Natalie Bartels

Natalie Bartels is a musician and a published poet based in Seattle, WA. Natalie began piano lessons as a child and loves to bring her passion for music to students through teaching lessons. Her childhood teacher had a tremendous impact on her development as a musician and as a person, and she still sees her…

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Drew Cummings

Drew Cummings has years of experience across a number of musical roles. Whether he has been a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist or recording engineer, he has gained a passion and appreciation for the entire process of making music. Although primarily a guitar instructor, Drew practices a wholistic approach …

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Simon Dorfman

Simon Dorfman

Simon Dorfman has a passion for teaching Drum Lessons. Simon says’s Music is infinite and we will always be able to learn something new from it! Originally Simon is from Las Cruces New Mexico. Simon’s first music teachers were his parents. They both were professional musicians playing live in orchestras and s…

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Chad Gaddis

Chad Gaddis

Playing music by yourself or with others is the greatest way to communicate feelings and ideas. Chad truly believes this and takes great joy from practicing his craft, performing on stage, and teaching other people how to play music. Chad has always been active teaching friends and family how to play the dru…

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Gabriela Garza

Gabriela Garza

Gabriela Garza (she/her/ella) is a musician, conductor, percussionist and arts administrator currently living in Seattle, WA. She was born and raised in Monterrey Mexico, and in 2011, she moved to the United States to pursue studies in music. Gabriela holds a Bachelor’s degree in Percussion Performance and …

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Timothy Horiuchi

Tim was born and raised around the Arts & Music. His Grandfather is Paul Horiuchi Sr. who is the renowned mosaic artist well known for his mosaic mural at the Seattle Centers amphitheater, that was built for the Worlds fair.

Tim’s father was the first Japanese American in the Metropolitan Opera Chorus. T…

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Zheanna Huff

Zheanna Huff

Zheanna Huff is a composer, producer, music theorist, visual artist, and multi-instrumentalist with a Bachelors degree in Music Composition from Indiana State University. Zheanna is incredibly passionate about music education and seeks to empower every student to create, express, and cultivate a lifelong joy …

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Ken Klettke

Ken began his musical endeavors as a child by taking private piano lessons and has continued playing piano since. After going to Klondike days as a 12-year-old, and hearing a banjo playing bluegrass music he obtained a banjo and learned from an Earl Scruggs book and record and also is initially self-taught in…

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Michael Ray

Michael Ray

Plato once said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” For Michael Ray, being the son of local Pacific Northwest composer, Deborah Anderson, meant that music has been an integral part of his life since he was born. His first instrument …

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Ryan Reeves

Ryan Reeves

Besides being a powerful tool for expression and outlet for many people, the benefits of music and learning music remain countless, and are still being discovered today. Ryan passionately believes in teaching in a way that helps students become excited to learn, improve, and solve problems in creative and int…

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