Guitarist and award winning composer, Jim Robitaille, has performed and or recorded and shared the bill with Dave Liebman, Karl Berger, Bob Moses, Gerry Gibbs, Santi Debriano, Julian Lage, Esperanza Spalding, Oscar Stagnaro, Kate McGarry, Joe Beck, Frank Vignola, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars, and has appeared on over 20 recordings and film documentaries. His television and live performances include: The BET Jazz Channel, The Time Warner Music Choice Jazz Channel, PBS Television, The Baird Auditorium at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C, The Bearsville Theatre, Woodstock, N.Y, The Wang Center, Boston, MA, The Knitting Factory and Smoke in New York, and performances in the West Indies and Canada. Awards include The 9th Annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition, the 2002 Great American Song Contest in two categories, The Julius Hemphill Jazz Composer Alliance Competition, the USA Songwriting Competition, the MCC, and Assets For Artists. Jim is an international clinician, and has performed and conducted master-classes at many colleges including Westfield State College, Holyoke Community College, Brandeis University, Western New England College, and The Berklee College of Music. Jim is a lecturer and applied jazz guitar instructor, ensemble director, and founder and director of the performance jam session series on the jazz faculty at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.