Christine received a B.M.Ed. from the University of Lowell as a piano major and M.M. from the University of Lowell. She taught Elementary and Secondary Music in the Chelmsford, MA Public Schools from 1974-1982. Her piano teachers included Jeannette Giguere at New England Conservatory Preparatory Division, Ethel Hutchinson Russell, Myron Press, Inge Lindblad, Mme. Margaret Chaloff and, currently, Mihae Lee.

Christine has been a professional accompanist, music director and arranger for soloists and performing groups, which include the Merrimack Valley Orchestra, the Lowell Opera Company, and Donna Miceli Dance Company in addition to numerous community and school musical productions throughout New England. She was a vocalist, keyboardist, trumpet and flugelhorn player for the performing groups The Works and Nightclass, and a radio show host of "Dinnertime Classics" WJUL. In 2001, Ms. Petrucci founded Seacoast Academy of Music in North Hampton, NH.

Currently she is co-chairperson for the NHMTA Granite State Competitions and is treasurer for the Seacoast Chapter of NHMTA. She performs as a collaborative pianist, teaches piano and is Director of Seacoast Academy of Music.

I cannot imagine my life without music. As teachers, we strive to open the windows and present the possibilities to our students. We explain techniques, explore styles, embrace knowledge and hope to ignite our students' curiosities. But, as Hans Christian Andersen has said,"Where words fail, music speaks."

Adrienne obtained her BA in piano from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX and her MA in voice from Boston Conservatory. She boasts 20 years experience as a piano teacher. Her personal goal is to draw forth the inherent creative abilities of individuals allowing them freedom of expression in front of others.

Adrienne has also had a multi-faceted career including work as a model, music director, and roles in film, television and live theater.

She teaches piano at the Seacoast Academy of Music.

Jonathan teaches and performs on both the electric and acoustic guitars. He has a Master of Arts in Music History from the University of New Hampshire where he taught undergraduate Music Theory, Ear Training and Music History.

UNH is home to the Summer Youth Music School (SYMS) for junior high and high school students and Jonathan taught at SYMS for many years.

He teaches guitar and bass guitar at the Seacoast Academy of Music.

"I value listening. In our guitar lessons, we will listen to music, we will listen to each other play guitar, and we will listen to what each other has to say."

Amanda received an MM in Vocal Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a BA in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Plymouth State University. She has studied with Carla Lefevre, Kathleen Arecchi and James McDonald. Her performing experience includes rolls in opera and musical theatre with PSU theater department, UNCG Opera, UNCG Musical Theatre, UNCG touring opera, and worked with Greensboro Opera Company. Amanda is a frequent recitalist throughout New England, and annually serves as musical director for Plymouth State University theater productions. Amanda is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and was selected as an intern for the 2009 NATS Intern Program. Her current and former students have won and placed in annual NATS competitions, have been accepted to accredited music programs, such as Mannes School of Music, Frost School of Music at University of Miami, UCLA Music Singer/Songwriter Program, and are working in professional theatres throughout the eastern United States.

Amanda is a voice faculty member at Plymouth State University and the Seacoast Academy of Music, where she also teaches beginning piano.

Singing is one of the most personal forms of musical expression - given that our instrument is housed inside our bodies. As an instructor, I help students discover the possibilities of their unique instrument.

Nate Wilson has been teaching piano in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire for over ten years. He recently earned a Masters’ Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and completed his undergraduate work as a music performance major at the University of New Hampshire.

As a performer, Nate is well known as an up-and-coming jazz pianist/organist, and has shared the stage and studio with a wide variety of artists including John Scofield, Chuck Berry, Edie Brickell, Peter Bernstein, members of the Allman Brothers band, Martin Sexton, and many others.

As a teacher Nate combines elements of the Suzuki Method with more traditional approaches to form a unique and well-balanced methodology for younger students and beginners. With more experienced students Nate has the versatility to help the student move in any direction they choose whether it is classical performance, jazz improvisation, theory and ear training, or elements of songwriting.

Adam was a performance major at the Berklee College of Music studying advanced harmony with an emphasis on ensemble performance.

