Elliott Elder was born in Dallas, Texas in 1999, but was raised and lived in Atlanta, GA until adulthood. In 2017 he left for Boulder, Colorado to pursue his interest in American music forms. At CU Boulder, he studied as a bass player in the Thompson Jazz Studies Program and quickly found a deep love and appreciation for jazz, an art form deeply embedded in the heart of American history and culture. While studying at CU, Elliott had the chance to feature his own compositions in his ensemble's performances, as well as recording his own compositi... Read More
Elliott Elder was born in Dallas, Texas in 1999, but was raised and lived in Atlanta, GA until adulthood. In 2017 he left for Boulder, Colorado to pursue his interest in American music forms. At CU Boulder, he studied as a bass player in the Thompson Jazz Studies Program and quickly found a deep love and appreciation for jazz, an art form deeply embedded in the heart of American history and culture. While studying at CU, Elliott had the chance to feature his own compositions in his ensemble's performances, as well as recording his own compositi... Read More
Mason Phillips grew up in Fort Collins, CO and has been playing music for 12 years. He started out in middle school playing percussion as well as piano, and eventually branched off into marching band, jazz band, pit orchestra, and symphonic band. He was invited to play at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 2017, alongside his other jazz band members. Today he is enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder where he is studying music and astronomy. The piano is Mason's main instrument, but he also has experience playing guitar, bass, ukulele, te... Read More
Jesse West was born into a musical family in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has decades of experience playing professionally as a bassist. He also plays guitar, piano, and drums, in addition to singing, writing music, and audio engineering. He holds a master’s degree from the prestigious Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University), where he studied with legendary teachers David Baker and Michael Spiro among others. He has also been a member of the US Navy Band in San Diego. Jesse has experience teaching music in the classroom at the elementary, middle... Read More
Jesse West was born into a musical family in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has decades of experience playing professionally as a bassist. He also plays guitar, piano, and drums, in addition to singing, writing music, and audio engineering. He holds a master’s degree from the prestigious Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University), where he studied with legendary teachers David Baker and Michael Spiro among others. He has also been a member of the US Navy Band in San Diego. Jesse has experience teaching music in the classroom at the elementary, middle... Read More
Mónica “Nico” Maldonado started playing piano at the age of five and continued to learn more about music, guitar, and bass guitar throughout middle and high school After pursuing their Bachelor of Music in Music Education in 2014 they never stopped teaching. Mónica has been teaching music for a total of 15 years, with an additional year of student teaching in a public school setting as a student-teacher. This helped Mónica achieve a firm grasp on the art of teaching music in the 1-on-1, small group, and classroom settings. Mónica believes that ... Read More
Mónica “Nico” Maldonado started playing piano at the age of five and continued to learn more about music, guitar, and bass guitar throughout middle and high school After pursuing their Bachelor of Music in Music Education in 2014 they never stopped teaching. Mónica has been teaching music for a total of 15 years, with an additional year of student teaching in a public school setting as a student-teacher. This helped Mónica achieve a firm grasp on the art of teaching music in the 1-on-1, small group, and classroom settings. Mónica believes that ... Read More
Sam first moved to Colorado in 2018 to pursue his Bachelors in Music at the University of Denver. While completing his degree in Audio Engineering and Jazz Guitar, he simultaneously began gigging and integrating himself into the Colorado music scene. Sam founded his indie rock band, Bleak Mystique, in 2021, and since has toured multiple times, been featured in Westword and 303 Magazines, recieved radio play in Colorado and beyond, and has played over 100 gigs with his band in the last 2 years. While he’s not writing, recording, or gigging with ... Read More
Taylor Sapanara is a violist and educator from Mesa, Arizona. She has been playing the violin and viola for the past 10 years. Taylor obtained her Bachelor’s in Viola Performance from Arizona State University where she also obtained a certificate of Music Entrepreneurship. She has held teaching positions with private studios such as Buchanan Music and the ASU String Project. She has also led elementary music and orchestra classes at BASIS Charter Schools. Previously she has performed with the Scottsdale Philharmonic, Voices of the Valley Choir ... Read More
Jared Crider is a Denver based multi-instrumentalist with over six years of teaching experience in both private lessons and in the public school system. He has degrees in both classical performance and jazz studies from the University of Idaho and the University of Northern Colorado. In his ten years as a performer Jared has performed around the world and taken the stage with greats such as Tony Bennett, Sheila Jordan, members of Earth, Wind and Fire, and more. He specializes in teaching trumpet and brass instruments, but also has great experie... Read More
Owen Gribbons is a musician living in Boulder, Colorado. He's been playing bass guitar since 14 years old and went to school throughout his teenage years with focus on Musical Theory. Owen has been writing and performing his own music since 2020, and is a part of 3 professionally performing bands since 2022. His styles of choice range from pop-punk, folk, funk, jazz, and rock, and Owen is always looking for the next sound and style to understand and learn from. He regularly performs on both the bass guitar and drums, and has been recording guit... Read More
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