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…

Ike Spivak is a Downbeat award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, and producer from Denver, Colorado. While pursuing an undergraduate degree from the University of Denver, he was honored with first place in the college big band division of the Next Generation Jazz Festival. DU also awarded him…

Aaron Spoor is a Maryland-based Classical Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who has a wide range of expertise as a Music Educator. He is a composter, performer, and recording artist in addition to working with students of all ages and levels: from young beginners through teaching in the University setting…

Bennett Spotts is a professional vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from northern Maryland. He teaches Saxophone, French Horn, Piano, and Voice. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in voice and a graduate certificate in Vocology at the Jacobs School of Music. Bennett received his Bachelor of M…

Loree Spriggs started playing classical piano at the age of four years old under the Suzuki method of learning by ear. Instructors led her to music theory, technique and performance using the James Bastian method. She is a James Bastian method teacher and has taught neighborhood family children since she was …