Valerie began playing the piano at the age of 3. She received classical training for 15 years, competing in piano competitions, participating in music festivals, state assessments, and National Piano Guild auditions. She achieved the highest level (level 12) in both aural and written music theory, as well as …

Lily is an energetic and passionate lover of music. She was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL. At age 10, she remembers seeing her older cousins play guitar and sing together at a family reunion. At that very moment she turned to her mother with a huge smile on her face and simply said “I want to do this, t…

For her 6th birthday Marietta’s grandfather bought her piano. It was beginning of her journey into the magical world of music.

Coming from the family where everybody played instruments, danced or sang, she didn’t have much choice but to learn music also. Marietta’s grandfather played Armenian folk music i…

Emiliano J. Saumell is a South Florida based trombonist and educator. He received his Associates in Art at Miami Dade College under the tutelage of Dr. David Brubeck. During his time there he performed regularly on tenor trombone, bass trombone, and tuba. He is versatile in a many musical genres and has perfo…

Andrew Sauvageau has been a musician for as long as he can remember. His parents keep a recording of him, aged about 3, singing and “composing” songs on the spot. Andrew feels that this kind of spontaneity and spirit is an important part of music making, and he continues to look for ways to bring music to…

Born in Havana, Cuba, Yalyen Savignon began playing the violin at the age of eight and the piano at the age of ten. She was the winner of the Lynn Concert Contest 2015 at the Lynn Conservatory of Music, where she completed her degree in Music Performance. Yalyen has completed a master’s degree in Music Perfor…

Geoff Sawyer has provided private and classroom music instruction in a variety of contexts for over thirty years. Although his early background focused on rock and blues styles with guitar, piano, and voice, he has taught and performed multiple guitar styles as well as piano, and has additionally provided tra…

Kayla Scales is a pianist, vocalist, and songwriter from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Her musical journey started at the age of ten, when her mother signed her up for piano lessons with a local woman that taught piano out of her home. While at first she was slow to find interest, she eventually took a routine …

Luke has spent over a decade freelancing and arranging in the Houston, TX, Austin, TX, and South Louisiana areas. An established trumpeter, arranger, and educator, Luke has known since middle school that he wanted to be a musician. While in high school, Luke played with the 225 Big Band based in Pasadena, TX …

Mezzo soprano Chloë Schaaf is a New York City native who recently relocated to Houston. She holds her undergraduate degree in vocal performance from The Juilliard School and masters of music degrees from both The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Bard College Conservatory of Music. Chloë has perform…