Mr. Musselwhite earned the Bachelor of Music degree in music business from James Madison University and the Master of Music degree in jazz studies and saxophone from Georgia State University. He relocated to the Tidewater area from Atlanta, where he maintained a large private studio of sax, flute, and jazz improvisation group classes. Mr. Musselwhite has performed with many national artists and maintains a busy schedule as a freelance performer, composer, and arranger. He conducts a Jazz Combo and teaches jazz saxophone at CNU.
Eric Musselwhite: One of the things that I actually love most about being here at CNU is that I have a lot of freedom to engage students in this thing called jazz improvisation. Especially, in that, people that you run into all over the world - musicians - say, "I can't play jazz." Even classical, professional musicians, "I can't play jazz.. I could never do that." When, in fact, that's my goal. I believe that there is nobody that can outlearn the language of jazz improvisation. It's a passion of mine that I get to share. I'm very grateful that a chance t do that here.
