{"id":4852,"date":"2025-02-03T14:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/magazine\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2025-06-24T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:49:08","slug":"jake-marinari-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/magazine\/jake-marinari-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Marinari \u201913"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">F<\/span>ounding Charm City Music School was inevitable for <span style=\"color: #004c97;\"><strong>Jacob Marinari \u201913<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>His musical interests began early while being homeschooled. \u201cI loved the music that my parents listened to and started getting into it more seriously when I was older, about 11,\u201d Marinari recalls. \u201cI watched the documentary Ken Burns did on jazz and really responded to that.\u201d Marinari\u2019s musical journey continued with jazz saxophone lessons at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz before he majored in music at Goucher College. He then expanded into other instruments, especially the drums.<\/p>\n<p>Marinari\u2019s Goucher experience was pivotal, as he connected deeply with faculty in small-sized classes. \u201cI had wonderful teachers in the music department. I had real mentors. They really impacted me and the direction I\u2019ve gone in ever since, as a musician and a person,\u201d he says. These connections led him to form bands with students and faculty, including Otherworld. Blending jazz and classical music, the band features Marinari on drums, former Jazz Studies Director Jeffrey Chappel on piano, <span style=\"color: #004c97;\"><strong>Jake Kohlhas \u201911<\/strong><\/span> on guitar, and <span style=\"color: #004c97;\"><strong>Chris Taylor \u201913 <\/strong><\/span> on bass. The group has released three award-winning albums and remains active.<\/p>\n<p>Marinari also toured North America with local musician Bosley, performing at Artscape and Hot August Blues while sharing stages with acts like Dr. Dog and the Wailers. These performances were more building blocks to Marinari\u2019s eventual role in education. Those experiences \u201callowed me to have that touring-performing musician lifestyle, which definitely strengthened me as a teacher,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Teaching has always been one of Marinari\u2019s goals. For him, being a successful musician meant paying it forward to future generations. His motivation comes in part from having close relationships with his own teachers. \u201cThat mentor-student relationship was always something I highly valued,\u201d Marinari admits. \u201cI looked forward to being on the other side of that relationship as a teacher myself one day.\u201d He currently works as a percussion instructor at Goucher and director of the Charm City Music School (CCMS) that he founded.<\/p>\n<p>Opening CCMS was a natural evolution. To prepare, Marinari taught at various music programs as a Goucher student and beyond. He fondly recalls using a Zip car to reach a student an hour away. \u201cI was actually paying for the opportunity because the money I made as a teacher didn\u2019t cover the expense of getting out there,\u201d Marinari says. 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