Kenstanton Music

Teaching Experience: He has worked with multiple high schools such as Brunswick and Groves High School as the schools’ private percussion instructor.

Performance Experience: Wade has played in a steel band group, jazz and percussion ensemble. His work in these groups has awarded him multiple honors and scholarships.

Instrument Specialty: Percussion

Education: B.S. in Music Education

Teaching Experience: He has been active in the community by holding clinics for local schools such as Bowdon High School, Villa Rica High School, Newnan High School, and Bowdon Elementary.

Performance Experience: He has performed on cruise lines, playing 500+ shows a year, played drums for theater at multiple companies, and aided in ensemble performance and music arrangement.

Instrument Specialty: Guitar, Bass

Education: San Francisco State University, B.A. in Film Production

Teaching Experience: He began his teaching experience over a year ago while subbing for a friend. His passion for teaching music grows as he continues to teach lessons privately out of his own studio.

Instrument Specialty: Guitar, Bass

Education: Kennesaw State University, Bachelor of Music in Jazz Guitar Performance Atlanta Institute of Music, Honors graduate

Teaching Experience: He has 14 years of private teaching experience and has directed rock band classes and summer camps. He has directed his own arrangements of popular tunes for guitar ensemble classes.

Instrument Specialty: Piano

Education: Bachelor of Music with a concentration in Jazz studies from Georgia State University

Teaching Experience: Nick has taught lessons for 15 years

Performance Experience: Nick has been actively performing for almost 20 years and has performed at Philips Arena and Earthlink Live and has performed with Joe Lovano, Tim Hagans, and Tito Puente Jr.

Instrument Specialty: Piano, Voice

Education: Graduate of Walter F. George Law School and Florida State University

Performance & Teaching Experience: Oglethorpe University Singers, Florida State University Women’s Glee Club, Tallahassee Community Chorus, Atlanta Youth Singers, Huntington Opera Camp

Instrument Specialty: Violin, Viola

Education: Kennesaw State University, Bachelor of Music

Teaching Experience: She has been teaching for over 2 years, teaching students of all ages and experience levels. She has taught students of all backgrounds in violin, viola and even music theory.

Performance Experience: Anneka has played in several symphonies including the Kennesaw State Symphony Orchestra.

Instrument Specialty: Clarinet, Saxophone, Voice

Education: Clark Atlanta University and UGA, Music Performance and Teaching

Teaching Experience: Kim currently assists the Henderson Middle School band part time as the band’s clarinet director. She has been teaching beginning to advanced band students for over 30 years.

Performance Experience: Kim has had the opportunity to perform vocally and on clarinet on The Music Class’s award winning CDs. She occasionally plays in jazz ensembles, weddings, and private parties singing or playing the clarinet.

Instrument Specialty: Bassoon, Oboe, Flute, Clarinet

Education: Boston Conservatory, Bassoon Performance, Georgia State University, B.A. in Music Education

Teaching Experience: Lori has more than 6 years of bilingual private teaching experience in music theory and woodwind instruction including double reeds. She has also taught in the Cobb County School District before leaving to work overseas.

Instrument Specialty: (All Levels) Trombone, Trumpet, French Horn, Baritone, Tuba; (Beginner & Intermediate) Woodwinds

Education: Bachelor of Arts from Alabama State University, Masters in Administration from the University of West Georgia, Education Specialist Degree from Jacksonville State University in Administration & Supervision

Teaching Experience: Rickey has been a Band Director at the Middle School & High School Level for more than 22 years and was a school administrator for years afterwards.