Kathy Garner Simpson holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory and a Master of Music degree from Boston University School of Music. In 2019, Mrs. Simpson moved to Florida from Michigan where she was on the faculty of the Community Music School of Battle Creek and performed with the West Mi…

Olivia Skaja (b. 1998) has been playing the violin since age nine, first starting in her local strings program in northern Minnesota. She has studied with notable teachers including Francesca Anderegg, Nathan Cole, Natsuki Kumagui, and Alex DePue. She attended St. Olaf College, where she received her Bachelor…

Originally from Pennsylvania, Maddy is a music education major at the University of Central Florida, specializing in upper strings. She has been playing violin and viola for fifteen years and also studies piano as well. After she graduates she hopes to teach middle school orchestra and eventually get a maste…

Nicholas started in music on the alto saxophone at age 8 playing classical music. He then approached guitar, starting with jazz and then opening up avenues into other genres such as rock, funk, metal, R&B, etc. He studies jazz music at University of Central Florida. Nicholas has performed with various local j…

Allison Stanley has been singing and playing piano for over 13 years and has received her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Central Florida. She has trained under Priscilla Bagley and Suzanne Stanley, and has worked with music professionals such as Michele Byrd, David Brunner, Kristen Little, Paul Sala…

Amanda began her music education at the age of 4. Part of a musical family, music and performance have always been a part of her life and she loves to help pass that on to the next generation of musicians. Amanda specializes in voice, piano, and violin and works on learning new skills any chance she gets. Ama…

Hannah Stokes is a local singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Orlando, Florida. Since she was 13 years old, she has been writing and composing original music and at 16 she released her first EP. She has been performing professionally in the Central Florida area ever since and has worked as a recor…

From an early age, Colton was in love with music. Starting with dancing under the seatbelt in his parents car whenever the radio was on, it wouldn’t be long before he picked up an instrument. His first introduction to playing music was picking out songs by ear on a keyboard his father found in a trash bin. Af…

Elizabeth Stoner’s formative years as a musician began early with her first lessons at the age of 5 and her first public performance at age 7. The majority of her training is in the classical Russian tradition, having studied with pianists Marina Agrest and Svetlana Velichko, though she is also well versed …

Cole M Stover completed his bachelor’s degree in percussion performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music in 2019. He grew up in many places as an Air Force brat, but calls Colorado and Georgia home. Since he began playing drums in 3rd grade, Cole has benefited from diverse instruction in orc…