop, to hip-hop, reggae, and salsa. Chases Jazz Website: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=31556 Thirstbusters website: http://www.thirstbusters.net/

has been a long time camper, who has focused on the arts and crafts program. She has been experimenting with a number of arts and crafts for many years, with a focus on fiber, jewelry and various types of ceramics. Linda’s creations have been featured in a number of juried arts and crafts shows over the past two years. She has a teaching minor in art from San Jose University. She is looking forward to her first year teaching at Caz.

was the primary double bass and electric bass player for the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble and Berkeley High Combos 1 and A which won 1st place at the Monterey Jazz Next Generation Festival. He has been playing electric bass for ten years and the stand up bass for six years. He primarily plays jazz but also enjoys playing reggae, funk, rock and Latin styles of music.

Carpenter and Caz camper, has been studying photography since 1974 including course work at UC Berkeley, and sees no reason to stop. He has shot with large format, medium format, 35mm and oatmeal boxes. Since converting from film to digital in 2003 a new horizon has opened in his photography.

has been an elementary school teacher for over thirty years. He has taught his classes of students how to play harmonica for the last 15 years. He is a big fan of Sonny Terry, Bob Dylan, and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Les plays harp as a member of Big D and the Blues Street Band that performs in the Los Angeles/Orange County Area.

has been a Caz camper since 1997 and teacher since 2007. He is currently a student in the BFA Creative Writing department at Goddard College. He has been writing and editing semi-professionally for a number of years now, and recently began a career in stand-up comedy. It’s been going strangely well, and he’s been performing at such venues as the Purple Onion and the Comedy Store, in addition to other places all across California.

is an actively gigging electric and upright bassist from Oakland, CA.  Having started his performance career playing drums and guitar for Bay Area organization, Bandworks, Mike made a permanent switch to bass in his early teenage years.  He studied drama at Interlochen Center For the Arts and was in Piedmont High School’s advanced theater program before pursuing music full-time.  Currently, his affiliated musical projects include hip-hop trio Treehouse, indie rock band Lee, and blues rock outfit, Lucky Dutch, as well as a slew of collegiate jazz ensembles.  Mike has played the Chicago Blues Fest twice and has opened for B.B. King in Mississippi.  He has also done

is looking forward to teaching Hip Hop Dance at Caz after premiering some of his dance moves at last year’s Untalent Show which, when you think about it, should boost the confidence of anyone taking the class. He has completed his sophomore year in the Visual Arts department at the San Francisco School of the Arts and has continued his studies this summer in Zongshan, China and at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.

is the lead singer/keyboardest/songwriter of the Bay Area based band Thirstbusters. After 10 years of Jazz and Classical piano training, he played in the Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble. Now a music major at Vassar College, he is the primary pianist for the school Big Band and Jazz Combo and is also the co-pitch of one of the oldest a cappella groups. At Vassar he also sings in choir, gives piano lessons, and has interned at an independent record label. He has played a lead role in the musicals Hair, Grease, and Godspell and musical directed Spelling Bee. Open to all genres and with experience in Jazz, Musical Theater, and Classical, he is most passionate about Pop/Rock.

is a self-employed mechanical engineer, and has enjoyed playing the harmonica since he was a kid. He taught himself to play harmonica, after getting a basic introduction from a friend. He enjoys playing harmonica with lots of traditional, folk, rock, and blues tunes, and is a big fan of singer songwriters who also play harmonica, like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Steve Earle.

is a recent graduate of Oberlin College with a BA in Neuroscience and Biology. She has been swing dancing for over five years, and is looking forward to teaching at Caz again! She also enjoys board games, card games, dominoes, and any other kinds of games she can get her hands on. This will be her 15th year at Family Camp.