Teacher Spotlight: Michael Pagel

1. How long have you been teaching at Metro Music Makers, and what do you teach?I teach guitar, piano, ukulele, strings, brass and other band instruments. I’ve been with Metro Music Makers for almost a year now. 2. What is your first musical memory?My first musical memory was playing recorder in first grade. I loved … Read more

Teacher Spotlight: Sarah Cauthen

1. How long have you been teaching at Metro Music Makers, and what do you teach?“I teach voice, piano, ukulele and guitar, and I’ve been teaching with Metro Music Makers for over six years!” 2. What is your first musical memory?“When I was two or three years old, my mom gave me a Playskool cassette … Read more

Teacher Spotlight: Badie Khaleghian

1. How long have you been teaching at Metro Music Makers, and what do you teach?“I have been teaching for about two and a half years at Metro Music Makers, and I teach piano and violin.” 2. What is your first musical memory?“Conducting Beethoven’s 9th symphony with a chopstick! I think I was four.” 3. … Read more

Teacher Spotlight: Aria Taboada

1. How long have you been teaching at Metro Music Makers, and what do you teach?“I’ve been teaching here for two years, and I teach violin, viola, guitar, voice, ukulele and piano.” 2. What is your first musical memory?“My first classical concert. . . It was Joshua Bell, a violinist. He inspired me to take … Read more

Staff Spotlight: Nita McKoy-Hamm

Nita McKoy-Hamm began at Metro Music Makers as a piano and voice teacher in January of 2013, and now she takes on the challenging task of keeping our creative staff on the rails. In her role as Office Manager, Nita sets up new customer accounts and coordinates lesson schedules for our instructors. She assists our customers and staff with … Read more

Teacher Spotlight: J.T. Lee

1. What do you teach at Metro Music Makers?What would you like to learn? 2. What is your first musical memory?Partying to early 90s hiphop with my mom in the living room. 3. What was the first album you bought?My brother and I went in on a 2-for-1 special and got Linkin Park and Backstreet … Read more

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