Alia obtained her Master of Music degree from the State Institute of Arts in Ufa, Russia specializing in piano pedagogy. She has also received the Kodaly Music Institute Basic Certificate from the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA.

Her accompanying career includes: the Greek Orthodox Church School Chorus, Haverhill, MA; Sacred Coral Artists, North Andover, MA; Plaistow Community Choir, Plaistow, NH; and organist and choir director at the First United Methodist Church, Amesbury, MA.

Mrs. Mavroforos has taught piano, organ and keyboard classes in Plaistow, NH and Amesbury, MA public schools, the Sparhawk School, and the Hellenic American parochial school in Lowell, MA. A member of the North Shore Piano Teachers Association, she teaches piano from beginner to advanced levels at the Seacoast Academy of Music.

Johanna received her Bachelor of Music degree, cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire, and a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA. Her teachers include Jayne West, Patricia Craig, Kathleen Kaun and Kathleen Wilson. She has also studied piano, baritone saxophone, ballet, jazz and pointe. Johanna was recently accepted as a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

She has performed major roles in musical theater and opera productions in Boston, San Francisco and Newburyport, MA. She is a soloist and children’s choir director at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms, MA. Ms. Kimball has knowledge of French, German and Italian languages. She teaches voice, vocal coaching and stage presence to students of all levels, including professional performers, at Seacoast Academy of Music.

Christine received her B.M.Ed. from the University of Lowell with a piano major and her Master of Music degree from the University of Lowell. She was a teacher of Elementary and Secondary Music in the Chelmsford, MA public school system. Her piano teachers include Jeannette Giguere at New England Conservatory Preparatory Division, Ethel Hutchinson Russell, Myron Press, Inge Lindblad, Mme. Margaret Chaloff, and currently, Mihae Lee.

She has been a professional accompanist and arranger for soloists and performing groups, which include the Merrimack Valley Orchestra and the Lowell Opera Company. Ms. Petrucci was also the music director for the Donna Miceli Studios of Dance and for numerous community and school musical productions and variety shows in Northeastern MA. 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” on WJVL. Ms. Petrucci is founder, director and a piano teacher at the Seacoast Academy of Music.

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 has been professionally involved in music for nearly 20 years. He teaches and performs on both the electric and acoustic guitar. He has a Master of Arts in Music History from the University of New Hampshire where he has taught 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. The UNH Celebrity Series presents national and international artists to the community for which Jonathan writes the program notes. His is also a disc jockey on WUNH 91.3 FM, and hosts the jazz shows on Monday nights.

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

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 currently studies with James McDonald of the New England Conservatory. 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 voice faculty member at Plymouth State College and the Seacoast Academy of Music, where she also teaches beginning piano.

Dick Ray is a former Director of Choral Music at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton NH. He also has a wealth of private teaching experience having taught guitar and electric bass since his undergraduate days at the University of New Hampshire.

Dick earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees from UNH where he studied choral music under the direction of Karl Bratton.

He has performed professionally on guitar and bass for decades with The Spectras, a seacoast-based rock band that has shared concert stages with such popular music legends as Ray Charles, Simon and Garfunkel, The Doors and The Beach Boys.

He teaches voice, guitar and bass guitar at the Seacoast Academy of Music and is this season's guest conductor for the Portsmouth Men's Chorus.

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, focusing on Clarinet Pedagogy, at UNH.

She serves as a Resident Assistant and Peer Academic Advisor at UNH, spent the summer of 2008 studying in Italy, and has taught music at summer camps.

At SAM, she teaches clarinet, saxophone, and violin.

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 holds a Masters in Music Performance (bassoon) from New England Conservatory, and trained in early childhood music education at Holy Names College in Oakland CA, at the Kodaly International Training Institute in Ketchkemet, Hungary, and with Music Together. Maria has taught early childhood music at the Concord Community Music School and currently teaches the Purple Finches Children's Chorus there. She is the Elementary Music Specialist for New Castle's Maude H. Trefethen School. Maria plays bassoon and piano, and has performed in local orchestras throughout the greater Seacoast area. She has taught both privately and in schools to students of all ages. Maria has 3 young children of her own, Ben, 8, Ted 5 and Sophia 2 and is active as a volunteer with the Oyster River Preschoolers Association which serves families with young children who reside in Durham, Lee, and Madbury.

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.

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.

Matthew is a candidate for his Master of Arts in Music degree from UNH. He obtained his Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Indiana University. He has performed with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the New Hampshire Philharmonic, the Peterborough Players, the Boston College Opera Theatre, the Keene Chamber Orchestra, the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra, the Concord Chorale, the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, toe Camerata Symphony Orchestra, and the Evansville Symphony Orchestra.

He teaches at the Concord Community Music School and the Manchester Community Music School as well as the Seacoast Academy of Music.