Born in Austin, TX, Jerome Smith has been a professional musician for almost 20 years. Playing music has taken him all over the world including Los Angeles, CA for the Grammy’s; Orlando, FL for Disney World show bands, Beijing and Shanghai, China on orchestra tours, United Kingdom and South America on Royal…

Pavel Spichak is a teaching and performing trumpet player who aims to have fun and engaging music lessons with his students. He strives for his pupils to be the best version of themselves through methodical, individualized approaches that plays to their innate musical strengths, while also building performanc…

Chad Walker began playing trumpet at age 10 in his elementary school band. By age 12 he changed his focus to playing guitar, taking lessons from his father. Born and raised in Atlanta Georgia, he grew up in a family with a long musical tradition.

Many of his musical influences came by way of R&B, Dixielan…

Margaret Young-Weitzel was in the faculty of Claflin University as Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Education. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Washington where she studied conducting with Timothy Salzman. She also holds a Masters in Teaching and a Bachelor’s i…