In addition to being a working jazz bassist, Sherry Luchette is also a bass and jazz combo instructor at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, and previously led the Young Child music classes at The Bloom School of Music and Dance. She was notably the Pre-K-3 music director for The Buckley School and a bassist with Antonia Bennett. Sherry received her B.M.E with a minor in jazz and performance from Youngstown State University Dana School of Music and her master’s in classical bass performance at Cleveland State University. She has reached Orff Level I and Jazz Orff Level I and completed Kindermusik Training Levels 1 and 2 as well as Music Rhapsody Training for Babies through Elementary. Sherry is the 2003 Fellowship Recipient for Elementary Jazz Education Research and is the is the author/clinician of three book/CD sets for elementary jazz educations titled “The Flying Jazz Kittens”. She is a member of many organizations including the National Association for Music Education, Jazz Education Network and Suzuki Strings Association.