Caleb Shaw
City: Dallas
Caleb is a country and blues musician from Dallas, Texas and an avid teacher of guitar, bass guitar, drums, and ukulele. He began his musical journey when he was 12 year old with middle school percussion and rock bands with his friends. He then picked up a guitar when he was a teenager and has never since bee…
Read MoreDerek began his career as a musician at the age of 12 as a percussionist in school. When he turned 15, Derek began playing the drum set and guitar while taking lessons for both instruments. Later around the age of 18 he began to take up other instruments like bass and piano. While in college, Derek played in …
Read MoreAlan began his musical journey in the 7th grade and quickly realized the joy that playing an instrument provided. It really has played a tremendous role in his life both as a creative outlet and a vehicle to meet and make lifelong friends!
As a high school student, Alan found success composing 2 percussio…
Hannah Sitoy is from the city of Pearland, Texas and began studying classical piano at the age of five. She competed in various TMTA competitions under Cindy Mills and studied twelve years of music theory and music history. In middle school, she learned how to play the violin and the clarinet and began playin…
Read MoreRyan Smith
City: Denver
Ryan M. Smith is a Colorado musician, composer, teacher, and
producer. He received his Bachelor of Music degree with a
Concentration in Composition from Metropolitan State University
of Denver in May of 2013 and graduated with Honors. Ryan
plays in local music groups, teaches privately and with loca…
Brent Smith
City: Washington, DC
Brent’s musical journey began at the age of 5 with piano lessons, and he added guitar to his study in his early teen years. Through various outlets, including his local church and middle school ensembles, Brent also pursued percussion and has been a part of many jazz and classically focused groups spanning…
Read MoreCarolyn Smith holds a BM in Composition from California State University East Bay and is a Guild Certified Member through the National Guild of Piano Teachers. She started learning piano at the age of four, studying the Suzuki Classical Piano Method until attending college.
For fun, Carolyn likes to read t…
Wayne Smith
City: Washington, DC
Wayne Smith has been a musician and percussionist since a young age, and over the years developed a fun and entertaining style of playing the drums. Wayne has attended Montgomery College, in Rockville MD studying performance, theory, jazz, piano and percussion under prominent professors such as Dr. Dick Ecton…
Read MoreJohn Smith is an accomplished music therapist at the Michael DeBakey VA Medical Center. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy from Sam Houston State in 2014, followed by a Masters’ Degree in Music with a focus in Music Therapy in 2021. His thesis explored the relationship between gross motor co…
Read MoreJorge Soler
City: Miami/South Florida
Jorge Soler’s musical journey has been a roller coaster, from schools, classrooms, instruments, teachers, today-famous-ex-classmates, prestigious singers, theaters and countries.
Coming from a family of musicians, Jorge, before attending Music classes, was surrounded by musicians. Jorge Soler was born in Cu…