Professor Jeremy Scott Ragsdale is the jazz/pop vocal instructor at Towson University and the founder of FoodWaterMusic. 

Jeremy Ragsdale grew up surrounded by music in Annapolis, Maryland. He began studying classical piano at age 7 and was trained in jazz by his father. Ragsdale was playing piano professionally by the age of 12. By the time he went to college, he had already performed as a vocalist with ensembles at Carnegie Hall and recorded a CD at Sony Music Studios in Los Angeles. Singing had become his main focus.

After briefly studying Classical performance at New England Conservatory, Ragsdale transferred to Berklee College of Music. in Boston. Now a graduate of Berklee, he has studied, performed, and/or recorded with many well-known musicians including such luminaries as Patti Austin, Kevin Mahogany, Lalah Hathaway, Walter Beasley, Hiromi, Phil Wilson, Susan Tedeschi, and Kim Nazarian and Peter Eldridge of the New York Voices.

As a former member of Jazz Vocal Quartet SYNCOPATION, Ragsdale recently released his first widely distributed album, entitled "Of Blue", with Geneon Entertainment. The group has toured Japan numerous times, and has appeared domestically at the Boston Globe Jazz & Blues Festival, Tri-C Jazz Fest and the 2004 and 2006 IAJE Conventions in New York City.