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Ralph Burrows

Trumpet, Trombone

Teaching on Mondays only. “I started playing trumpet, like most, in elementary school.  I took to it right away and started private lessons soon after.  I enjoyed music and trumpet specifically so much that the more I played the more I grew as a musician. Private lessons helped immensely. I played classically as well as […]

Jason Russo

Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Oboe, Recorder

Teaching on Tuesdays only. Passionate about music from a young age, Jason began his studies at the age of eight on the acoustic guitar. Quickly developing an interest in woodwind instruments, Jason joined his middle school band and began experimenting with the clarinet, saxophone, flute and bassoon. Throughout his grammar and secondary education, Jason participated […]

David Baxter

Brass, Woodwinds, Guitar, Piano

David Baxter began his musical adventures studying the trumpet at the age of nine. Lessons in a community music school lead to further studies at New England Conservatory and Cleveland Institute of Music. As both a performer and a teacher, sharing music has filled his life with much joy.  Working as the Instrumental Music Director at Newman […]

Kai Sun

Woodwinds, Piano

Kai Sun is a Chinese-American musician, born in Beijing, China. His primary instrument is Saxophone. His secondary instruments are Flute, Clarinet and Piano. In his spare time, Kai enjoys spending time with family, going on hikes with his dog, cooking, watching movies and anime. Kai earned performance degrees in 2016 from Temple University, and 2020 […]

Delanie Montoya

Drums and Percussion

Delanie Montoya has been teaching private lessons for three years. She loves playing many instruments including drum set, marimba, hand drums, and auxiliary percussion. She also loves playing many different styles of music including classical, funk, rock, pop, jazz, and latin. She graduated from Utah State University with a bachelors in music education. She has had the […]

Rodrigo Tarraza

Guitar, Saxophone & Flute

Rodrigo Tarraza studied modern and baroque flute with Barthold Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands. He has toured widely as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe and both North and South America. He has toured widely as soloist and chamber musician, has recorded with La Petite Bande and other prominent period-instrument […]

Andrew has been teaching music for 20 years in the public schools.  He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Music Education with an emphasis in voice from New York University, and he did his graduate work at Towson University.  He has worked with students of all ages and all abilities.  He loves the look on a […]

Ryan Buell

Guitar, Bass, and Ukulele

Ryan Buell has been a teacher for over 20 years, and currently teaches Guitar, Bass, and Ukelele.  Ryan holds a B.M. from Shenandoah Conservatory in Jazz Performance, but excels in teaching all manner of music, from contemporary pop to metal to folk to classical.  Ryan’s pedagogic philosophy is based in two tenants: A strong foundation […]

Elizabeth Skola Davis has a diverse background in music performance, theory, and composition and has been a cellist for many metropolitan professional and community orchestras. While completing her M.M., she earned several awards for her compositions, including third prize in the ASCAP Victor Herbert Young Composers competition in the Voice with Orchestra category, one of […]