Addison Neill

Raised in Monroe, Louisiana and relocated to Dallas, TX to pursue an education in music, Addison Neill is a guitarist, pianist, songwriter, and composer who has studied classical, jazz, and flamenco styles at university and earned a BA degree in sound engineering.

Addison is now pursuing a career in teachi…

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Jeff Payne

Jeff  Payne

Jeff Is a guitarist, singer, and pianist, who also plays bass guitar, ukulele, and drums and is always ready to share his passion with fun and easy-to-understand exercises and tips to elevate a student’s musical journey.

Jeff was a musician in Austin for 8 years then went to learn music formally at…

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Jett Raines

Jett Raines

From a young age Dallas, TX based instrumentalist Jett Raines was drawn to the magic of music. He first began imaginably conducting Fantasia at age 2 and eventually got his hands on a guitar at age 10. A few years down the road, he was clearly a musician gigging on drums, guitar, and piano along with spendin…

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Addis Riddle

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…

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Darby Rojas

Darby Rojas is an established musician and teacher who grew up playing violin, cello, and singing since a very early age. She has performed on several occasions in her school orchestras and other performance venues and has been a passionate private teacher ever since then. She’s also an avid pianist, guitaris…

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Brianne Sargent

Brianne Sargent

Brianne Sargent (cellist, bass player, synths/keys, vocals) is the co-leader of Skinny Cooks and plays with Polyphonic Spree, Alejandro Escovedo, Mattie Michelle and many others. She is also a composer, arranger and producer. She graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2006, attended Booker T Washington Hi…

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Caleb Shaw

Caleb Shaw

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 with middle school percussion and rock bands with his buddies. He picked up a guitar when he was a teenager and has never since been able to put …

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Chris Teal

Chris Teal

A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Whitworth University, Chris Teal is the co-Director of the Institute for Creative Music (IfCM) and a recent transplant to Denton, TX. Chris has performed as a member of the IfCM Collective, Mingus Dynasty Quartet, Dave Rivello Ensemble, the Mighty High and Dry, Ni…

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Max Voloshin

Max  Voloshin

A native of Dallas, Texas, Max Voloshin is an award-winning pianist as well as guitarist and teacher whose playing has been described as “beautiful… with a slight hint of excitement.” Max Voloshin has taken his education through Harvard University and the University of Oxford. He has also played for many sp…

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