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I play guitar, upright & electric bass, and piano. I've played in multiple bands throughout my life. I moved to Seattle with my band from Ann Arbor in 2016. We played Indie Psych Rock and were influenced by bands like Talking Heads, The Strokes, and David Bowie. We had the privilege of recording a single with Steve Albini(Nirvana) and an EP with Gordon Raphael(The Strokes).

I am an elementary school teacher in Rhode Island with a degree in music. My first instrument was guitar, which I can play at a professional level. I am comfortable teaching: jazz, jazz fusion, metal (currently in a metal band!), rock, progressive rock/metal, and classical guitar.

My name is Tristan Norton and I have been a guitarist, bassist, gigging, composing, and teaching musician in Northern California for 13 years. I am a graduate of Berkeley’s prestigious California Jazz Conservatory with a Bachelor’s of Music in Jazz Studies.

Dmitri Gilchrist embodies the personality of a true rocker and metal head. At 14, Dmitri picked up bass and spent his youth playing in bands and studying any material he could find. As a natural challenge seeker, he idolized bassists such as Flea (RHCP), John Myung (Dream Theater), Les Claypool (Primus), and Geddy Lee (Rush).

I’m a professional bassist, composer and music educator based in New York City, with a career that has taken me across stages, studios, and classrooms in the U.S. and Latin America. I hold a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies from NYU and a Bachelor’s in Performance with a minor in Music Production and Engineering from Berklee College of Music.

Hello! My name is Jonah, I am 24 and I teach music online. I have been playing the guitar and writing music since the age of 10 and have a BA first-class Honours degree in Popular Music from Edinburgh Napier University. I have taught guitar privately for four years, taught music technology at Edinburgh Napier University for one year, and spent a year as a classroom assistant in…

Andrew Martelle is an Orange County, California bassist and music educator. Andrew has played professionally with Bill Cunliffe, Freda Payne, and and appears frequently as a guest artist at Disneyland. He plays regularly in Orange County and Los Angeles in a wide variety of musical settings.

I started my violin lesson at age 5 and I was so fortunate because my violin teacher lived just next door so he was constantly monitoring my practice whenever he’s home, and I had lessons almost every other day! I made my first public solo performance at age 8 in Shanghai, China and I began to teach my own violin student at age 14.

Courtney Vega-King began her violin studies at age six and has enjoyed playing the violin since the early 1990s. In her formative years Ms. Vega-King participated in various honorary orchestras and summer programs. While earning her bachelor's degree at Emory University, Ms. Vega-King served as assistant principal second violin with the Emory Symphony Orchestra.

I am Federico Utge, a guitarist, singer, pianist, and music teacher from Argentina. I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Vocal Performance with a focus on Popular Music from the National University of Villa Maria, Cordoba, Argentina. I also studied Musical Composition with a focus on Popular Music at the same university.