Faculty

Teacher Bio Availability Instrument(s)
Abby Markson

Abby Markson has been playing guitar for the past 18 years and has been teaching for the past 10 years. She has played music for most of her life. She started with violin at the age of 8 and... Read more.

Moderate Flexibility - Between Five to Eight Weekly Openings Guitar
Adri Tran-Pearson

Adri is a classical pianist, singer/songwriter, and recent neuroscience graduate from the University of Washington.

She began her piano studies at age four and began playing competitively... Read more.

Moderate Flexibility - Between Five to Eight Weekly Openings Classical Piano, Beginning Piano
Dennis Nilsson

Dennis Nilsson is a Swedish live/touring drummer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. With over 24 years of touring, live and studio experience and degrees in music production and drum performance... Read more.

Moderate Flexibility - Between Five to Eight Weekly Openings Drums, Percussion
Karl Fagerstrom

Born and raised in Seattle, Karl’s background is eclectic - equal parts jazz and punk/metal, or singer-songwriter accompanist and experimental electronic noise-pop producer. He’s played Benaroya... Read more.

Moderate Flexibility - Between Five to Eight Weekly Openings Trumpet
Michael Stegner

Michael is the founder of CMA, which started in his living room in 2003. He is originally from Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, though he lived in Seattle for more than a decade before recently relocating... Read more.

Very High Demand - Booked Solid with Waiting List or One Weekly Opening Piano, Jazz Piano, Jazz Combo, Music Production, Songwriting
Payten Redwood

Payten Redwood is a Seattle-based vocalist & pianist. A diverse performer, Payten sings and plays in many different styles. Payten has roots in gospel and classical music, and has since moved... Read more.

Moderate Flexibility - Between Five to Eight Weekly Openings Piano, Pop & Rock Piano, Voice
Sahara Naini

Sahara Naini has been playing both classical piano and viola for more than 12 years. Having studied ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, she has a deep appreciation for ways of... Read more.

Moderate Flexibility - Between Five to Eight Weekly Openings Violin, Viola, Beginning Piano, Piano
Santosh Sharma

Santosh started playing music at a young age, first playing tabla, piano, then finally switching to saxophone in the fourth grade. Immediately, he was hooked on the sounds of players like John... Read more.

Moderate Flexibility - Between Five to Eight Weekly Openings Saxophone, Clarinet
Sara Hunsicker

Based in Nashville, TN, Sara J has an extraordinary way of combining her passions across a huge variety of musical disciplines. Refusing to limit herself to one area, Sara is skilled across the... Read more.

Very High Demand - Booked Solid with Waiting List or One Weekly Opening Piano, Jazz Piano, Songwriting, Production
Zachary Stewart

Zachary is a guitarist, bassist, and songwriter from Seattle. He attended Cornish College of the Arts where he studied jazz guitar. Zach is a versatile musician who listens to and plays everything... Read more.

High Demand - Between One to Four Weekly Openings Guitar, Rock Band, Bass