Jake Taylor is a musician and music expert living in Seattle, WA, and hailing from Richmond, VA: an under-appreciated beacon of the Jazz, Hip-Hop, Mathrock, and Hardcore/Metal scenes of the east coast. The direct proximity to and prevalence of such vastly differing styles of musical influence embedded within…

Owen is multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from the Pacific Northwest. He began his musical education at the age of five with piano lessons before adding the guitar three years later. In 5th grade he chose to take band and came home from school with a dented rental trombone. This desire to learn and…

Elijah Thomson currently plays bass for Father John Misty and is a renown musician and producer in the music industry. Over a 25 year career, he has amassed hundreds of recording credits and thousands of live performances around the world with myriad artists—including: Father John Misty, The Wallflowers, Na…

Leah has been playing the piano for 18 years. She loves playing and decided to pursue music in college. She received a bachelors of arts degree in music from Southern Virginia University. While at Southern Virginia University she took private lessons in piano, guitar and voice as well as singing in the unive…

At the age of 14, Leigh began her singing career in musical theater through local community theater in Denver, CO. She took this passion and years of performing experience and earned her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy at New York University. It was there she began her teaching …

Following family tradition, Anthony picked up violin passionately at a young age. Formally trained in Seattle, and Guadalajara with various instructors. He made a career as a Mariachi Violinist. His unique ability to learn the various styles, and sub-genres encompassed by the Mariachi Genre has allowed to par…

Kevin Tu is a graduate from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and psychology. He currently works as a part-time piano teacher, chess coach and math tutor. During his free time, Kevin enjoys watching movies, playing video games and spending time with people. He is also an act…

For many of us, we can trace the birth of our love and passion for music to a single moment. Something we experienced, saw, or heard flicked a switch sending us on this incredible journey through the world of music. For Evan, that switch was flicked when his 3rd grade teacher brought her violin to class and p…

LINDA M. UPSHAW, M.I.T.

A native of Seattle, Linda began piano study at the age of 6 at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. She has performed in numerous social events and talent shows throughout Washington state, and was a frequent performer in her high school choir, which traveled and performed…

Andy grew up in a Chicago suburb and always had a piano near him to play and enjoy. He and his three siblings all learned to read music and play piano from the familiar red and white John Thompson books. His mother, who could not read music, played jazz ballads by ear. Andy began pursuing piano lessons more c…