Ailey Verdelle is an accomplished musician, composer, and educator working in the styles of jazz, improvisation and electronic music. A graduate of Hampshire College, Ailey is passionate about the creative arts and the use of music in creating a more compassionate world. In Ailey’s hands, music is a tool for connecting with others, and for cultivating a diverse reality to share with friends, family, and community. Ailey has played with bands local to Western Mass, and New York. They have done work at Institute for the Arts in Goshen, and currently teach Recording and Production at Lighthouse Holyoke. 

Verdelle is a staff accompanist at NCMC.