Adam has played in clubs and on concert stages nation-wide. He is a founding member and lead guitarist of the band Assembly of Dust as well as lead guitarist for the Nate Wilson Group. He has shared the stage with such legends as Dicky Betts, Victor Wooten, Steve Kimock, and Derek Trucks, as well as members of Phish and moe.

Along with pursuing his career as a performer Adam has been sharing his musical gifts as a teacher for the past ten years.

Jamie is a candidate for her BM in Music Education at the University of New Hampshire, and currently studies under Dr. Elizabeth Gunlogson. She is involved in several UNH performing ensembles and has performed on stage with Guster. She has been teaching private lessons for several years, and has worked at various music camps in New Hampshire, including SYMS and the Upper Valley Music Camp.

At SAM, she teaches clarinet, saxophone, and violin. She believes in well-rounded music education, where students learn how to play, read, compose and appreciate music.

Sara Ann graduated Magna Cum Laude from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, with a Bachelors Degree in Music Education on flute. She is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree at UNH, where she also teaches Ear Training I and II.

Sara taught private and group flute lessons while she served as Head Counselor at the Skidmore Summer Flute Institute.

Sara was principal flutist in the Wind Ensemble, Flute Quartet, Chamber Winds and Woodwind Quintet at the College of Saint Rose, and has performed with Jeffery Khaner and Jan Vinci.

Kathleen graduated from the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut, with a Bachelor of Music Performance Degree. She later went on to receive a Master of Music Performance Degree from the University of Southern California. For nineteen years, Kathleen was an active freelance performer in the Los Angeles area. She held contract positions with the Riverside County Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of Saint Matthew’s, with whom she premiered a new work for English horn in April 2005. She also soloed with the Antelope Valley Symphony and the Bakersfield Chamber Orchestra. Kathleen was a professor of Oboe at Azusa Pacific University, La Sierra University, and Glendale Community College. Kathleen is a new faculty member at Bowdoin College and Rivertree Arts Center. She performs with the Maine Music Society and the New Hampshire Symphony.

Maria Isaak received her Masters in Music from the New England Conservatory in Boston. She has worked as a freelance bassoonist throughout New England, including the Portland Symphony, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Central Massachusetts Symphony, New Hampshire Philharmonic, Great Waters Music Festival (Wolfeboro, NH), Boston Philharmonic and many others. In addition, Maria performed concerti and played with orchestras in California, China and Chile. She currently sits on the faculty at the Concord Community Music School and Saint Paul’s School, as well as serving as a music specialist for the New Castle elementary school. Maria makes her home in Durham, NH, with her husband Nick, where they are raising their three children their chocolate lab, and a fledgling garden.

John has been a freelance professional trumpet player (baroque, classical, swing, blues, & pit) for over 25 years. He plays principal trumpet for the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra, the Piscataqua River Brass Ensemble and Lead Trumpet for the Port City Brass Quintet. He also sits in with several swing bands. John has taught privately since 1989. He also brings experience as a director, conductor, singer, actor and coach to his new teaching position at Seacoast Academy of Music.

He holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Music, both from Duke University.

Jennifer received her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, and her Master of Music in French Horn Performance from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. She performed with the Granite State Opera, the Granite State Symphony, the Illinois Symphony, the American Opera Group, and the National Repertory Orchestra, and is a current member of Portsmouth Brassworks. Jennifer has taught and coached both private students and groups, in public and private schools, community bands and brass ensembles.

"We take a young mind, we take somebody who is just learning something new. We are showing him excellence, not musculatures in terms of activities, but results. Here's your trumpet, here's your mouthpiece, and it can sound beautiful. Imitate by trial and error. Be willing to make a mistake."- Arnold Jacobs (legendary tuba player - Chicago Symphony from the book Song and Wind)

Brandon obtained his M.FA. from University of Alaska Fairbanks.He graduated from Messiah College in Grantham, PA with honors where he earned Bachelor's degrees in music and trombone performance. Brandon is an award winning freelance performer and recording artist as well as a teacher and lecturer. Currently he is the assistant track coach at Phillips Exeter Academy.

