Karl Allweier (Director) is a Hudson Valley, New York based guitarist / bassist who has been performing and recording in the area for over 20 years. He has composed music that has appeared on the A&E Channel'sBiography series, The Travel Channel Road Trip series, The History Channel's Da Vinci Code and Big Texas documentaries, and others.  

He has played and recorded with an array of musicians and bands, including George Kooymans (Golden Earring), "Bumblefoot" Ron Thal (Guns N Roses), John Platania (Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Don McLean), Augie Meyers (Texas Tornadoes, Sir Douglas Quintet), Larry Coryell and son Murali Coryell (touring for opening act B.B. King, Cyndi Lauper and David Sanborn), Knack Drummer Bruce Gary, The Coasters, Richie Scarlet, Dr. Know and Daryl Jenifer of Bad Brains, as well as drummers Anton Fig and Adam Nussbaum.  

Karl is also currently a member of Frank Carillo and The Bandolero's. 

Karl offers instruction on upright and electric bass and Acoustic and Electric guitar. He has a great ear for figuring out any song you’d like to play and is also well studied in Music Theory and Sight Reading. Karl is an excellent slide guitarist and can teach anything in the genres of Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, Jazz, and Funk. Lessons are catered to the individual student and their musical taste and skill level. Beginners and hobbyists are welcome. 

See Karl perform solo, as well as with his band, " The Real Men" throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond! Visit his website at www.karlallweier.com. 

Karl is available Monday through Thursday for lessons. 

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Erin Hobson (Director) is a partner in an independent record label and publishing company and an accomplished singer, songwriter, guitarist, who has been teaching private and group lessons for 20 years. Erin studied with amazing guitarists, like local legend Steve Gravino, before attending SUNY New Paltz for Jazz Performance with Tom Dempsey and Mark Dziuba. She later moved to Los Angeles, CA where she studied wth Jazz greats Ron Eschete and Ted Green and eventually landed her first teaching job at Instrumental Music in Thousand Oaks, CA.  

Erin plays and teaches a variety of styles on Acoustic and Electric Guitar, as well as Ukulele. She offers instruction in Sight Reading, Basic and Advanced Music Theory, Chord Construction, Chord Melody, Lead Guitar, Scales and Modes, Improvisation, Acoustic Finger Style and anything in the genres of Folk, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Metal, and Rock. Lessons are catered to the individual student and their musical taste and skill level. Beginners and hobbyists are welcome.

Erin is a warm, approachable person, who truly cares about her students and helping them learn. She is especially patient with young children and beginners. 

For samples of Erin’s playing and teaching style, visit www.redhookguitar.com or her YouTube channel. Catch Erin performing locally with The Compact by visiting www.the-compact.com.

Erin is available Monday through Thursday for lessons. 

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Eileen Landman, NCTM (Nationally Certified Teacher of Music by the Music Teachers National Association). 

Eileen has studied at Indiana University and Shenadoah Conservatory of Music. 

She has been an adjudicator for both MTNA and National Federation of Music Clubs. 

A classically trained pianist, who now plays all genres of music, Eileen has been teaching  piano for over 30 years.  She teaches all styles of music as well as music theory, sight reading, and technique to students who are beginners to advanced. 

"My philosophy is that music lessons should be informative, instructive, and mostly fun!"

Eileen is available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday for lessons between 4pm and 8pm. 

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As founder of Mice Parade, and the drummer in Swirlies, HiM, and many other successful bands, Adam Pierce has appeared on dozens of critically acclaimed albums (often playing every instrument and writing every song, or also acting as producer). He’s toured the world 40 times over. Adam has been featured on the front page of the NY Times Arts section, as well as the Washington Post, Drum Magazine, Wire, Mojo, and has performed live radio sessions for BBC, KCRW, KEXP, WBEZ, WNYU, and WFMU. 

Adam spent more than a decade teaching drums for all levels, as well as beginner-intermediate piano, and guitar, both privately and through a music school in NY. He truly enjoys teaching and seeing a student succeed is one of the most rewarding experiences he can think of. 

Adam also co-manages a well-known record label - FatCat Records - which has enabled him to help start the careers of great artists, like Sigur Ros, Animal Collective, Frightened Rabbit, and many more. 

Adam’s goal is to provide a solid foundation to explore the infinite world of music - all styles included, along with improv, sight reading, and technique. Adam is available for piano, drum, and guitar lessons on Wednesdays. He is also hosting Summer recording and Rock Band workshops. 

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With 22 years of experience as a teaching artist, and more than a thousand students passing through her school classroom and private music studio, Lisa Markley remains as passionately devoted to teaching as she is to writing and performing. Lisa is a graduate of the University of North Texas’ renowned school of music, where she majored in Music Composition, minored in Music Theory, studied piano and trombone, and did graduate work in Jazz Studies, Jazz Voice, and Music education. 

Lisa brings with her over 25 years as a touring and recording artist, both as a songwriter and jazz artist. Her teaching specialties include Jazz Voice, Songwriting/Composition/Arranging, and Music Theory.

For more details on Lisa’s teaching philosophy, visit lisamarkley.com. Sign up with Lisa Now!

Margaret Tigue is an award-winning soprano from Long Island, New York. She completed her undergraduate degree in voice at The University of Michigan, where she studied with Professors Martha Sheil and George Shirley. Her honors include an Encouragement Award in the Michigan district of the 2017-18 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and first prize in the 2015 University of Michigan Friends of Opera Undergraduate Competition. Margaret is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in voice through the Bard College-Conservatory where she studies with Lorraine Nubar. 

