KATELYN GEARY is a voice and piano teacher from Lincoln, Nebraska. She is a professional classical singer, currently pursuing a Master of Music in Opera Performance at Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA. She has 9 years of formal piano training in addition to collegiate level piano work. She has a Master of Arts in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Currently she performs and works in the Boston area.
Katelyn believes in developing a student`s natural curiosity for learning through a flexible teaching process that responds to the varying stress that can impact young students. She believes that her students benefit from an exposure to a variety of styles of music, centered on a classical singing technique and music theory to promote healthy and knowledgeable music performance. She supports her students as they work to find their unique sound, incorporating her experience with Vinyasa yoga and body-mapping to promote self-esteem, confidence, and physical awareness. Katelyn believes that great performances come from age-appropriate understanding of music and poetry, through the use of acting and imagination exercises to help her students communicate clearly and honestly.
Finally, Katelyn hopes to inspire a life-long love of music and the learning process through fun and exploration that her students can apply to all aspects of their lives.
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OSTIN MEMBRENO is a classically trained pianist, vocalist (dramatic bass baritone) and composer/songwriter. While Ostin`s academic background lies in classical voice and piano education, his musical life began as a young teenager with the electric guitar and rock music. Before deciding to study music professionally, Ostin attended private lessons for many years. Upon encountering the depth and beauty of classical music, he desired a deeper understanding of what he was hearing to elevate his own compositions. The easiest and best way to do this, he concluded, was to learn the piano and read the pieces himslef. Studying under a variety of different teachers during those years, he grew up experiencing many effective styles of teaching. While serving as a church musician for local parishes, Ostin was given the opportunity to perform weekly for hundreds of parishioners. In this time, he also directed and accompanied church choirs in preparation for holiday services.
Between classical piano and voice, Ostin has performed at the professional level dozens of times during his attendance at UMass Dartmouth. Ostin has sung with the university`s choir, their exclusive audition-only a cappella chamber choir, and the university`s Opera ensemble.
His core educational philosophy revolves around his belief that beautiful music can happen at any age with any student, and at any speed.
Experience and credentials:
Music Education, UMass Dartmouth
Performed with UMD`s audition-only chamber choir a `Capella group.
Hundreds of weekly live performances serving as a church musician (piano, guitar, and vocals)
Studied Opera, Classical, jazz, and contemporary styles of singing
Studied Classical, Jazz, and contemporary styles of piano accompaniments
Years of choir experience
Independent artist
Teaching since 2019
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ABBY MILLS is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island where she studied Music Education with a focus in Piano and Voice in 2022. She is a mezzo soprano and professional pianist and accompanist. She had sung and accompanied many choirs throughout her lifetime, including ensembles at the Filedheacht Music School, South Shore Baptist Church, and First Baptist Memorial Church of Weymouth.
In 2024, she finished her second year as the Choral Director at Woonsocket High School. She brought her chorus to festivals such as the Great East Music Festival and the Rhode Island Music Educator Association (RIMEA) Senior Ensemble Festival where they won multiple awards. Along with the Chorus class, she also taught a variety of General music classes during the school day, including Piano Keyboarding I and II, Music Appreciation, Music Technology, and History of American Pop Music. She also worked alongside the Theatre Department as the Music Director for the musical Hairspray.
Her passion for education shows in her time spent volunteering with RIMEA. She was appointed co-Manager for the Junior All-State Mixed Chorus for the second year in a row. This auditioned group features the top 7th to 9th grade chorus students from school districts across the state of Rhode Island. She works alongside directors and conductors to organize this ensemble during the springtime.
Currently, she is the Music/Chorus/Band Teacher for Davisville Middle School, located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. She teaches the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade choruses as well as 6th Grade Beginner Band. She also teaches General Music classes and works collaboratively with the Music Department across the North Kingstown School District. In her free time she enjoys gardening and spending time at home with her cats.
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ANDREW CHOI is an award-winning Atlanta-raised singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Berklee College of Music in 2024 with a double degree in Voice Performance and Film & Media Scoring. In his young career, he has released an album and has already collaborated with many music industry luminaries in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston, London and Seoul like Mo Pleasure, Jennifer Chung, Marcel East, and San E.
As a teacher, his core belief is that there is a lesson to be learned from anything and that everyone's story is worth telling and being heard.
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SALLY FETTERMAN is pianist, vocalist, and chamber musician at heart who graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College in 2024 with a Bachelor`s of Music Education and concentration in voice and piano. Her performing experience during undergrad includes opera performance, frequent voice recitals, frequent piano recitals, collaborative piano, choral performances in Sunderman Conservatory`s audition-only College Choir, Camerata (8 voices), and Audeamus (upper-voices), percussion in Sunderman`s Concert Band, and church pianist at Gettysburg College`s Christ Chapel as well as surrounding churches in the area. Additionally, Sally has 15 years of piano studies and 11 years of vocal studies under her belt.
Her professional experience includes being a paid tutor for college-level theory courses, intern for Gettysburg`s Childrens`Choir, elected manager for the College Choir, Conducting Intern for choirs at Sunderman Conservatory, and appointed President Elect for Sunderman Conservatory`s chapter of CNAfME (Collegiate National Association for Music Education). Sally holds a valid K-12 Music Teaching Certificate in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, and has been teaching music at Blackstone Valley Prep since graduation.
Sally holds the philosophy that art making is world making, and this belief drives her passion to educate any person of any age through music.