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Hi, I’m Derrick Raiter, a professional percussionist with over 30 years of experience. I help drummers and percussionists of all levels build strong technique, confidence, groove, and musical expression through personalized, engaging lessons. My teaching is shaped by a national performance career and seven years of private study with renowned drummer Anika Nilles.

Music has been the foundation of my life for decades. I hold a Ph.D. in Violin Performance and have performed as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, and educator throughout my career. My experiences in both performance and teaching have shaped my belief that technical excellence and meaningful human connection are equally essential to musical growth.

Born in Hong Kong, Johnny Mok started his cello studies at the age of five, and continued in the US in 2001. He earned his Bachelor of Music at the University of Alabama with Carlton McCreery, and Master of Music degree at The Boston Conservatory with Andrew Mark.

I've been making music since the age of 5 and have been teaching since I was 15. I'm deeply rooted in music and have a very strong & individualistic knowing and understanding on how to view every student as unique unto themselves, therefore I would teach you the foundations you need and will know, yet focus on the details of what you feel you truly want out of the instrument, and…

Please send a message to me before booking with me. From Paramus, New Jersey, Nicole Hom is a flutist currently pursuing her Masters of Music at Georgia State University, studying with Jessica Petrasek. She is a graduate of Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, where she studied with Mimi Stillman and Patrick Williams.

Branden Cravalho is an expressive and passionate classical guitarist and instructor. Utilizing a wide variety of repertoire from renaissance to modern composers, Branden engages audiences with his diverse and charismatic programs. Branden has been playing the guitar for the past 11 Years and has achieved three degrees in music.

I am a professional touring and recording drummer and educator with over 20 years of experience performing, recording, and teaching. I graduated from Berklee College of Music with an Associate degree in Percussion and Contemporary Music.

Internationally acclaimed flutists Nina Assimakopoulos is credited with over 87 world-premiere performances and commissions and has recorded 5 solo CDs, the most recent of which, Vayu (2015), was selected in to the first round of the Grammy nominations for Best Classical Solo Instrumental.

Samuel Ferreira is a Brazilian baritone, voice teacher, and psychoanalyst, dedicated to vocal artistry and performance. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and a Master’s in Voice Performance from Georgia State Universitya, USA.

I am a professional cellist, teacher and coach based in Vienna. As a performer, I regularly appear at major venues such as the Wiener Konzerthaus and Wiener Musikverein, have performed at international festivals alongside acclaimed artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and with my long-standing ensembles and orchestras, including the Oberton String Octet and the Tonkünstler Orchestra.