Ed Trimis holds a BA in Piano Performance from San Francisco State University (though he studied previously at San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music), an MA in Music Education, an MA is Education Administration, and professional clear credentials in Educational Administration and Music all from California State University, Los Angeles. He holds an EdD in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California. He has had the opportunity to study with several amazing artists in all kinds of settings from private instruction to university classes to extended workshops and conference settings.

Studied with:​

SF Conservatory of Music, Piano

Robert Curnow,  Jazz Ensemble Techniques/Arranging

Lu Elrod, Secondary Music Methods

Bennett Friedman,  Jazz Ensemble Techniques

Nancy Beach, Film Composing

Norman Ludwin, Orchestration/Film Composing

Gordon Goodwin, Arranging

William H. Hill,  Band

Mark Levine, Jazz Piano

Vernon Leidig,  Secondary Music Methods​

Gary Potter, Jazz Ens./Music Theory​

Kim Richmond, Improvisation

Robert Sheldon, Piano

Milton Stern, Piano

John Swain,  Secondary Music Methods