About Joel Weszka
Joel Weszka
Music Teacher, Master
Location:
Severna Park ,
MD
Speaks:
English
Instructs:
Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Oboe
Education:
BM, MM, GPD, Peabody Conservatory
Performance Experience:
Joel has been a U.S. Navy Music since 2016 and has been in the Naval Academy Band since 2024.
Joel has performed in many historically significant settings around the world. Some notable performances include Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and the Rhone American Cemetery in France, the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Italy, and the Brookwood American Cemetery in the United Kingdom.
Teaching Experience:
As an educator, Joel has led masterclasses and worked with school bands and students in Washington, Utah, Nevada, Maryland, Virginia, Naples, Italy, and Lagos, Nigeria. He has also coached chamber ensembles at Temple University and Gonzaga University, and currently serves as a mentor in the Midshipmen Musical Activities at the U.S. Naval Academy, sharing his experience and enthusiasm for collaborative music-making with young musicians of all goals and backgrounds.
Teaching Philosophy:
My primary goal as a teacher is to make complex concepts as clear, accessible, and effective as possible. I guide learning such that successful techniques relate with and build on successful techniques.
Ages Taught:
Ages 8 and up
Get to know Joel Weszka
Joel Weszka is a native of Churchville, Maryland. He holds a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Graduate Performance Diploma from Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Anthony McGill. He pursued further studies at Temple University with Ricardo Morales, and studied most recently with Gi Lee. Weszka also won grants from Temple University and Peabody Conservatory to study abroad with Walter Seyfarth, the late Second and E-flat clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Joel Weszka teaches at:
560 Ritchie Hwy Suite B
Severna Park, MD 21146
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