Name: Bryan Vargas

From: Brooklyn, NY

I started teaching music in… 1998

I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2017

My inspiration: Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Prince, Eddie Palmieri, The Ramones, Gil Scott Heron, Pedro Pietri, Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman, Jim Henson and so many more

Few people know that I… Bicycle everywhere I can, all year round

Education: New York University, Bachelors of Music
SUNY Purchase Masters of Music

I play and teach: Guitar & Ukulele

My other artistic/musical endeavors: Falu’s Bazaar – Grammy Nominated bilingual Children’s project, Chop & Quench – the band from the Broadway Musical Fela!, Assoc. Music Director of Fela! National Broadway Tour, Miramar – bolero group featured on PBS, Bryan Vargas & Ya Está – original latin jazz group featured on Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” Netflix series