After a show with a local rock band, a friend of Lief’s asked him for cello lessons. That was in 2014, and he’s been giving lessons ever since. Lief began playing cello at 10 and guitar at 11. He played other instruments as a child, but cello and guitar became his lifelong passions. As a child, Lief playe…
Read MoreOlivia Skaja (b. 1998) has been playing the violin since age nine, first starting in her local strings program in northern Minnesota. She has studied with notable teachers including Francesca Anderegg, Nathan Cole, Natsuki Kumagui, and Alex DePue. She attended St. Olaf College, where she received her Bachelor…
Read MoreAnjie Skaya
City: Miami/South Florida
Aundjala Suhatskaya, also known as Anjie Skaya, was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1971. She was accepted to The Republic Music School for Gifted Children of R. Glier in 1978 for the class of Violin. During her 12 years of music schooling, she had multiple Violin Solo performances, Radio and TV recordings, a…
Read MoreBrian Skinner is a graduate of the University of West Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education. He began playing oboe in sixth grade, continuing into college with it as his primary instrument. There he studied privately with Lisa Sayre and participated in a number of ensembles, including the UWG Wi…
Read MoreCaen Skogerson
City: Seattle
Anyone who has met Caen, will say he is an incredibly positive, energetic, patient, and friendly person. He believes in working hard and having a good time doing it. Caen loves learning, in all its forms, and teaching others about his passions seems to be effortless. Music has always been a part of him; Howe…
Read MoreAs a lover of music, Suzanne Slade has been transported many times into multiple genres.
She started at an early age playing Piano, Violin, and Guitar through the Suzuki method. At age 8, she began singing lessons and began performing in NYC and Philadelphia in various professional musicals.
Suzanne has…
Grant Slater teaches the guitar and is a college student at Texas Christian University. He was born in Mesa, Arizona, and was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He loves music because it gives him the freedom to express himself and dive deep into the songs he loves, as well as make his own. He likes listening to all…
Read MoreBen Slavich is a passionate guitar teacher based out of Denver, CO. He started his musical journey in band percussion throughout grade school. Eventually, he set aside the xylophone for guitar in 2001. He then studied under the tutelage of Jeff Laquatre and Alex Commodore at Metropolitan State University. His…
Read MoreI’ve always been a musician, it just took me a long time to admit I was an artist. I only made it part way through music school before I left to make sure I had a backup plan. The thing was, the backup plan quickly became my actual trajectory. I became a 4th grade teacher in Aurora, Colorado. I loved it and I…
Read MoreMadie Slocomb has been a musician for almost 20 years. Her parents started her in Piano lessons in early elementary school as the gateway into the music world. She then took up flute and piccolo during middle school, then violin in high school. Madie continued her education at Colorado Mesa University in Gran…
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