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Jaquetta Bustion
Conductor

Jaquetta Bustion found her voice as a choral singer while pursuing her Master’s degree in Music and Music Education at Columbia University; since then she has lent her voice to groups such as New Amsterdam Singers and Coral Cantigas. A pianist since childhood, Jaquetta is a multi-instrumentalist and performs as a singer with Accord Treble Choir.

At Brown University, she earned degrees in Music and Comparative Literature, followed by a Master’s in Music and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She began teaching in NYC public schools soon after, and has been a music educator for over thirty years teaching students from ages 4 to middle school, in both public and private schools, and community music schools. Jaquetta completed her Kodály levels at New York University and currently serves on the Kodály Organization of New York (KONY) board of directors. 

Jaquetta has been a presenter at the KONY Equity and Diversity Summit and a keynote speaker and presenter at Bank Street College of Education’s Teaching Kindergarten Conference. She has taught thousands of children the joy of making music, and currently develops curriculum and teaches at Community Roots Charter School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.