Teaching

Jodi is in demand as an educator as well as a performer. She completed her Masters in Art Education at Simon Fraser University in the fall of 2006. Jodi is on faculty at Capilano College in the Jazz Studies degree program. She also instructs at the CYMC Pacific Jazz Workshop, the Douglas College Summer Jazz Workshop and the Yukon Summer Music Program.

She has adjudicated at the Envision Jazz Festival, the Nelson Jazz Festival, the Moose Jaw Optimist Festival, and the Brandon Jazz Festival. In 2007, Jodi will adjudicate the Winnipeg Optimist Festival and at Music Fest Canada. She has given clinics at various colleges and high schools including Grant MacEwan Community College, Western Michigan University, McGill University, St. Francis Xavier University, Capilano College and Brandon University.

In 1998, Jodi was a panel guest at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference on issues surrounding women in jazz. She presented a workshop on bass fundamentals at the BCMEA conference in 2005. Her essay "Toward Creative Musical Achievement" was published in the BCMEA Journal in the Spring of 2006.

Jodi is also a trained early childhood music educator with 10 years of experience.

Ongoing Teaching

Capilano College - Bass and Combo Instructor - Jazz Studies Program
Capilano College - Early Childhood Music Specialist, Community Music School
Arbutus Club - Early Childhood Music Specialist

Upcoming Adjudicating and Workshops

October 19, 2007 - Presenter at the BCMEA Conference
October 27, 2007 - JP Quartet Clinic at the University of Saskatchewan
October 29, 2007 - Workshop for Whitehorse Educators
October 31, 2007 - JP Quartet Clinic at Capilano College
November 1, 2007 - JP Quartet Clinic at Wellington Secondary, Nanaimo
November 15, 2007 - JP Quartet Clinic at Brandon University
November 16, 2007 - JP Quartet Clinic for Canadian Jazz Concerts, Winnipeg
November 22-24, 2007 - Clinician at Keyano College, Fort McMurray
January 25-27, 2008 - Guest Clinician in Powell River
February 7-9, 2008 - Envision Jazz Festival
May 13-15, 2008 - Moose Jaw Optimist Festival
July 1-12, 2008 - CYMC Pacific Jazz Workshop