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…

Averil Taylor holds a bachelors degree in music (trumpet) from Clark Atlanta University. There he had the opportunity to study trumpet with Mr. John Head, principal trumpeter for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for over thirty years. This instruction, combined with the experiences provided by Mr. James Patters…

Mark Thomas has been teaching in home since 2008, and has enjoyed every minute of it. A low brass major in college, Mark received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Georgia. Mark also received a Master of Music Education degree from Georgia State University. After a 20 year career a…

William Waldron is teacher who believes that there is music in all of us waiting to get out. In some of us the music is already at the surface; in others it is a bit deeper and needs more time to show itself. Both need some guidance to polish it and make the performer shine.

William’s music backgroun…

Joe Walsh is a happy to have grown up in Colorado and has been active tubist and music educator throughout the Denver area and Rocky Mountain region for many years.

Joe received his Bachelors degree in 2005, and Masters degree in 2007 in tuba performance from the Lamont School of Music at the University o…

Kevin was born and raised in Taiwan, a beautiful island country in East Asia. Prior to moving to Seattle, Kevin earned a master degree in tuba performance at DePaul University School of Music in Chicago in 2018. He has also just completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in Tuba Performance, secondary study in Wind…

Mark Wilkolak began playing trombone when he was 10 years old and instantly fell in love with the instrument. He began studying privately with such teachers as Dan Lahman, Scott Crump (lead trombonist for the Falconaires) and Jeremy Van Hoy (bass trombonist for the Colorado Springs Philharmonic).

In high …

Nathan Wolfe is a Brass Specialist and Piano & Bass Guitar instructor who is fluent in a myriad of musical settings. He has experience playing in anything from jazz and funk bands, to symphonic and opera orchestras. He received his Bachelor’s of Music from the University of Maryland where he studied with Chri…

“Music is an adventure, sheet music is your map, technique is your tools, playing out of key are the raisins in the trail mix, and practice is every step on the journey.”

Malcolm Wood is a multi-instrumental Music Educator based in Fairfax Virginia. He began his adventure in music in the 3rd grade on viol…

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…