Anyone who has met Caen, will say he is an incredibly positive, energetic, patient, and friendly person. He believes in working hard and having a good time doing it. Caen loves learning, in all its forms, and teaching others about his passions seems to be effortless. Music has always been a part of him; Howe…

As a lover of music, Suzanne Slade has been transported many times into multiple genres.
She started at an early age playing Piano, Violin, and Guitar through the Suzuki method. At age 8, she began singing lessons and began performing in NYC and Philadelphia in various professional musicals.

Suzanne has…

Grant Slater teaches the guitar and is a college student at Texas Christian University. He was born in Mesa, Arizona, and was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He loves music because it gives him the freedom to express himself and dive deep into the songs he loves, as well as make his own. He likes listening to all…

Ben Slavich is a passionate guitar teacher based out of Denver, CO. He started his musical journey in band percussion throughout grade school. Eventually, he set aside the xylophone for guitar in 2001. He then studied under the tutelage of Jeff Laquatre and Alex Commodore at Metropolitan State University. His…

I’ve always been a musician, it just took me a long time to admit I was an artist. I only made it part way through music school before I left to make sure I had a backup plan. The thing was, the backup plan quickly became my actual trajectory. I became a 4th grade teacher in Aurora, Colorado. I loved it and I…

Madie Slocomb has been a musician for almost 20 years. Her parents started her in Piano lessons in early elementary school as the gateway into the music world. She then took up flute and piccolo during middle school, then violin in high school. Madie continued her education at Colorado Mesa University in Gran…

Brianna is currently the assistant band director at Hillgrove High School and has been teaching privately since 2013. Brianna Slone graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in music education. During her time at UGA, Ms. Slone studied flute with Angela Jones-Reus- former principa…

Ever since childhood, Caleb has had a deep passion for music. He entered his first piano competition at the age of 12 and by the time he turned age 17, Caleb was playing concertos by the likes of Chopin, his favorite Romantic Era artist. Throughout high school, Caleb played the second piano part in all 4 of…

Jacqueline (Jackie) Smedley began studying piano and violin at the age of 2 and began studying classical and theatrical voice in the years following. As a child, she performed in numerous violin ensembles and piano competitions with the Music Teacher’s Association of Southern Maryland. In school, she accomp…

Although Jeanette grew up on a farm where she had to work hard, music was her passion from a very young age. She began piano lesson around 7 and continued through college. Jeanette graduated from Atlanta Christian College with a double major in music and Christian Education.

Along the way she picked up se…