José is a multi-instrumentalist from Salina, KS, pursuing degrees in Music and Exercise Science at the University of Kansas. He's part of KU’s Jazz One Ensemble and often plays with the Wind Ensemble. José began playing piano at age 7 and picked up the trombone around...
Anna Patterson is a Lawrence local. After starting her musical studies on piano and french horn, she was quickly enthralled by the combination of words and music through song and theatre. Anna received a Master of Arts in Voice with Distinction from the Royal Academy...
Robin started piano at age 5, violin at age 9, guitar at age 12, and ukulele and bass as an adult. Shehas been songwriting as far back as she can remember. Despite wanting to enter the field of musicin university, she was strongly influenced by her parents to enter...
Natalee Thomas started playing piano at age five and violin at age nine. She earned her degree in Violin Performance at Fort Hays State University. She currently plays with the Lawrence Community Orchestra. Her previous ensembles include the Hays Symphony Orchestra,...
Holly O. Taylor is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, with an emphasis in both music therapy and percussion performance. She has maintained her board-certification in music therapy forover 20 years, serving in schools, private...
Martin Farrell Jr. is a musician, songwriter and producer living in Lawrence, KS who has been working on his craft for over 30 years. He plays guitar, piano, pedal steel, banjo, bass, mandolin, harmonica and several other instruments playing with bands spanning from...
Cristina has been playing the piano since first grade. Thanks to the patience and grace of her piano teachers, she slowly discovered her love for playing the piano, and eventually even majored in music in college (BA in Music Ministry from the University of Sioux...
Meet Alison! We are so excited to welcome this accomplished voice, piano and early childhood music education dynamo to our teaching ranks at Americana Music Academy. Alison has experience both in the public education classroom and teaching private, one-on-one lessons...
Vineel is an award winning actor, singer and professional performer with appearances at opera houses and theaters from Hong Kong to New York to Cincinatti to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Trained at NYU and with experience teaching at that prestigious university in New...
A lifelong musician, Ven grew up in Huntington, IN and has been teaching piano and horn since 2000. Since then they have had the opportunity to work with students of all ages in individual and group settings. Ven studied composition at Oberlin Conservatory, jazz piano...
Michael Paull was born and raised in Ft. Collins, Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. He moved to Lawrence in 1993 ("I thought I'd go see what the horizon looked like.") where he has lived ever since. In January of 2003 he became a staff teacher at the...
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