Hazel Dority graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.S. in Music Education in spring of 2024.

She is a woodwind specialist, but as a music educator, is able to play and teach all instruments. She has played in several bands around the Burlington VT area, and has toured with some throughout New England. She has also subbed on occasion for the Vermont Jazz Ensemble.

Hazel has been passionate about music and music education since early childhood- she grew up taking piano and clarinet lessons, and spent most of her free time in high school learning new instruments, arranging music to play with friends, and tinkering with old clarinets. This will be her third year of teaching at the Vermont Jazz camp, and she is super excited to be back!