Dee Sales graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Music in voice and piano, with over 40 years combined performing and teaching experience in piano, voice and organ. The University of North Texas is a leading university for training musicians and teachers. Her training included emphasis in theory, instrumental (piano and organ) and vocal technique and performance.

Dee has taught music for over 30 years as a private piano and voice teacher, as a classroom music teacher and as a private music class instructor. She has designed music programs for private pre-schools, elementary schools, and middle schools.

Certified and licensed in Musikgarten, Dee is also a member of Edmonds Music Teachers Association (which is the local chapter for Music Teachers National Association), a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and also a Guild Member of the National Piano-Playing Auditions.
Dee's Music Room was established to provide a community of teachers and families dedicated to learning music through the fun of self-expression and discovery.

Graduating from the University of Washington in Music, Beth has over 40 years of performance experience on both violin and piano, including Symphonic/Classical, Chamber Music, Broadway Show Music, Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, and Country, as well as performing as Assistant Principal 2nd Violin of the Yakima Symphony, Juneau, AK Symphony, Federal Way Symphony, Chamber Music Groups, and also Solo Strolling Violin. Locally, she performs in such venues as the Sorrento Hotel, Seattle Tennis Club, and Columbia Tower Club. Her personal website can be found here: http://seattleviolinlessons.com

Performing flute for 24 years, Jacinda, a Montessori teacher, has experience playing piccolo as well as flute, and shares her love of playing the flute with her students. Interested students need to make an appointment with Jacinda to test for physical readiness to begin flute study.

Alicia Rinehart Violin and Viola Lessons

Larry Holloway
A professional musician for 30 years, Larry is a first call on the Northwest and national scene. Growing up in Kansas, Larry earned a Bachelor of Music in 1980. He served two stints with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra led by Buddy Morrow. Before dropping anchor in the Northwest, Larry spent many years in Kansas City and Denver performing and teaching. From his current northern position, Larry has been featured at Jazz Alley in Seattle with performers such as the late Steve Allen and Louie Bellson. Larry has also toured internationally with Seattle vocal legend Ernestine Anderson, and has performed many of the pops concerts with the Seattle Symphony.Several years ago, Larry began tuning his bass in fifths, an ambitious technique pioneered by his mentor, the great Red Mitchell. Larry is the first recipient of the ‘Red Mitchell Scholarship Award’, presented at Willamette University in Salem Oregon. For the last seven years, Larry has been the bass faculty instructor at the Blaine Jazz Festival, a student summer jazz camp. In addition to teaching string bass, electric bass and music theory, Larry teaches cello and tuba. During his college years, Larry was a tuba major and his string technique saw him playing cello in his college orchestra. At different points in his career, Larry has taught and professionally recorded or performed on all of these instruments.

Fae Wiedenhoeft

Fae Wiedenhoeft has been singing since before she could form words. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre Performance from Roosevelt University in Chicago. During this time, she actively performed with professional and community theatre companies. Upon graduation, she was offered a contract in Victoria, BC to sing at the World Famous Buchart Gardens for three consecutive summers with a well known Celtic band, Kitangus, which she played with for 6 years. Her stay in British Columbia kick started her teaching career as well as prompted many other music projects. She have composed original music as well as performed on five CDs recorded, manufactured, and sold in Canada. Stateside, She has released six CDs and is currently working on a seventh! She is a working musician in the Seattle area and has had many opportunities to perform at multiple festivals, private house concerts, Women in Music events, and the Northwest FolkLife Festival for three consecutive years. Fae is currently studying the Egyptian Tabla and is expanding her vocal repertoire to include the Eastern quarter-tone scale.To learn more visit http://syrensvoice.jetbutterfly.com

Chris Whalen

Chris Whalen earned his Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana. He has performed with the Fort Peck Players, Virginia City Players and the Nevada City Gunfighters all in
Montana. In '95 he completed the Physical Theatre Program of Blue Lake California's Dell'Arte School, where he met and married his partner, Sarah Seigneuret. Chris's performance credits include roles in THE SWORD IN THE STONE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. He loves music and plays saxophone, trumpet and trombone. He also likes to make things from paper mache masks to wacky clown cars.

Sarah Seigneuret

Sarah Seigneuret, a native of Vancouver, B.C. Canada, graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BFA in theatre. In 1994, she headed south for beautiful Northern California to attend the Dell'Arte School of Physical
Theatre.Sarah and Chris have performed and directed children's theatre in 46 States, and have also performed and taught in Japan and Canada. Sarah creates, writes and performs puppet shows in addition to clowning with
Chris. Their clown duo, "Zero and Somebuddy," utilizes clown magic, comic routines, audience participation, music, juggling, bubbles, balloon art, face painting and caricatures for all kinds of shows, events and parties.

Brad Boal
Brad is one of the Northwest's most in demand freelance musicians/Private lesson Instructors. He has worked with many various bands and musicians locally as well as nationally. Some of which include: The Count Basie Big Band, Benny Green, Blake Lewis, Dan Haerle, Jay Thomas and Legends In Concert. Brad received much of his instruction from The University Of North Texas where he studied with Ed Soph for 4 years. He has been teaching private lessons since 1995 to students ranging from ages 8 to 55. He has also worked on staff or as a clinician at several music workshops and colleges throughout the country. They include: Cornish College of The Arts and Day Jams Rock Music Camps.