Brent Majors, originally from Detroit, began studying the saxophone in grade school.  At 13, he began private study with the world renowned Larry Teal.  He worked with Teal through his college years.  Brent earned his bachelor's degree from Wayne State University. Majors has a broad and varied musical background, having performed with America's top-notch entertainers including Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, and Nancy Wilson...to name just a few.  Over the years, he has played with the Detroit and Jacksonville Symphonies and was a featured jazz artist in Europe, while he lived in Germany.  He also had his own group in the United States which made the pages of Downbeat magazine. After moving to Jacksonville, Florida in the early '80's he took an interest in music education.  In 1984 he was asked to join the faculty of Jacksonville University as Professor of Saxophone.  He later became head of the Jazz Studies Department and taught courses in jazz history. Brent now teaches privately in the studio created by him and his wife, Jeanne, a veteran member of the violin section of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.  He plays gigs around Jacksonville and southeast Georgia and performs part-time with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.  He has appeared in the Jacksonville Jazz Festival on several occasions. ************************************************************************************************

Jeanne Majors, a Jacksonville native, began piano studies at age 3 and violin lessons in the fourth grade. She played in the Jacksonville Youth Symphony for six years & served as its Concertmaster for three seasons.  She studied & worked for eight summers at Brevard Music Center where her training prepared her for an early audition & acceptance into the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra as a college freshman.

She earned Bachelor's degrees in music performance and music education from Jacksonville University and a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  Her teachers included George Orner, Sr., Aaron Krosnick, & Sigmund Effron.  She has participated in extensive musical study and has traveled in the U.S. & Europe.  Jeanne served as Principal Second Violin in the JSO for most of the past 38 years.  She continues to be a full-time member of the violin section in the orchestra and enjoys performing chamber music with colleagues.

Jeanne taught in the Duval County Public Schools and served as a faculty member and performer at Brevard Music Center.  She has always maintained a teaching studio in her home.  Several of her past students are now teachers and performers, in Jacksonville and other parts of the country.

Her professional affiliations include: Florida Federation of Music Clubs, Musicians Association of Jacksonville, American String Teachers Association with the National School Orchestra Association, and the Friday Musicale.