Hadley Rasnick
Hadley is a professional pianist, bassist, and vocalist based in Detroit. She began classical piano lessons at the age of five and transitioned into jazz studies in 2020. In any given week, you might find her playing bass guitar at a rock show one night and performing a jazz brunch on piano the next. She recently returned from a music…
Eddie Stone
With over ten years of experience as a performing musician, Eddie Stone has performed at venues like the Fillmore West and festivals including Pitchfork Paris and Bonnaroo. A graduate of the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, Eddie blends academic training with real world performance experience. Currently working as a music therapist at the Institute for Therapy through…
Ben Dannug
Ben Dannug is a pianist, multi-instrumentalist and recording musician in the Metro Detroit area. He has over 15 years of piano experience and has taken his sound to iconic spots in Southeast Michigan, Tokyo and Los Angeles (to name a few). Ben is currently teaching piano, guitar and drums around the Metro Detroit area and is proficient in many styles/genres.
Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy is an undergraduate student studying classical guitar and Music Technology at Oakland University. He has been learning since middle school and played guitar at his church in highschool. He has a taste for many different genres of music and enjoys writing and recording rock tunes with his friends. He is very excited to teach and inspire others to…
Jonathan Stoner
Jonathan Stoner teaches guitar, piano and voice in the Chicagoland area. He studied classical guitar under Professor Steven Suvada at Elmhurst University. During his time in college, Jonathan pursued a degree in Music Business participating in the Classical Guitar Ensemble and the Elmhurst Choirs. While classically trained, Jonathan is also an avid songwriter with an appreciation for popular music and…
Riley Nicholas
Riley Nicholas is a versatile musician from the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. He studied guitar performance under the instruction of Alex Frank at the University of Kansas. While at the University of Kansas, Riley performed in the DownBeat award winning jazz ensemble under the direction of Dan Gailey. Since returning from school, Riley has spent time composing, teaching piano, guitar…
Dylan Barnett
Dylan Barnett is a Chicago based guitarist, composer, songwriter, and educator whose eclectic involvement in a variety of genres sets him apart from the average musician. With an extensive background in both jazz and most genres of popular music, Dylan’s musical style refuses to be confined to a single genre, and instead embraces a mixture of all the music that…
Park Dendy
Park Dendy is an instrumentalist, composer, and teacher currently studying jazz guitar at DePaul University with Bob Palmieri and Scott Hesse. Park’s love for music started in elementary school, singing and playing such classics as The Eagles and Pink Floyd. He played rock shows in early high school, and was eventually introduced to jazz through his school band. From there,…
Octavio Serrano
Octavio taught himself to sing and play guitar, bass, and drums when he was 12 years old. These private studies inspired him to take music courses and join college ensembles when he graduated high school. He soon after received his bachelor’s and graduate’s degree in Music Composition at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where he learned…
Ben Sullivan
Ben is a Guitarist, Pianist, Composer, and Arranger from Chicago. Ben has received his Bachelor’s degree in Classical Guitar Performance from DePaul University, and is currently in pursuit of his master’s degree at Northwestern. He has studied under Chicago’s leading pedagogues and performers such as Mark Maxwell, Steve Vazquez, Anne Waller, Peter Aglinskas, Denis Azabagic, and Oscar Ghiglia; he has…
Collin Clauson
Collin Clauson is from Minneapolis, MN and has now become a transplant to the Chicago area. He started playing piano at an early age and later learned how to play the clarinet, saxophone, and guitar. Collin previously studied at Northern Illinois University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in 2012 in Music Performance. Collin is an in-demand piano player who regularly works…