“To give my students the tools they need to freely express themselves for the first time, through music. That’s why I teach.” Kristin Gonzalez has been teaching music for over 3 years and has studied it for nearly 20 years. As a multi-instrumentalist she has taught her students to play flute, clarinet, alt…

Finding a way to convey what one’s heart is trying to say through music has been at the core of Lucia’s musical journey. She received her Bachelor of Music from Florida State University under the tutelage of Eva Amsler. During her time at Florida State she played flute for the Amethyst Quintet, was Principal …

Born in Melbourne, Florida, Abby Goodman started playing violin at age seven. She studied under National Orchestra Festival Grand Champion Director Erik Bryan. Under his instruction, she placed first chair in Brevard All County Middle and High School Orchestra, was accepted into the Florida All State Orchestr…

Julia Gordyuk graduated from Mozyr State Music College in Belarus with a diploma in Music Education. Her journey into the world of music began at the age of 5 when she picked up her first violin. Throughout her musical path, she had the privilege of studying under excellent musicians who were themselves stude…

Marissa Green has had a strong passion and talent for music since the age of 5. Her musicality was also acknowledged at this age when she began piano lessons in Orlando, Florida. She has had a wide range and spectrum of music teachers, but as a student of Mrs. Nancy Shackelford during her teen years, she rece…

Michael Grier has taught guitar, bass, and beginner piano for the past 11 years and has performed for the past 15 years in the Central Florida area. He began his study of music during middle school with a deep interest in the rock and pop music of the time, which quickly blossomed into a love of all genres of…

Born on Long Island in 1993, Keil Gries was drawn to a career in music
at an early age, performing on the guitar in popular music and recital
settings throughout his youth in New York. During his early college
years, Gries began to develop a deep appreciation for the classical music
repertoire. In 201…

Marty Grosso first began playing guitar at a very young age. He became enthralled with music, and wanted to learn an instrument. After playing guitar for a few years he began studying music theory in school and taking private lessons on his own time. He has an appreciation for every genre of music and is comm…

Jennifer Guo developed a passion towards the art of music at a very young age. Wanting to explore that passion, at the age of ten she started playing the violin and joined the school orchestra. She also participated in and is still an active volunteer with the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra. After high scho…

Rachel Hardman’s musical career started like most by playing the recorder! She then moved on to learning the clarinet, flute and saxophone at school in the UK, taking part in every school group and being heavily involved in county music ensembles. She had the opportunity to play at the Music for Youth Nationa…