She loves teaching students about the unique joys of singing, and brings a lot of musical experience to the table. Margaret specializes in NYSSMA-prep and classical music, but has also sung with jazz bands, in vocal jazz groups, high-level choirs, and many other vocal styles.  She welcomes anyone and everyone into her studio.

Margaret is available to teach on weekends only. Sign up with Margaret Now!

Anna Kennedy is an lifelong improvising violinist with an eclectic array of influences. She has been an active collaborator in studio and on stage with a broad range of artists and bands in the alternative music field — as a violinist she’s known for her strong melodic and rhythmic improvisational skills, great ear and technical proficiency in jazz, classical, and American roots idioms. 

After finishing her jazz performance and songwriting studies at Berklee College of Music, Anna moved to New York City and worked as a professional violinist, vocalist and composer for several years. There she wrote, performed, and recorded with a multitude of songwriters, bands, multi-media performance artists and Broadway sound designers, lending her well-versed and unique improvisational style to a wide variety of musical projects. Other artistic and personal pursuits eventually led her moving to California, where she recently returned from to settle in the Hudson Valley with her young son. 

Anna has been teaching private violin students for 17 years, and happily offers instruction to players of all ages and levels. Lessons are catered to the student, allowing each individual’s musical interests and proficiency level guide the process. Anna is also a certified beginning Suzuki Violin teacher, and is a warm and kind teacher. 

Anna is available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings for lessons.

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Carole Schaad has been a leading violin educator in the Hudson Valley for over 30 years, teaching private lessons and group classes to all ages and levels. She is Artistic Director of Stringendo’s fiddle program and the Summer Strings program. She also leads the Cranberry and Raspberry Fiddlers. She has played in the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and has been President of the Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society. Sign Up with Carole Now! 

Alan Silverman specializes in Rock, Jazz, Funk, Latin, Hip Hop and Pop drumming styles and holds a degree in Jazz Performance from SUNY New Paltz. Aside from the drum set, he has studied Afro-Cuban and Indian hand percussion and teaches the tablas and the congas.

If you’re looking for guidance with sight reading, technique, and coordination, he can help you out.

Alan is available for lessons Mondays and Thursdays

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Viveca Lawrie performs regularly as a trumpet soloist at Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck, New York. She works frequently with contemporary composers; in 2015 she played the world premiere of Scott Anthony Shell’s Concerto for Trumpet and String Orchestra, and in 2018 she performed the world and European premieres of "Red" by Aurora Lawrie in America and France. She also works as a session musician in the Hudson Valley area and records backing tracks for Leon Michels. 

She has attended notable music festivals including Brevard, Tanglewood, Eastern Music Festival, and Chosen Vale, and has studied with David Hickman, Terry Everson, Judith Saxton, Clément Saunier, Marco Blauuw, Gabrieli Cassone, and Håkan Hardenberger. She is currently studying trumpet performance at Bard Conservatory with Ed Carroll and Carl Albach. 

Viveca was a volunteer teacher for Harmony Project Phoenix, a branch of El Sistema.

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Jennifer Kennedy has been teaching private lessons for over seven years. While pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of North Texas, she taught private lessons for students ranging from 10 to 17 years old. Jennifer helped them prepare for local competitions, placement playing tests, and even for their college auditions. She also coached several of her colleagues at UNT for chamber music performances, solo competitions, audition tapes, and professional auditions. During her Master of Music degree at Stony Brook University, Jennifer coached her colleagues who are pursuing DMA’s, and taught an adult student working toward returning to school for a degree in music.

As a high school student, Jennifer taught private lessons for beginners and coached her high school contemporaries as the flute section leader in our marching/concert band. During one summer, Jennifer was employed as a coach for an adult flute choir program through the Los Angeles Music Center, which concluded with a concert at the Disney Concert Hall. This program was designed for people who wanted to relearn how to play the flute after years away from their instruments (mostly 50+ years old). After the program ended, its director founded another flute choir, which several of the members joined. She participated in this flute choir, and continued to coach the members, for several years.

All these experiences have given Jennifer the skills to teach all age groups and ability levels. She has participated in countless masterclasses, and has performed across the country, in Canada, and in Europe. Jennifer is eager to help her students grow and share her musical knowledge!

To hear samples of Jennifer’s playing and see videos of her performances, visit her website at www.jenniferkennedyflute.com. 

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A musician his whole life, Carl Gardner has always believed the purpose of music to be the enrichment of individual’s lives, and the forging and the strengthening of community bonds. That is why Carl began pursuing his mission to spread music by teaching young musicians immediately after completing his undergraduate studies at the Oberlin Conservatory. Since that point Carl taught at the Music In Schools Initiative at Yale University teaching both Saxophone and Bassoon to students of diverse backgrounds.  Carl also has been on faculty at the Morse Summer Music Academy working with New Haven Public School students in ensembles and private lessons. 

In addition to his work as a teaching artist, Carl Gardner has enjoyed a dynamic career in performance. His solo appearances include concerto performances with the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra and the New Haven Chamber Orchestra. His work as a musician has taken him to communities all over America and across the world. Carl is fortunate to have performed on many great stages including the KKL Lucerne, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, David Geffen, Alice Tully, and Fisher Center Sosnoff Theater. After working as a resident artist at the New Haven Chamber Orchestra Carl joined The Orchestra Now at Bard, where he currently performs duties as co-principal of the bassoon section.

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