Lecturer and Educator
Maestro Butts is also a popular lecturer throughout New Jersey on a variety of musical topics. He lectures frequently for the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. He currently teaches at Montclair State University and at The College of Saint Elizabeth, and has taught at Drew University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and the County College of Morris. He has presented special talks for New Jersey State Opera, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, The State Theater, NJPAC and at libraries, retirement communities and museums across the state.
Combining his conducting and lecturing talents, Maestro Butts has developed a series for cable television broadcast entitled "Concerts and Conversations". These programs include a lecture on a specific composition with audio/video excerpts, followed by a complete performance.
For more information about Maestro Butts, you are invited to visit his website.