Tyler Lustek is a jazz pianist, composer, and educator. In addition to his Jazz & Contemporary Piano Instructor position at MacPhail, Tyler serves on the jazz faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, teaches summer jazz programs at the Shell Lake Arts Center, and hosts a competitive lessons studio in Eau Claire.
Tyler leads a cutting-edge jazz ensemble, the Tyler Lustek Confluence. Tyler has shared the stage with world-class musicians including Kenni Holmen, Sharel Cassity, Wayne Bergeron, Anat Cohen, Gunhild Carling, Sherrie Maricle, Sean Carey, John Raymond, and Dean Granros. Tyler has performed in a wide variety of jazz, pop, funk, rock, and wedding bands including the Tyler Lustek Jazz Orchestra, the Chippewa Valley Jazz Orchestra, the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra, the Blue Ox Jazz Groups, the Bad Habits Brass, Uncommon Denominator, Eau Claire Funk Machine, Bn’ the Spice Cabinet, the Other Brothers, and Duo Vivace, among many others.