Our Staff

Teaching: Piano. My name is Mary Adams and I am excited to come back to teach piano to HCCSA students. I have been teaching piano at HCCSA conservatory for the last 5

Mrs. Mary Lee has been teaching piano in the Conservatory for 7 years. She is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, the Texas Music Teachers Association, and the Bluebonnet Music

Sandra Burnaman, a native of Singapore, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Singapore Bible College and earned a Master of Music Education degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth,

Tammy was born and raised in London, Kentucky, there she started studying piano at the age of 8 and took lessons throughout high school. Tammy transitioned to playing the clarinet in Middle

Jerry started playing guitar at age 11 and he and 2 friends started a garage band in junior high school. By age 18 he was teaching private lessons. Originally self-taught, he was

Dr. Kathy Rabago founded Velocity Music Academy in 2010 as a way to spread her love of teaching to the Cedar Park and Austin area. She has 27 years of teaching experience

Jessica‘s passion for teaching piano is a direct result of a childhood obsession with all things piano. Her parents would often have to tell her to “stop practicing piano and get outside

Pianist Hanna Chung, a native of South Korea, recently completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Collaborative Piano at the Butler School of music at the University of Texas where she

Louie Dell’Italia is an accomplished fingerstyle guitarist who specializes in classical, jazz, bossa nova, and flamenco music. His musical education started at the age of 15 where he studied classical guitar from

Native of Louisville, Kentucky, Julia is a classically trained cellist who has performed on stages across the United States, China, and Pakistan. She’s most notably performed as Assistant Principal cello of the

High Lyric Mezzo-soprano Allyssa Kemp is an avid performer in the Austin community, spending this last performance season with Inversion Ensemble, Austin Opera, Ars Longa Ensemble and One Ounce Opera. Prior to

Brad Emerson received a Doctorate in Piano Performance from the University of Texas at Austin under the instruction of Anton Nel. He additionally holds a Masters in Piano Performance from UT, and

Ashley Cannon holds a Bachelor of Arts in music from Baylor University. Her private lessons were under the instruction of Julianne Best. She has been teaching piano and voice and violin since

Carl Lennartson is a recent graduate from the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University where he earned a degree in Music Theory and Composition under the mentorship of Jason Hoogerhyde.

B.M. in Composition, University of Texas at Austin; Piano Performance Certificate, University of Texas at Austin. Shane is a versatile musician performing and composing all different styles of music. In addition to

Stephanie Andrews is a composer, church musician, and educator who has taught piano, voice, elementary general music and movement, and middle school choir for over twenty-five years. She currently resides in Austin,

JJ Pereira (percussion) recently relocated to Austin from Rochester, NY. As a classically trained percussionist, he feels equally at home performing classical, jazz, or popular music. JJ holds degrees in music education

Rosemary Hamington is a classically trained voice and piano teacher with a diverse performing background. She has performed in several community theatre musicals, as well as a jazz/show choir, All-State choir, acapella

Bennie Braswell started playing violin at 6, and piano at 10. At 15, she started giving lessons to her teacher’s students who needed extra help before recitals or competition. She got her

Joshua Johnson got his undergraduate degree in music education in 2011 from Pittsburg State University. While attending school, he worked at a local nationally accredited childcare center which had classrooms that ranged