Early August is a rare time of year when there are no classes at the Patel Conservatory and that’s when Matt Weihmuller teaches jazz improvisation. "All great performers teach and it’s the only really way to pass along this craft, especially about jazz music. Matt Weihmuller teaches students at the Patel Conservatory. READ: Straz Center’s Patel Conservatory hosts World Drumming Summer Camp"You have to turn your disadvantage into an advantage. I do hope that when they leave my classroom that they're better musicians but leave better people," Weihmuller stated.