Jamie is a teacher, guitarist, singer/songwriter, saxophonist, and composing pianist.  His teaching career began at the age of fourteen, as a volunteer in the Songcatchers, Inc. program, teaching saxophone and piano to underprivileged children in New Rochelle, NY.  While completing his undergraduate education, Jamie continued to participate in Wind Symphony and Spacecataz, his own rock band, while teaching privately in Rochester, NY and Westchester County, NY.  In 2007 he completed an eight month internship in Artist Media and Marketing at Island Def Jam Music Group/Universal in Manhattan.  During the second half of his senior year at Rochester, he single handedly designed, produced, and taught the General Music Program for K-10 at Cornerstone Academy in Brockport, NY.  Following this, he completed an independent study on the modern music industry, and was awarded the first ever Bachelor of Arts Degree in Popular Music and Jazz from the University of Rochester, and its sister conservatory, the Eastman School of Music. In the last several years, Jamie has built a formidable private studio of students on guitar, saxophone, piano, trumpet, clarinet, composition, theory, and performance.  Jamie has produced and hosted a plethora of student recitals, and begun his Master of Arts Degree in Music Education at Hunter College, inclusive of the AVID tutoring program and Teacher Education Program.  His musical influences are varied, and include Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Brahms, Reich, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, BB King, Bob Dylan, The Cars, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Tool, R.E.M., The Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt, The Police, Say Anything, Journey, Rush, Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, Billy Joel, Goo Goo Dolls, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer, Stone Temple Pilots, and many more.

Tara is a Music Teacher/Vocal Coach in the Connecticut area. In 1992 Tara was accepted into the Berklee College of Music where she received her Bachelor’s in Music Education.  While studying at Berklee Tara learned to coach students in vocal techniques, stage presence, ear training etc.

I have been teaching young and adult students for over ten years and have never stopped loving it.  I have a BA in TheatreVoice and an MFA in writing for the musical theatre and have performed leads on and Off Broadway in shows including "Annie" and "1776".  I was a soloist in the original company of Leonard Bernstein's Mass and was fortunate to work with the maestro himself at the Kennedy Center and The Metropolitan Opera.  I also toured nationally as featured vocalist with the Oscar winning composer Michel Legrand performing in concert halls and jazz festivals including Carnegie Hall.  I not only teach lessons in my home, but I also teach lessons live on Skype.

I'm a passionate and motivated instructor who combines my active performing career with my love for teaching voice. I studied at the Superior School of Music and Dance in Monterrey, México, at the Conservatorio di Frosinone in Italy, and then in New York City with great vocal coaches. I have had the opportunity to perform with great international companies in Zarzuela, Opera, Oratorio and Concerts in Europe, Latin America and the United States.  Currently I perform on an on going show in New York City of Latin Songs "Bésame Mucho" (2013 and 2014 Winner of Best Latin Musical Production).

Hey there! I'm a private voice and piano teacher, actor, and singer performing in both musical theatre and opera. My background is rooted in Classical training. I have both undergraduate and masters degrees in music, and while in graduate school I worked as a graduate teaching assistant, tutoring undergradudate music majors in theory and piano. Since then, I have sung across this country in regional opera houses and theatres alike. I opened my voice and piano studio in New York 5 years ago. In my spare time, I live in Astoria with my cat, Cally, love bluegrass and jazz, reading novels, and bad puns, and raise chickens in my backyard. :)