Ava has been playing the piano for about 10 years. She studied music academically from high school when she was in her home country of Iran. Ava studied piano with Hamik Alexandrian, Tamara Dolidze, Raphael Minaskanian, and currently Cristina Valdes at the University of Washington, School of Music. Ava is cur…

Marcos Benitez is guitarist, songwriter, and music teacher from South Florida. Growing up in the multi cultural city of Miami, Marcos was exposed to latin and jazz music at an early age and by the time he was 12 he had discovered guitar as his passion. Marcos played with several different bands in high school…

Silas Berlin is a classical pianist with a rounded approach. Classically trained from the age of six, Silas discovered jazz while in high school and later found that he “re-discovered” classical music by way of the jazz music in which he was ensconced. Silas takes great pleasure in realizing the ways in which…

Marie Birve, has already made a notable impression across Europe: The Stage describes her as “a vibrant soprano whose performances are dominated by warmth and expressiveness”.
Marie is from Malmö, Sweden but has lived here in Seattle since 2004 and she studied with Jane Eaglen.

A 2004 finalist of the Cla…

Since Ari can remember, music has always been a passion of hers; growing up in church, she was always around music whether it was during the service or at home. Around the age of four, she joined her church’s childrens’ choir, and fell in love with singing and performing. Throughout the next few years of sing…

Aaron Blu is a composer and performer. A summer course at the Berklee College of music at the age of fifteen sparked a fascination of performing original compositions. Aaron attended Vancouver School of Arts and Academics (VSAA). A public art school from sixth to twelfth grade. Over six years his vocal instr…

Cj believes that music is freedom. Art forms like music have rules to help people create beauty, but Cj believes each student must be taught according to their needs, not according to where they “should” be in their musical journey. Because of this, he specializes in the fundamentals of guitar and bass playin…

Originally from Los Angeles, Robert Bolyard is a happy resident of Seattle Washington. He received his Master’s degree in Choral Conducting at the prestigious Yale School of Music.

While at Yale, Robert was (among other things) the assistant conductor of the Yale Glee Club and conductor of the Yale Glee Cl…

Naomi Botkin has always found joy in singing and thrives on her work as a professional vocalist, songwriter, sound engineer, and voice teacher. She sings lead and backup vocals for Sonic Funk Orchestra, an award-winning Puget Sound disco funk show band. She also performs and composes lead vocals and rhythm gu…

Aaron Bowley is a multi-instrumentalist musician, writer, and producer from the Seattle area. He first began playing clarinet in the 5th grade, quickly excelling and learning classical pieces. Later, Aaron noticed he had an interest and passion for rhythm, so he began to study drums and percussion in high sch…