Music makes the world go around, and for Santa Fe Sam the saxophone man, it has led him around the world. A professional player since his teens, Sam has played in many different types of bands throughout his life. From big band jazz to reggae, rock and hip hop, he has entertained audiences around the world an…

Travis Austin, born and raised in Atlanta, GA, has been apart of many aspects of music for years! He is an active performer in Atlanta’s underground music scene, a stagehand for various different venues around Atlanta, and a sound engineer for live music venues.

Travis started his music journey at the age…

Jeremy Avalos is a classically trained musician and educator based in Florida. Born in Miami, he began playing guitar, bass guitar and the piano. He received a Bachelor of Music in Music Theory and Creative Writing from Florida State University where he graduated Summa Cum laude. While there he studied classi…

Mike Barrows earned a bachelors of Music in Guitar Performance from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. He has had a passion for music his entire life which began at the age of 6, in the form of piano lessons from his mother, a Master Organist. He then discovered the alto sax in 5th grade and played…

Anthony is a multi-instrumentalist who was introduced to music by his father at a very early age. He began his musical journey as a trumpet player while attending Shotwell Middle School. Although he was a talented trumpet player, he fell in love with playing the bass guitar when he was 10, and by the age of 1…

Jay Beard is a life long musician specializing in a number of instruments including piano, guitar, bass, and percussion/drum set. A graduate of the University of Central Florida with a degree in Music Composition, he teaches a variety of genres including classical, jazz, rock, and popular music. Some of his a…

Nick Benitez is a trumpeter, educator, and composer from New York City. Having grown up playing bass and classical/electric guitar, music has always been a part of the young jazz musician’s life.

Mr. Benitez grew up mostly playing traditional South American and Caribbean music and picked up the trumpet at…

Cj believes that music is freedom. Art forms like music have rules to help people create beauty, but Cj believes each student must be taught according to their needs, not according to where they “should” be in their musical journey. Because of this, he specializes in the fundamentals of guitar and bass playin…

Brandon Boone, a native of Augusta, Georgia, is an Atlanta-based bassist. Growing up in a very talented household, music runs deep in the family. His father is a church pianist/minister of music and his brother is a professional jazz drummer in the Atlanta area.

Attending high school in Augusta, Brandon h…

After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2008, Michael moved from Boston to New York City and 5 years of performing and touring based out of Brooklyn. Michael toured with various acts performing at festivals and venues such as SXSW, CMJ, the Blue Note, and the Troubadour in Los Angeles.

Moving ba…