Katie Gu began her first musical steps with the general music program at West Valley Elementary in California. With 6 active years of piano experience, growing up, she joined the Crystal Children’s Youth Choir and toured in several states for 6 years. In 4th grade, her sister’s old clarinet was handed down to…

Rachel Hardman’s musical career started like most by playing the recorder! She then moved on to learning the clarinet, flute and saxophone at school in the UK, taking part in every school group and being heavily involved in county music ensembles. She had the opportunity to play at the Music for Youth Nationa…

William Heinz is a Denver native. His musical life started at the age of ten when he began studying saxophone with an after-school enrichment program offered by Denver Public Schools. Once acquainted with the horn, he initiated his first inquiries into wind band literature and jazz with Colorado Honor Band. D…

“Music is a bridge between all people”, Antonio Hicks believes in using music to bring people together and share the joy of music. Born and raised in Tampa FL, Antonio began playing music in 2012. He attended Howard W. Blake school of the performing arts where he bloomed his passion for music. Afterward he we…

Eleanor is a pianist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and most importantly, an experienced music teacher who draws upon an incredible background spanning a wide variety of genres, from classical to jazz to indie to electronic music. She currently offers lessons in piano, clarinet, voice, and songwriting. Her…

Doctor of Musical Arts and Veteran of US Navy Fleet Bands, Joseph David Howell was born in Porterville, California. After starting on the clarinet in elementary school, Joseph developed a strong interest in music while in junior high, and added the saxophones and flute to his arsenal in high school. Howell …

Native to Washington, Erling Iverson is a graduate of the University of Washington, with post graduate studies in Siena, Italy. His teachers have included Ronald Phillips, William McColl, Karl Leister and Anthony Gigliotti.

Erling has played in the Seattle Youth Symphony, The Seattle Symphony, the Seattle…

A native of Miami, Florida, Alphonso has been involved with music since his birth. Specifically, at 4 years old, he saw Fantasia and was hooked on the many different pieces of music within the movie. At 7 years old, he began piano lessons, picked up a Clarinet at 11 and began to fall in love with the instrume…

Deon Johnson has been a conductor and educator since 2010. He has directed the performances of Ensembles throughout North Texas and in Tennessee and holds a Bachelors of Arts in Music from Lane College, Jackson Tennessee, and a Masters’ degree in Higher Education Administration from Texas A&M University-Com…

Claire started her musical endeavors at the age of five on the piano. She performed in recitals annually and instantly fell in love with music, music theory, and performing. As she progressed through her earlier school years she picked up the clarinet at the age of 10 and cello at age 12 and performed through…