Dory Mills is a singer/songwriter based out of Lawrence, KS. She has played different venues in Lawrence as well as surrounding towns. Instruments include guitar and keyboards/piano. Info from Dory: I am self taught, then later, attending college and...
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...
Aleia González holds a Master of Music degree in guitar performance from UMKC. As a performance artist, she is constantly seeking for opportunities to collaborate with singers and instrumentalists of the Kansas City area. Part of this personal initiative include...
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...
Jacob Schwartzberg is a saxophonist, composer, and educator based in Kansas City, Missouri. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Jacob’s love of music began early and led him to attend Denver School of the Arts. There, he started on the clarinet before deciding to pick...
Justin Harbaugh is a professional musician and instructor of clarinet in Lawrence, Kansas. He has taught on faculty at Emporia State University. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Clarinet Performance from the University of Kansas in 2019. Justin holds a Master...
Kendra Switzer is a coloratura soprano from Joplin, MO. New to the Lawrence area, she is pursuing her second masters degree in Musicology at the University of Kansas. She graduated with her first masters degree in Vocal Music Performance from Pittsburg State...
Allen Macfarlane started playing the lap dulcimer in 1980 and the hammered dulcimer in 1997. He’s been giving workshops to beginner through advanced players since the mid 1980s at music festivals, club meetings, and other events across the Midwest. He’s recorded two...
Jacob Bigus is a singer-songwriter and electric guitarist based in Lawrence, KS. His love of music began at an early age learning to sing prayers with his family at Synagogue. He played clarinet in the various school bands during his years in middle and high school in...
Matthew Mulnix is an alternative pop/rock musician from Lawrence, KS. Performing both originals and covers through the filter of coffee shop guitar and vocals, Matthew loves entertaining audiences with his honest, yet accessible live sets. Mulnix has released two...
Multi-instrumentalist Jenn Thomas has spent the last two decades performing and teaching in classrooms, concert halls, bars, and street corners on three continents. Equally comfortable in the classical world and beyond, Jenn teaches violin, viola, cello, and string...
Linda got interested in playing ukulele when she regularly attended old-time music jams. Tired of being an observer, Linda mentioned to a friend that she wished she had a banjo ukulele to play at the music sessions. Two years later that friend surprised her with a...
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