Rachel Sebastian discovered her love for music at a young age when her parents fulfilled her 6 year old life-long wish of starting piano lessons. Soon after, she began playing violin and French horn as well and discovered a passion for performing music as both a soloist and part of an ensemble. By the fifth…

Chris Shaw, a multi-instrumentalist musician, has been playing music for nearly 13 years and has performed every genre under the sun. While he primarily teaches guitar, voice, and keyboard, he also plays and teaches bass, drums, mandolin, brass, and accordion.

As a seasoned player and teacher from Gainesvi…

Coleman Shickman has been an avid piano player as long as he can remember. He has studied Piano, Organ and Music theory at the University of North Texas and now is excited to teach these skills to others. Coleman has taught music at several summer camps and attended multiple masterclasses on song education an…

Javier is a passionate performer and instructor of cello, violin, and French horn. Since the age of 10, Javier Silva has studied music beginning with the cello. He later then picked up the French horn as his secondary instrument.
Javier has achieved principle horn and cello for TMEA All-Region all four years…

Nick has been active in the Atlanta area for the past 6 years as a piano accompanist and Music Director performing with theaters, schools, church choirs, and friends. He aspires to perform every work of Stephen Sondheim within his lifetime. …

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…

Mark Thomas has been teaching in home since 2008, and has enjoyed every minute of it. A low brass major in college, Mark received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Georgia. Mark also received a Master of Music Education degree from Georgia State University. After a 20 year career a…

A native of Rochester, NY, Elena Varon began her journey on the horn at age 10. Throughout the years, she has performed music in genres ranging from classical to film to contemporary. In July 2018, Varon traveled to Cesena, Italy, to participate in the soundSCAPE International New Music Festival, where she co…

William Waldron is teacher who believes that there is music in all of us waiting to get out. In some of us the music is already at the surface; in others it is a bit deeper and needs more time to show itself. Both need some guidance to polish it and make the performer shine.

William’s music backgroun…

Margaret Young-Weitzel was in the faculty of Claflin University as Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Education. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Washington where she studied conducting with Timothy Salzman. She also holds a Masters in Teaching and a Bachelor’s i…