Bettyjeane Quimby

Saxophone

Bettyjeane Quimby holds a BM in Music Education (2005) and an MM in Music Performance (2012) from Cleveland State University, where she won the graduate concerto competition performing a jazz clarinet concerto with the University Orchestra.

For over two decades, she has performed with diverse ensembles throughout Northeast Ohio, including the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Great Lakes Theater, Sammy DeLeon y Su Orchesta, the Lakewood Hometown Band, and The Dazzle Awards. Her career highlights include sharing the stage with The Temptations, The O'Jays, Johnny Mathis, and most notably, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra in Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life. In 2022, she was invited to perform the Artie Shaw Concerto for Clarinet at the International Clarinet Association (ICA) conference in Reno, Nevada, honoring her former clarinet professor, Theodore Johnson.

Since 2024, Bettyjeane has been selected yearly as Volunteer Event Staff for the Registration Team at the International Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference, where she checks in large groups and participants daily. In 2025, she was hired as an Administrative Assistant and On-Site Registration Coordinator with JEN, assisting in project-based work in preparation for the 2026 conference in New Orleans. 

Recently serving as Education Program Director for Roots of American Music (ROOTS), she developed cross-curricular programming, managed and evaluated teaching and performing artists, and coordinated with Cleveland Metropolitan Schools, the Maltz Museum, Senior Centers, and Adult Day Facilities across Northeast Ohio to deliver quality programming and assist in grant reporting to secure funding. Bettyjeane remains an independent consultant for project-based work with various organizations, such as the Maltz Museum’s Stop the Hate, and the Jazz Education Network’s annual conference.

Currently, Bettyjeane is the Director of Education for the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, where she led the complete redesign of Actual Music, developing an elementary curriculum aligned with Ohio Learning Standards in Music and English Language Arts. As a freelance musician, teacher, and non-profit administrator, she remains active in both performance and music education, regularly attending music conferences nationwide.