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…

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…

Chandler Haughton has dedicated himself to being the most well rounded musician he can possibly be. His musical journey began when he started playing guitar at the age of 8. He continued to learn guitar throughout his childhood, which led him to attending The Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, F…

Nathan Humphries is originally from Decatur, AL. He started playing piano and singing when he was 7 years old, and euphonium at age 15. He received his bachelor’s degree in music education from Auburn University. At Auburn, he studied low brass with Dr. Matthew Wood, and conducting with Dr. Richard Good. I…

Michael Johnson, originally from Torrington, Connecticut, started his musical journey at the age of 10. Inspired by his uncle who played saxophone with the legendary soul artist James Brown and his grandfather, he began playing the saxophone. Along with the saxophone, he also studied drums as a child, and lat…

Marina Kasparova was brought up in Ukraine, where she started studying piano and choral singing in her early childhood.

At age 17, inspired by the recordings of the great Maria Callas, Miss Kasparova decided to pursue a career as an opera singer. She entered the Glière Institute of Music in Kiev to study…

Athena Kelley, soprano, currently earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Theatre from the University of Central Florida. In addition, she attended The Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Athena has performed numerous lead vocal roles including, Maria (The Sound of Music), Jo March (Little Women), Sa…

Nicole Kimmel graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2021 with her Bachelor’s in Music Therapy with a concentration in voice. Nicole has studied classical voice and opera for over four years as well as basic piano and guitar at the college level. As part of her experience at FGCU, Nicole has had th…

Nino Lakvekheliani was born in the Republic of Georgia in East Europe. When she was three, she sang for the first time on stage and in the 2nd grade she started taking piano classes. At the age of 16, she began studying voice and after high school she was accepted into Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservato…

Janet Le has played piano since she was four years old. Her high school piano teacher Mrs. Toney showed her what it means to share her love of music with young people. She went on to study music education and she has taught music in elementary, middle, and high schools. She works with students on voice, piano…