New York native Cleave Guyton, Jr. teaches woodwinds (Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Piccolo). He started teaching at the Conservatory in 1997. Cleave has a Bachelor of Arts from Berklee College of Music and a Master of Music from the Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens College. Cleave has been fortunate to have worked with artists such as Aretha Franklin, Abdullah Ibrahim, Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Nat Adderley, Abby Lincoln, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jon Hendricks, The Ray Charles Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, The Count Basie Orchestra, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Little Jimmy Scott, Maceo Parker, Spike Lee, Joe Williams, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Ronny Jordan, The Mingus Big Band, Cleo Laine, Chaka Khan, The Boys Choir of Harlem and many more.