Phone: 402-421-6755

Dr. Peter Bouffard is a guitarist, arranger, and educator living in Lincoln, NE and is available for concerts, clinics, arranging projects, and private instruction. He holds a DMA in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music, an MM in Jazz Education from UNL as well as an AS in Jazz and Contemporary Music and a BMEd from the University of Maine. Peter has been a member of the UNL School of Music faculty since 1990 and a member of the Lincoln Public Schools instrumental music faculty since 1993. As a composer and arranger, Peter's scores have been commissioned for jazz ensemble, symphony orchestra, symphonic band, brass quintet, and jazz vocalists. He is actively involved in jazz research and scholarly writing. To learn more about Peter and his work, please visit his web site at: http://www.peterbouffard.com/

Phone: 402-477-5586

For more information, click here: music.nebrwesleyan.edu/rjones

Rich is at home teaching all styles on guitar. You can see him on stage with numerous groups including Omaha Symphony and Lincoln Symphony.

Phone: 316-347-4500

Dr. Malachi Million is Adjunct Instructor of Guitar at Hastings College in Hastings Nebraska and an active performer/educator in Nebraska. Malachi has shared the stage with jazz innovators Victor Lewis, Donny McCaslin, Matt Wilson, and Pete McGuinness. He has performed with various groups in the Lincoln and Omaha area including The Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, Creighton University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, First Plymouth Congregational Church In June 2019, Malachi performed and taught with the Graduate Jazz Combo from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and Beijing Contemporary Music Academy in China. While there, he conducted several masterclasses and workshops pertaining to guitar and the rhythm section. In May 2017, Malachi participated in the 11th Annual Bucharest International Jazz Competition with the Akakaze Quartet from University of Arkansas. Malachi Million graduated with honors from Friends University where he earned a Bachelor of Music Performance degree. At Friends, he studied jazz guitar under Randy Zellers and classical under Howard Glanton. Million attended graduate school at the University of Arkansas and earned a Master of Music Performance degree in guitar studying under Benjamin Harris and Jake Hertzog. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Studies Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln studying under Dr. Peter Bouffard. He has experience playing with jazz groups, performing solo guitar in jazz and other styles, vocal jazz groups, large jazz ensembles, guitar ensembles, cover bands, metal bands, funk bands, blues bands, and worship music.