Teaching
Private lessons with Dwonszyk start with an evaluation of the student to get a sense of their current level and experience. Then, students are asked to come up with specific musical concepts they would like to improve on. Each lessons is recorded and documented to track improvement.
Students are given assignments centered on standard jazz repertoire and the history of the jazz bass. The goal is to enhance the students abilities and to expose them to different styles of music and bass playing. Students will examine the bass lines, melodies and solos of some of the bass masters including Jimmy Blanton, Irsrael Crosby, Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford, Wilbur Ware, Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Sam Jones among others.
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Education has long been core to Dwonszyk’s artistry and purpose. Since 2015, Dwonszyk has been a substitute teacher at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz. Every summer since 2017, he has taught at Bennie Wallace’s BackCountry Jazz Program and Litchfield Jazz Camp.
He maintains a solid balance between performance and teaching making sure to hold each to the highest standard.
Since 2020, he has taught jazz bass at Manchester Community College and Central Connecticut State College; at the latter, Dwonszyk also teaches jazz history. In 2024 Dwonszyk he taught jazz bass at the University of Hartford and in 2025 at UMass Amherst. He also teaches privately.
Dwonszyk has taught at the Greater Hartford Academy of Performing Arts High School and the Artist Collective after school program. He was the director of the Litchfield Fall Jazz Ensemble 2014-2015 and was the Bass Instructor for Latin Meets Jazz Summer Program in 2014 & 2015.
