Mikel prester

Mikel Prester has been a saxophonist and practicing musician for 43 years. Starting at the early age of eight, Mr.Prester always had a connection to music; as if called to it as a vocation. He started out his musical career in the A.M.E. church under the guidance of Dutchess Overton, the church pianist, then received initial training in the art, craft and science of music from Mary Lynn Peters who was his music teacher from K-12. She was also the director of the boy's choir that he sang in from fith grade to the day he graduated high school. Mr.Prester was the blessed to have two more significant teachers enter into his life. The first was Mr.Floyd A. Williams who was Mikel's mentor and shisho. It was through Mr.Willams that Mikel stepped into the larger world of music through jazz improvisation. This expanded Mr.Prester's musical vision and understanding exponentially. The second was Scott Cressley who, being a master saxophonist himself helped to hone Mikel's already considerable abilities on the horn. In 1991 Mikel Prester matriculated into the School of Music of the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts at the University of the Arts. There he would have many life significant events take place; such as meeting Wynton Marsallis amoung many others who he would later perform with later that year. He would also have the oppurtunity of having great teachers while there. They include, but are not limited to: Trudy Pitts, Ed Simon, Ron Kerber and Greg Osby as his major teacher senior year. Before going off to university, Mr.Prester attended the prestigous Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts in 1990. This is the same institution that Kevin Bacon graduated from some years earlier. Mr.Prester has been on the road with various and numerous bands, which include Jsan and the Analog Sons, BLAAKKGODD, Mecca Bodega, The Dirty Boogaloo and RAWBIRD. Mr.Prester resides in the Bk.,NYC and is available for education and performance.