Jason Werkema, PhD is an active musician in West Michigan who performs 125+ shows per year and maintains www.JasonWerkema.com, a website that provides music learning resources for classical, jazz, acoustic, and bass guitarists. Music for him is a way to encourage people, celebrate life, and explore creativity with others.

Jason is an experienced mentor and coach who finds great joy in helping students achieve their goals. His teaching style is friendly, encouraging, and often humorous. He enjoys working with people of all ages though he primarily works with college students as a professor at Calvin University.

Apart from music he enjoys cycling, audio and video production, hiking, kayaking, golfing, fly fishing, reading, and especially family time. He and his wife, Darcie, have three adult children: Adam, Holly, and Melissa, and a miniature aussiedoodle named Jazz.