Lou obtained his B.S.; M.A. from Temple University, and studied jazz theory in Philadelphia under legendary jazz teacher Dennis Sandoli.

While on staff at the University of New Hampshire as Gymnastics Coach, he worked with the Symphonic Orchestra to help demonstrate the concept of blending the arts and athletics. Lou has also performed solo jazz venues as well as with a number of seacoast combos and bands.

He is also the founder/owner of the New Hampshire Academy of Artistic Gymnastics and Sport (NHAAGS).

Jacqueline Morin received her MM in Piano Pedagogy from West Chester University and her BA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Plymouth State University. She has taught both privately and in group settings through Plymouth State and the West Chester Community Music School. For several years, Jacqueline has worked at the Plymouth State Piano Monster Camps as a counselor, ensemble coach, and teacher of music theory, history, piano performance, and voice class.

Jacqueline is an active collaborative pianist, having accompanied her first production in the fourth grade. She has since collaborated with instrumentalists, vocalists, choirs, as well as opera and theater companies at Plymouth State University, West Chester University, and local schools and theater groups.

I truly believe that no musician ever stops learning; that there is always something new to discover. My goal as a teacher is to instill that excitement of discovery and love of sound in my students.

Nic Tremblay is a native to the state of New Hampshire. He began his music studies at the age of 13 in guitar and music theory under several different teachers. In high school, he continued his studies through self-instruction as a rock guitarist with influences in blues and neo-classical styles. His interest in neo-classical guitar lead him to study the classical nylon-string guitar at Keene State College under the tutelage of Peabody Conservatory alum Jose Lezcano. During his first year, he received a $10,000 talent scholarship upon his first performance at the school. Once completing his studies, he spent several years in Maryland as a guitar instuctor/ performer. There he taught at the Suzuki Music School of Maryland as a one-on-one guitar instructor and director of the Suzuki School Guitar Ensemble. Recently, he has returned to his home state as an instructor at the Seacoast Academy of Music.

Ernie Houle has been playing piano professionally since the age of 17 as the show pianist for Little Mary Sunshine. During his career, he has been music director and/or show pianist and arranger for the following musicals: Hello Dolly; Mame; Cabaret; Unsinkable Molly Brown; Once Upon a Mattress; Bye Bye Birdie; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Kiss Me Kate; South Pacific; Grease; Little Shop of Horrors; You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Carousel; Man of La Mancha; also: a Cole Porter Musical Review

He studied music at Lowell State College.

Ernie has been in several function and "show" bands in which he played multiple keyboards, vocals and arranged for the instrumentation available.

Currently Ernie teaches piano and keyboard skills at SAM and is the full time music director/organist at St. Margaret's Church in Lowell, MA with whom he has performed throughout New England and Italy, including the Vatican.

And continues to freelance...

Aaron is a recent graduate from the University of New Hampshire and holds a Bachelor of Music degree is Music Education. While at UNH, Aaron participated in the Wind Symphony, Jazz Band and Combos, Saxophone Quartets and Orchestra. Aaron spent the spring of 2009 student teaching at Timberlane Regional High School in Plaistow, NH where he taught large and small ensembles as well as other music related classes. He was on the staff of the University of Southern Maine's Youth Band Day Camp in Gorham, ME for two years as clarinet coach where he worked with middle school clarinet players in sectionals and small ensemble. He currently studies with Lynn Klock and has also spent time studying with Ken Radnofsky, Jared Sims and Bill Street. He has been teaching private lessons to students of all levels since 2002. Aaron grew up in Brunswick, Maine and is currently working on trying to pursue a Master's Degree in Saxophone Performance starting in the fall. Outside of music he is a huge sports fan (go Sox!) and loves dogs.

Laura Cassinari has studied the Suzuki method of violin for ten years with various teachers. She took her Suzuki teacher training for two years with Moshe Neumann, of CCM in Cincinnati, OH, who studied with Dr. Suzuki and John Kendall. Laura has run a successful string program in Ohio for seven years, including several well attended summer string workshops. She has four grown children who are accomplished string players and are teachers of violin, viola, and cello.