Management
Brennan and Charlene Hartley, Owners and Directors
Faculty
Robert Ellithorpe
Director of Bands, Brass; B.M.Ed., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.M., University of Richmond
Emre Kartari
Private and Group Percussion; B.M., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A. Music, New York University
John Conley
Private and Group Guitar, Ukulele, Private Mandolin, Banjo, Piano; B.M., Virginia Commonwealth University
Christopher Ryan
Private and Group Guitar, Private Piano; B.M., Virginia Commonwealth University
Alyssa Darwin
Private and Group Piano; B.M., Cedarville University; M.M., University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of Music
Danah Dargon
Private Voice, Private Piano; B.M., Virginia Union University; M.M., Virginia Commonwealth University
Sally Ellithorpe
Early Childhood Music, Private and Group Piano; B.M.Ed., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.Ed. Virginia Commonwealth University
Nathan Aldhizer
Private and Group Guitar, Ukulele and Piano, Private Banjo, Cello and Violin; B.M., Virginia Commonwealth University
Alicia DeLoach Thompson
Private and Group Voice and Piano; B.M., Valdosta State University; M.M., Georgia State University
Jean Reynolds McEntire
Private and Group Voice and Piano, Early Childhood Music; B.S. in Music Ed, University of Richmond; M.M., Virginia Commonwealth University
Ivy Haga
Private Bassoon, Private and Group Piano; B.M., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.M., Rutgers University
Andrew Furbush
Private and Group Piano, Private Trombone; B.A. in Music, Virginia Commonwealth University
James Oyan
Private Percussion; B.M., Virginia Commonwealth University
Maureen Hawley
Private Cello, Double Bass, Violin, Guitar, Piano; B.M., James Madison University; M.M., Boston University
James Farmer
Private and Group Guitar & Ukulele, Private Piano, Bass Guitar and Double Bass; B.M., Virginia Commonwealth University
Ayca Kartari
Private and Group Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, String Ensembles, Private Piano; B.M., Dokuz Eylul University State Conservatory, Turkey; M.M., Conservatory of Lausanne, Switzerland; M.M. International Yehudi Menuhin Music Academy, Switzerland
Steve Lazar
Private and Group Piano, Guitar & Ukulele, Private Violin, Bass, Saxophone, Trumpet, Banjo, Mandolin, String Ensembles; B.M.Ed., Old Dominion University
John Scott
Private and Group Brass, Private Piano, Band; B.A. Music Education, Howard University; M.M., Virginia Commonwealth University
Sonjia Upshaw
Private and Group Voice, Piano; B.A., Music Ed., New Mexico State University
Renee Gilormini
Private and Group Piano; B.M., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.M.Ed., Azusa Pacific University
Samson Trinh
“Uke ‘n’ Roll (r)” Founder and Consultant; B.M., Virginia Commonwealth University