Benjamin Phillips was born on May 29, 1979 in Decatur GA. His Grandmother was an accomplished piano player, his mother is a violin player and his father was a trumpet player. Music just flowed from his family into him. He started taking piano lessons when he was 7 and picked up the trumpet soon after.

In h…

Emilio is a drummer and classical percussionist. He’s literally been beating on things his whole life.

As a classical percussionist, his performance experience includes the Green Brigade Marching Band, UNT Concert Band, 2 O’Clock Steel Band, and the Drum Corps International groups Genesis, and Phantom Re…

Instructor Stuart Pollard is an accomplished, multi-instrumental music educator originally from Pontypool, South Wales who resides in the Northern Virginia Area. As a brass specialist, he offers lessons on all instruments in this section including trumpet, euphonium, trombone, French horn and more. He also …

As a music teacher of over 30 years, Doug truly believes in the power that music can bring to students. The dedication and life skills that Doug has learned as a multi-instrumentalist, taking the time to learn drums, percussion, piano, guitar and ukulele, he has developed into a well rounded musician who enjo…

Bradd Poole has more than 15 years of stage and studio experience. He joined his first band Delta 9 at the age of 15. Drawing from influences like Duane Allman (The Allman bros) Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bradd began to developed his own style.

Currently Bradd plays guitar in the Hiram…

Jeff Porter is a percussionist who has been studying, performing, and teaching music from Cuba, West Africa, the Congo and Brazil for the past 17 years. His goal is to bring the spirit of music to as many people as possible, because it is really fun!

Jeff teaches using non-traditional instruments, like wo…

Drummer and Drum teacher Matthew Posey was born and raised in Dallas, TX. He fell in love with drumming and music at a young age and never looked back.

Matthew studied drums with Ted Kennedy and Rich Santiago . He was the core drummer at Redemption Christian Center in Arlington, TX. He was an integral par…

Taniece Presbury is a Washington, DC based multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, and producer who started learning music at the tender age of six. She is an active Drum / Percussion, Piano, and Voice teacher. She attended Full Sail University, and shortly after graduating she moved in to performing activ…

Evan Prescott is a lifelong musician who has always followed his passion and quested after progress. He loves to teach piano, guitar, composition, drums, and production. Music has always been a key part of his life and evolved with the times alongside him.

Evan was introduced to music when he started a cla…

Born in Portland, Oregon, Mason Puckett was raised on a wide variety of music ranging from The Beastie Boys to Squeeze to a mixture 80s hair metal bands. At an early age, he was already banging on pots and pans with a sense of rhythm. By 2006, he was heavily influenced by Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Pepper…