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. Riley started playing guitar at age 13 and taught himself the basics…
Luke Polipnick
Luke Polipnick is a highly acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator based in Chicago. He has released over a dozen recordings ranging from modern jazz, to minimalistic electronica, to free improvisation and extreme metal. He is a virtuoso guitarist, and teaches piano, drum set, voice, and theory/composition at a high level. He holds a BM in composition from university of Nebraska…
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…
Liam Marchant
Liam is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who plays piano, saxophone, guitar, and electric bass. He has been teaching for over 9 years and works to help students reach their creative potential by focusing on material that they want to learn. From Bach to Katy Perry, or Oscar Peterson to Charlie Puth; Liam wants to integrate what you love about music…
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…
Sean Rzewnicki
Sean is dedicated performer and music educator. His 10 years of teaching experience have helped him to develop exciting and individualized lesson plans. He understands that all students have diverse goals and will work diligently to help all of his students develop the skills to succeed in any situation. Sean teaches both Electric and Upright bass as well as guitar;…
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…