Who’s my teacher?: 

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Rob Bentley (Guitar) graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Berklee College of Music and began his masters at the University of North Texas. Rob teaches our group and band programs and is co-founder of Don’t Stop Rockin’

 

 

 

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Jose Galeano (Drums, percussion) is a drummer, percussionist, singer, composer, songwriter. As a Grammy nominee (2009) and WINNER (2011) with the totally Rockin’ Austin based Grupo Fantasma, he comes to us with a lifetime of musical experience.

 

 

 

CharlesChuck Anastasiou (Guitar and Bass) graduated with a BA in Music Performance from the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Chuck has had extensive training in areas such as ear training, arrangement, solo/group performance, theory, musical technique, composition, and music history.

 

 

 

DerekDerek Tarnow (piano, guitar, bass) graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Music in Jazz Guitar Performance, from Texas State University and has over 14 years teaching experience in guitar and piano.

 

 

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Lizzy Eidson (Voice, Piano) earned her Bachelors in Music from the University of North Texas, where she majored in Jazz Studies, with voice as her primary instrument. She also teaches piano. She has been teaching voice to children and adults of all ages for the past several years

 

 

 

 

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Richie Heussner (Voice and Piano) is a vocalist, pianist, guitarist and songwriter. He received his BM from Midwestern State University, where he majored in Vocal performance and began a Masters at Southwestern Baptist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tom Ray’s (guitar, bass, uke, drums) musical interest brought him to the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory (Ohio) where he increased his repertoire under the instruction of Loris Chobanion, attaining his Bachelor’s degree.

Tom proceeded to teach guitar at the Aurora School of Music (Ohio) where as a leading professor for four years, he taught over 50 students of various ages and levels in classical, rock, and jazz guitar. After the tenure at the Aurora School of Music, Tom moved to New York to pursue a career in music.

 

 

Thomas (voice, piano, drums) majored in Theater at Yale University, then moved to New York to further his musical studies at the Juilliard School, and led and performed in bands of every style imaginable.