Jose Valle

Jose Valle

Jose Valle is a trumpet player and composer from Central Florida. Growing up- Jose was influenced by seeing his father and sister play drums in the local church and band respectively. Being fascinated by music from an early age, Jose began playing trumpet as soon as he could during middle school jazz band. T…

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Axel Vallejos

City: Houston

Axel Vallejos

Axel Vallejos, a Chilean cellist, began his musical studies at age 11. He has performed chamber music and solos with orchestras throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, and East Asia. Axel has made frequent national and international appearances as a chamber and orchestra musician, participating i…

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Xavier Valles

Xavier Valles

Xavier Valles studied classical music and piano from the age of 8 to 18 years old. He obtained a degree of music at the Conservatory of Music of Girona. In that time he learned; theory of music, harmony, piano, composition, writing and musical reading .

By the age of 18, Xavier joined his first band whic…

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Chris Van Dorn

City: Orlando

Chris Van Dorn

Chris Van Dorn is a drummer from Orlando, Florida. He got the bug of playing drums early from his dad who was a professional drummer that toured with the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, and Godspell. Chris was in numerous rock bands throughout middle school and high school. Playing shows in the downtown Orlando…

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Theresa Van Laanen

City: Denver

Theresa Van Laanen

From Bach to Carpathian Mountain fiddle, Tess is an accomplished violin and fiddle player who can teach not only great technique, but many different musical styles. She began playing the violin at the age of 5, studying the Suzuki method. She is a classical violinist, but is also well versed in many differe…

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Kate Van Note

Kate Van Note

Kate Van Note received her Bachelors degree in Music from Goucher College where she studied jazz and classical piano, as well as music theory and conducting. During her education, she performed in showcases and the Goucher jazz ensemble, conducted the Goucher College Choir, and performed in master classes fo…

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Reef Vandible

Reef Vandible

Reef started their musical career at the early age of 4. They played through grade school and regularly traveled to Ottawa, Kansas to train at the Suzuki Strings institute over the summer. They started playing many styles of music ranging from musical theatre, classical and jazz, to rock, pop , and hip-hop. R…

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Elica Vannest

City: Atlanta

Elica Vannest

Elica Mori started her musical training in Kawasaki, Japan at age seven. As her family relocated to different cities in Japan, Elica continued practicing on her own, and when the family moved to Yokohama, she was accepted into the studio of performing artist Chiharu Taguchi, a graduate of Juliard School of Mu…

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Miguel Varela

Miguel Varela

Miguel Varela, professional pianist, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Musicology earning the valedictorian award from the Central University of Venezuela. In addition, he earned a minor degree in arts and theater. His thesis project was an edition of the contemporary composer Gerardo Gerulewicz piano works.

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Julie Vargas

Julie Vargas

Julie Vargas specializes in piano, woodwinds, voice, songwriting and artist development, and early childhood music. She began her musical journey as an award-winning, full-scholarship saxophone performance major at Central Michigan University and continued to expand her horizons, recording a contemporary pop…

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