Sandon Chevlin

Sandon Chevlin has a Master of Music degree in Music Composition from Florida Atlantic University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a minor in creative writing from Rollins College. In 2018, Sandon participated in the Vienna Summer Music Festival’s Musicology Colloquium.

Sandon studied composition unde…

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Kimberly Cook

Having nearly 20 years of classical & baroque training, being a musician has always been Kimberly’s life goal. At age 10, Kimberly was formally introduced to the bassoon. Having no private instructor during the beginner years, the aid of video records of various orchestras & solo Bassoon performances was hea…

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Alissa Forbes

Alissa Forbes is a music educator in the Northern Virginia Area. She graduated from James Madison University with honors in Music Education- Vocal and Instrumental Endorsements. Upon completing her first year as a full-time General Music teacher, as well as Choral director and Orchestra teacher, in Alexandria…

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Elijah Head

Elijah Head

Elijah Head is a saxophonist and bassoonist from Everett, WA. He picked up the saxophone in middle school and the bassoon a couple years later upon entering high school. There , Elijah was nominated to perform in his district honor band 3 times and his region honor band once playing baritone saxophone. He als…

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Katie Holland

Katie Holland

Beginning her musical studies at the age of 10 on piano, Katie Holland
has continued to grow with music ever since. She discovered the
bassoon at age 12 through her public school music program and began
studying with her long time mentor Jim Lotz. Over the years, she has
experimented with contemporary…

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Bill  Locklear

Bill Locklear resides in Kennesaw, Georgia with his wife and children. During his thirty year music education career Mr. Locklear served at the elementary, middle and high school levels and is a master teacher for all brass and woodwind instruments. He has been invited to guest conduct numerous middle, high …

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Sidney Maurice

Sidney Maurice

Sidney Maurice is an Atlanta native and attended school in Marietta where she began her bassoon studies at the age of 11. Throughout her years in public school, she participated in the All- State Band, Honors District Orchestra, and District Band. She attended Georgia’s Governor’s Honors Program in 2017 and r…

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Dallas McCorkendale

Dallas McCorkendale

Dallas McCorkendale was born and raised outside of Savannah, Georgia. At the age of 9, he began studying guitar and saxophone. Shortly thereafter, he began bassoon and marimba studies. Dallas participated in a number of state and national level music honors programs throughout his childhood including the Geor…

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Elizabeth Morris

Elizabeth Morris

Elizabeth discovered a desire to help and teach others at an early stage, and found she loved music after joining band in middle school. She went on to play clarinet, saxophone, piano and bassoon as well as direct ensembles through high school and into college. Elizabeth studied music education and performanc…

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Daniel Nester

City: Denver

Daniel Nester

Daniel started his bassoon training at the age of 13 in Jerusalem, Israel where he grew up. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the Tel Aviv University where he studied with Mordechai Rechtman and Gad Ledermann. He studied for a Master’s degree at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with J…

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