Brian Kephart
Guitar/Bass
Brian has been teaching guitar and bass for over 10 years and playing for 13. He currently plays in several area bands including the Kephart Jazz Riot. He holds a BS in Contemporary Music from Greenville College.
Becca Kephart
Guitar/Theory & Composition
Becca has been teaching guitar for over 4 years and playing for 14. She currently plays guitar in several rotating bands with styles ranging from jazz to rock. She teaches all ages and all styles, but has a special place in her heart for kids and group teaching. She also loves to see female students achieve their full potential. Becca holds a BS in Contemporary Music with an emphasis in Composition from Greenville College.
Linda Burgess
Piano
Linda has studied piano performance and theory privately for 14 years. She has taught piano to children and adults for 20 years and holds a BA in Music from Brigham Young University.
Lorna Floyd
Saxophone/Flute/Clarinet
Lorna holds a BA in Music from Fort Lewis College and studied at Berklee College of Music and Plymouth State College. Lorna has been a woodwind instructor for over 17 years and plays in a variety of local ensembles including Archie Funker, Fort Jazz, Poudre Valley Saxophone Quartet and Lorna Floyd and Her Swing Set.
Matthew Floyd
Saxophone/Flute/Clarinet
Born in Colorad, studied music at the University of Northern Colorado with Gene Aitken and at Berklee College of Music with Joe Viola, Jimmy Mosher, Andy Mcghee, Gary Burton, and others. Now a resident of northern Colorado, Matthew has been a recording studio artist and lead player in various groups. Currently playing in the Fort Jazz Big Band, Archie Funker, Colorado Swing, and Jas Motiff.
Jenny Frank
Piano
Jenny has been playing piano for 13 years and has studied under Marjorie Monroe-Fisher and Renee Clay. Jenny also taught art at the Loveland Museum and is majoring in art at the Colorado Institute of Art.
Leonard Kellogg
Trombone/Euphonium
Leonard “Lenny” Kellogg is allergic to boring bios, but some of his stuff must be repeated: A graduate of Loveland High School with a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado, and a Master of Music Education from the American Band College at the University of Southern Oregon. Lenny currently teaches band at Erwin Middle School and plays around town with A Touch of Brass Quintet and the Poudre River Irregulars.
Eric Levine
Violin/Viola
Eric Levine's 25 years of professional fiddling has taken him from the New England Conservatory of Music to the Philadelphia Folk Festival. His many stops along the way have included playing violin on Broadway and winning a Grammy for his performance in Dance With the Wind. He plays in a variety of groups and has played with the Fort Collins Symphony and Greeley Philharmonic.
Rogan Magyar
Drums/Percussion
Rogan holds a degree in Music/Percussion from Fort Lewis. He has played in a wide variety of bands in Colorado and Washington including Wood Fowler Band, Rem-A-Dee, Shades of Blue, and Outlaw Gypsies. He has played for 17 years and taught for 10. Teaches all ages and styles.
Paul Maley
Trumpet
Paul is currently studying trumpet at the University of Northern Colorado under the direction of Dr. Robert Murray and Dr. Scott Meredith. He has been performing at venues all throughout the Colorado front range for 10 years in various styles ranging from classical to rock, reggae, funk, latin, country and bluegrass.
Joe O'Bryan
Guitar (Teaching & Repairs)
Associates Degree in Recording Engineering from Madison Media Institute, playing guitar semi-professionally for over 12 years, has taught guitar for over 6 years. Apprenticed under luthiers/technicians Mike Stephenson, Paul Tropp, and Bob Paydon , has been practicing guitar repair for over 13 years, Fender Certified Guitar Technician. Joe plays guitar in Clint Clymer & the Outlaw Gypsies.
Alan Skowron
Classical Guitar
Alan pursued the classical guitar in college and received a Master's degree in Music with an emphasis in classical guitar performance, in 1999 from Colorado State University. He has won several scholarships and awards for his musical performance ability. Since that time, he has been actively teaching and performing in the Northern Colorado area. He continues to further his classical guitar training under the instruction of Masakazu Ito, a reputable classical guitarist, instructor, performer and composer of the Denver area.
Rob Stahly
Cello/Tuba
Rob is a junior Music Education and Performance double major at CSU. He serves as the Tuba Principle in the CSU Wind Ensemble and plays cello in the CSU Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra. He also plays bass in a couple rock bands called Late Hit and Simple System.
Katrina Weber
Voice/Piano
Katrina earned her BA in Music from Ambassador University in Big Sandy, TX with an emphasis in voice. She spent one year teaching overseas at the National Music Conservatory in the HK of Jordan where she taught piano at the Royal Conservatory Music Theory, grades 3 & 4, and played clarinet with the National Conservatory Orchestra. Katrina had the privilege of studying piano under Ruth Myrick, and voice under Marie Michuda of Northwestern University. She has been teaching piano for over 12 years, and teaching voice for 11.
