Dr. Juan Megna is a highly respected educator and performer who has led clinics and masterclasses at esteemed institutions such as Georgetown University, Déifferdenger Museksschoul (Luxembourg), The Catholic University of America, and the Jazz Education Network, among many others. A dedicated pedagogue, his teaching career spans higher education, community music programs, and international educational initiatives.

Between 2010 and 2015, Dr. Megna served as a Music Supervisor with Projeto Guri in São Paulo State, Brazil, one of the country’s most significant social music education programs supporting students ages eight to eighteen. In this role, he provided pedagogical leadership and mentorship to more than twenty educators working across twenty cities, contributing to curriculum development, instructional quality, and teacher training within a large-scale public music education context.

Dr. Megna’s musical journey began in his hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2003, he relocated to Brazil, where he earned his undergraduate degree from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 2005. In 2015, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to pursue a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in 2021, with a dissertation titled Selected Rum Drum Solos Adaptations for Drum Set, a study exploring Afro-Brazilian atabaque drums and their adaptation to the standard jazz drum set.

Throughout his career, Dr. Megna has remained deeply committed to ensemble direction and higher education teaching. He served as director of George Mason University's Latin American Ensemble, leading the group to receive the DownBeat Magazine “Outstanding Performance – Graduate College, Latin Group” award for three consecutive years (2018–2021).

Currently, Dr. Megna divides his time between an active performance career and teaching positions at The Catholic University of America and George Mason University.