George Somi has been fascinated by music since the age of three, when, according to his mother, he climbed atop a piano bench and played “Happy Birthday” after watching someone else do the same. By the age of five, he acquired his first small keyboard and the rest is history. George began formal study of pian…

Ku Song began studying music at the age of ten when she joined band in grade school. She went on to enter music competitions, winning first chair oboe player in the state of Illinois. Her band also won Superstate Championship at the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana led by Mr. Ter…

Katherine has completed her BA in Music at the Gettysburg College Sunderman Conservatory where she also participated in numerous piano pedagogy classes. She has significant performance and accompaniment experience at Gettysburg College, and encourages her students to perform and collaborate with others when t…

Alex discovered the joy of music at an early age, having been born into a family of musicians. After receiving classical instruction by Dallas Symphony First Chair Cellist, Alex Djinov, he began to delve into genres other than classical, and picked up numerous instruments along the way, taking guitar lessons …

Born in Dallas, Texas, to a family of musicians, Laura started playing piano at the age of three. Throughout her career, Laura has had the honor of performing with orchestras in the United States, Italy, and Russia. Laura is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory and College and spent her time in college betw…

American violinist Valeri Speights helps her students cultivate a life-long love of playing the violin through the use of historically informed techniques and practice strategies.

As a chamber musician and orchestral performer, she has travelled and trained extensively as a professional violinist. Valeri s…

A native of Chapel Hill, NC, clarinetist Jason Spencer holds degrees in clarinet performance from the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. An active performer, Jason has performed with the Greensboro Opera, Greensboro Symphony, Salisbury Symphony, and Eastern Festival Orc…

Having grown up in Anne Arundel County, and performing in virtually every school and county ensemble growing up, Kennan is excited to share his passion for drums and percussion with the next generation of musicians.

Kennan grew up interested in every avenue of percussion. From a young age, he was involved …

Pavel Spichak is a teaching and performing trumpet player who aims to have fun and engaging music lessons with his students. He strives for his pupils to be the best version of themselves through methodical, individualized approaches that plays to their innate musical strengths, while also building performanc…

Highly-motivated and energetic Music Teacher since 2012 with years of active experience in providing music lessons to friends and family, elementary students picking up an instrument for the first time, high school students beginning to understand what music means to them, and post-college adults getting a he…