Biography

Jerry Alan Greene was born
October 19, 1976 in Smithtown, NY.

At 7 years old, he moved to
Old Bridge, NJ and most recently moved
to San Antonio, TX at the age of 23.

Jerry started learning music at the age
of 13. He studied piano with Demitrius
(Jimmy) Bychkowski of East Brunswick,
NJ and clarinet with high school teacher,
Joseph Kaschak.

Playing in many different ensembles,
throughout his high school years, he
decided on a career in music.

In Fall of 1994, Jerry started his college
education at Montclair State University,
in NJ.

At MSU, he studied music composition,
arranging & orchestration with two
distinguished composers, Dr. Mario Oneglia and Dr. Gerald Muller.

From his college years to the present day,
he teaches private music lessons in piano, voice, clarinet, saxophone, flute, piccolo, trumpet, baritone, violin, guitar, bass & drums as well as the many different aspects of notation, composition, songwriting, orchestration & arranging.

In 1998, Jerry graduated witha bachelor's degree in Music Theory/Composition.

Now living in San Antonio, Jerry (at the age of 28) is involved in many different aspects of the music, multimedia & publishing industries, hence the name of his company: JAG Music, Multimedia & Publishing.

As of October 2000, Jerry has been working as a piano technician for the three major piano companies in the San Antonio area, and all throughout central TX, while working with music, multimedia & publishing from his home studio.

He has tuned pianos for some major acts including: Ronnie Milsap, Jim Brickman, Lyle Lovitt, Arturo Sandoval, Marian McPartland and more... He has also been a regular tuner for the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra.

Jerry is an active member of the
following organizations:

NSAI
President/Co-ordinator of the
San Antonio Chapter

Texas Music Coalition
President, 2003-2004

AFM Local 23 of San Antonio

ASCAP – Writer and Publisher

Tunesmith.Net

Jerry’s recent focuses have been on writing commercial songs in the
country & pop genres, developing his publishing company, teaching
music privately, and creating full audio productions for media/video games (orchestral score, sound effects, voice-overs). Copyright © 2007, JAG Music, Multimedia & Publishing and Jerry A. Greene