Nicholas Moulds

Nicholas Moulds

Nick Moulds began studying music independently at age 12, picking up the guitar after hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time. Throughout high school, he honed his craft by taking guitar lessons, playing in different music groups around Manhattan, KS as well as joining the school Chamber Choir as a tenor.

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Thayer Naples

Thayer Naples

Thayer Naples was born and raised in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1990. Picking up the guitar ate age seven, Thayer has presently been playing for twenty five years. Honing his craft, practicing hard and diligently through adolescence, up to ten hours a day, Thayer played in his schools Jazz band and studied Cla…

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Andrew Pendergrast

Andrew Pendergrast is a multi-instrumentalist music educator and composer from Atlanta, GA. He relocated to the D.C. area in 2009 and has performed in many different settings, including classical ensembles, jazz groups, choirs, rock bands, musical theater companies, and solo recitals.

Andrew has a B.A. in…

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Oliver Penn

Oliver Penn

Oliver Penn is a Guitarist, Drummer, and Pianist who writes and composes his own music. He has been playing music professionally since 2015. He is well rounded in different genres ranging from Rock, Jazz , Funk and Pop music. Oliver attended Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island where he studied musi…

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Robert Plier

Rob Plier began his musical journey by beginning guitar at age 13 and performed in punk rock, heavy metal, and progressive rock bands in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. He continued by delving into deeper areas of musical studies that included different instruments in the guitar family and piano. Rob …

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Michael Shanks

Michael Shanks

Michael Anthony Shanks is a guitarist, composer and seasoned music teacher from Houston, TX. In addition to the guitar, he also teaches, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, electric bass, piano and saxophone. His music has taken him to some pretty amazing places such as Buenos Aires, Argentina and London, England. He c…

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Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Lee Smith, guitarist, is an active musician in northern Virginia and a current doctoral student of classical guitar at Shenandoah University.

Jonathan has received awards in a number of competitions including 1st place “James Stroud All-Ohio Guitar Competition 2014;” 1st Prize “Southern Guitar Fes…

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Dean Snyder

Dean Snyder

Inspired by alternative and punk music of the earlly 90s, Dean Snyder began playing guitar at age 14. His interest in, and passion for music has continued for nearly 30 years. Throughout these years, Dean has become a fan and student of music in general and has an extensive knowledge of guitar theory and tech…

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Aaron Spoor

Aaron Spoor is a Maryland-based Classical Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who has a wide range of expertise as a Music Educator. He is a composter, performer, and recording artist in addition to working with students of all ages and levels: from young beginners through teaching in the University setting…

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Alec Sullivan

Alec Sullivan is a multi instrumentalist music teacher and composer based in Arlington Virginia. He holds a B.A. in Music from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he studied Guitar under Mike Ess and David Toussaint and Piano with Wells Hanley.

Alec began his musical journey by studying guitar at age…

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