Jeffrey Chilton holds a B.M. in Music Education with a Jazz Concentration from the Ithaca College School of Music. There he took numerous courses in brass pedagogy and the different brass instruments as well as courses in improvisation, arranging, and jazz/classical theory. He has been praised for his creativity in curriculum design at Owego Apalachin High School and the South Hill Elementary School as well as the Exploration Summer Programs at Wellesley College where he designed and taught a Garage Band and a Non-traditional percussion course.

For the last 7 years Chilton has spent his career in Portland, OR working with a trombone studio of 15-20 students. He coaches jazz sectionals at Beaumont Middle School as part of the award winning Jazz Ambassadors Program. His sections have been awarded best big band section awards multiple times. He also coaches the Cleveland High School trombones where his students have won 3rd place in the State Wind Ensemble competition. Throughout his Portland tenure Chilton's students have been awarded $8k in yearly college scholarships, a national soloist award, Outstanding Jazz Musician Award, All State Symphonic Band, First chair All State Jazz, competed in the State Solo Competition, won the State Jazz Ensemble Competition, and been accepted into prestigious Colleges of music including Berkeley Boston, U of O, Puget Sound, and others.