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Music Teachers
Music Teachers at CMC
Find all of Contemporary Music Center’s music teachers here with photos, bios, locations, and the instruments that they teach.
Guitar
Scott Castonguay
Scott Castonguay is a Washington DC area guitarist known for his virtuosity, versatility, and reliability.
Piano
Hannah Karas
Hannah Karas has played the piano for ten years and is a senior at Battlefield High School.
Piano & Violin
Matt Gattuso
Matthew Gattuso, a Northern VA performer and teacher, works as a freelance musician and performs on viola , violin and piano in a variety of opportunities.
Strings
Lauren Osinski
Lauren Osinski has almost twenty years experience as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician.
Drum & Percussion
Juan Megna
Juan Megna is a drummer/percussionist from Argentina who has lived for 12 years in Brazil.
Staff
Menzie Pittman
At CMC we offer the youngest budding musicians the opportunity to get their first exposure to sound study.
Guitar
Anders Drew
Anders has been teaching guitar and performing for over 20 years in Northern Virginia and New England.
Guitar
Joshua Dixon
With over 20 years of guitar playing, performance, and studies, Joshua Dixon enjoys sharing his love for music and his passion for the guitar with others.
Piano & Vocal
Rebecca Loving
Rebecca is a talented and creative pianist experienced in many aspects of the arts including performance, education, and administration.
Guitar & Bass
Griffin Semple
Guitarist and composer Griffin Semple was introduced to CMC as a music student.
Guitar
Doug Rainoff
Doug Rainoff is an incredibly talented musician who is active in the Washington area, instructing, performing, singing, and songwriting.
Voice and Piano
Amanda Fish
Amanda Fish has been pursuing her passion in vocal performance for 15 years.
Guitar
Michael Bailey
Michael Bailey is an accomplished guitarist of 31 years. He studied Jazz and Classical privately for two years, then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Piano
Kirk Wilke
Kirk Wilke is an experienced teacher, performer and conductor, equally qualified to teach beginners and advanced piano students.
Guitar
Dan Leonard
Guitarist Dan Leonard began his professional career at the age of sixteen.
Guitar
Michael Paik
Michael Paik is a guitarist who was born and raised in Northern Virginia.
Woodwinds
Matthew Anderson
Matthew Anderson is the general education music teacher at Gravely Elementary School in the Prince William County Public School system.
Percussion
Brad Davis
Brad Davis is a performing percussionist who has been involved in music for over thirty-five years.
Trumpet
Dave Detwiler
Since coming to the Northern Virginia area in 1973, Dave Detwiler has been one of the most sought after active trumpet teachers of his time.
Guitar
Michael Harrington
Matthew Anderson is the general education music teacher at Gravely Elementary School in the Prince William County Public School system.
Guitar
Matt Mills
Matthew Mills has been a guitar instructor and performer in the Northern Virginia area since 1997.
Violin & Viola
Tami Nelson
Tami began her adult life in the USAF, in Food Service, where spent twenty years as a USAF Spouse and mother of two children living in Europe and in the U.S.
Violin
Hannah Schoen
An accomplished violinist, Hannah has been teaching violin for over 6 years.
Trumpet, Piano, Vocal & Music Theory
James Todd
Dr. Todd is a highly qualified and experienced master teacher. He earned both his BA and MA in music from the University of Washington.
Woodwinds
Al Williams
Multi-reed player, Al Williams has earned rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for his graceful, melodic style on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones,
Piano and Electric Bass
Hailey Peters
Hailey Peters is a local musician who has been teaching lessons in the area since 2009.
Vocal
Anne Kempton Albright
Anne Kempton Albright has been singing since the age of three. Singing “You Light Up My Life” came out of her mouth before anything else.
Piano
Eugene Iosilevich
With over 30 years experience as a pianist, Eugene Iosilevich embraces a wide variety of techniques and styles in both his performance and teaching practices.
Drums
Brian Shanley
Brian has 15 years experience as both a music educator and professional musician.
Drum & Percussion
Rocky Cancelose
Rocky attended the prestigious Drummers Collective in New York, and studied with Clyde Connors from the U.S. Navy band.
Vocal
Hannah Butler
Hannah Butler is a 29-year-old actor, singer, music teacher, and performer with over 100 shows to her credit.
Guitar & Bass
Bill Flexinhar
Mr. Flexinhar has been a private instructor and performing artist in the Northern Virginia area for over thirty years.
Piano
Jennifer Kim
Jennifer Kim is a professional pianist with a passion for music instruction and education.
Guitar
Bob Hooker
My main passion is playing rock and roll, southern rock, blues, acoustic guitar and finger picking.
Piano
Hannah Park
Hannah Park is an accomplished and talented musician who has been involved with music since 1991.
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