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Bob Strain

February 5, 2016 by status.forward

Bob Strain holds a Bachelor of Arts in music from Shepherd University, and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance from Shenandoah Conservatory, where he was on the piano faculty for eight years. He has performed extensively in the Washington, DC region, in solo and collaborative recitals as well as in long-term […]

Elisa Faires

May 30, 2012 by status.forward

Bio Elisa Faires started singing and performing at the age of eight. At the age of 11 she started her study of the piano, Classical music and ear training. She soon was a cantor and soloist at her church and at school. When she was 16 she started writing her own music and recording. She […]

Ivan Seng

January 4, 2018 by ryanreardon

Bio Ivan Seng has been playing the piano and composing since the age of five. He received his bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Oberlin Conservatory and his master’s degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Since then, he has been teaching and performing regularly in Winston-Salem and Asheville. He is […]

Jenny Bradley

March 22, 2021 by ryanreardon

piano teacher Jenny Bradley posing at piano

Request Lessons w/ Jenny Bio Jenny Bradley is a musician, pianist and teacher new to Asheville from New York City. She has taught hundreds of students in the Carolinas, Chicago and New York over the past 25 years. Known for making lessons fun and for keeping the same students for years at a time, Jenny […]

Linda Kendall Fields

June 6, 2022 by ryanreardon

Bio Linda began her love affair with music over forty years ago, when as a child, she began participating in groups and taking private piano and violin lessons in a Kansas college community, abundant with talented and passionate artists and musicians. She excelled in classical violin and piano and played Swedish fiddle with a folk-dance […]

Mar Perez-Albela

September 10, 2018 by ryanreardon

Request Lessons w/ Mar BIO Mar (he/his/him) originally from Lima, Peru, is a non-binary, bilingual, international singer/songwriter with more than 13 years in the music industry. His background and teaching experience include a wide range of Music Performance, Production, Music Instruction, and Music Therapy with ASD and developmental delays. Mar has a master’s degree in […]

Michael Jefry Stevens

January 8, 2013 by status.forward

BIO Pianist/Composer Michael Jefry Stevens received his Masters of Arts degree in Jazz performance and composition from Queens College (CUNY) in 1992 and was a member of the BMI Jazz Composer’s Workshop from 1995 – 1998. He was the Margaret Lee Crofts Fellow at “The MacDowell Colony” in the summer of 2000, received 2nd prize […]

Michael Sebastian

January 17, 2018 by ryanreardon

Bio Originally from Lancaster, PA, he began taking piano lessons at 9 years old and cello lessons soon after. At the age of 12 he became the youngest person ever to join the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and at age 13, he was featured soloist with the same Orchestra, performing the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto. He attended […]

Paul Templon

May 30, 2012 by status.forward

Paul Templon

Bio Since before Paul Templon even began school he wanted to sing and be on stage. He started singing and dancing in historical dramas in his hometown, Shenandoah, Va. Soon he was asked to join several large choruses in Page Co. Next were solo performances for churches, and then lead singer and or keyboardist for several rock, jazz […]

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