Peruvian musician, born in the summer of 1980’s, Alejandra Pizarro began to learn to play the trumpet at her school in Lima. By the age of 14, she became the lead trumpet at the “Orquesta Interescolar Jazz en Lima”, and in 2004 she became part of the trumpet section of the “Orquesta Juvenil de Música…

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 …

Alec Powell is an accomplished musician and music educator with over 10 years experience working with students of all ages and abilities. Alec earned his masters degree in music education from Boston University in 2016 and earned a bachelors degree in saxophone performance and music education from the Eastman…

Stewart Rabin is the Orchestra Director/Guitar Teacher at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland FL. where he has taught in the fine arts department for 8 years.

Stewart studied applied trumpet performance at University of Miami, SUNY Purchase and at Florida International University where he studied wit…

Alexander Ramazanov started playing trumpet when he was 7 years old in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and received specialized music education later in Moscow. In 2015, he decided to move across the Atlantic Ocean in pursuit of his dream to be a professional musician. In 2019, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music fro…

Benjamin Ray, trombonist and brass pedagogue, received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Kennesaw State University in 2010. An active section coach, he currently works with Lost Mountain and Palmer Middle Schools, as well as Kell High School.

Formerly, Benjamin worked as the Assistant Band Di…

Michael started playing piano at age 3 and trumpet at age 10. He went on to play both instruments through all of his childhood, and was a member of the San Diego Youth Symphony for 4 straight years.

From there, Michael went on to receive his Bachelors degree in Trumpet Performance from Vanderbilt Universi…

Addis Riddle is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performer and teacher from Arlington, Texas. He is highly involved in growing the arts community of his hometown. He teaches guitar, piano, drums, and even brass. The most important thing to Addis is that that his students feel connected to the music that…

Ash Rise is a Brass Specialist and Piano Instructor serving the greater DC and Northern Virginia areas. He began his studies in middle school band class. He started lessons in high school, in his hometown of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, with Mary Beth Orr, the 3rd horn player in the Grand Rapids Symphony. He ha…

Elizabeth Risner is 26 years old, from Sarasota Florida, she moved to Decatur GA in 2020 to find new opportunities in a new place. She has been playing the trumpet since age 8, and singing since age 12. Elizabeth was homeschooled until college and was fortunate to be able to spend most of her time on music s…