Jon Weidley

Instructor

Jon has been passionate about jazz-fusion since a young age and picked up his first instrument at three years old. An Orlando native, he currently lives in Boston, MA and is a recent Berklee graduate with a dual major in Jazz Performance and Jazz Composition.

Some of his major guitar influences are Steve Vai, Greg Howe, Plini, Pat Metheny, and Allan Holdsworth. Jon has experience playing extended range guitars as well, and is fluent in 7 and 8 string guitar. He will be releasing a progressive rock album soon.

In addition, Jon is also a career trumpet player. He has played with various artists, such as Sam Rivers, Ripe, Ambrose Akinmusire, The Temptations, The Supervillains, Kurt Elling, and more.

In both guitar and horns, Jon is looking forward to working with students of all experience levels! He is currently pursuing projects in audio engineering and plans on pursuing a Masters Degree in Music Education.

Fun Fact:
Outside of playing music, Jon plays “cat dad” to his two ladies, Yoshi and Eloise.