Two-time Grammy-nominated jazz singer Tierney Sutton will take over as head of the vocal department, effective
immediately. A Milwaukee native, Sutton is an active educator, performer and clinician, and she has
traveled the world extensively, thrilling audiences and garnering rave reviews from the New York Times
and JazzTimes. Most recently an adjunct professor at USC's Thornton School of Music, Sutton brings her
decades of performance and teaching experience, not to mention contagious energy and enthusiasm, to the
Academy where she will help refresh the curriculum and recruit top talent to the school. Please click here to read more and here to read more about the vocal department!

Simon Phillips at a recent clinic