Our Teaching Artists Michael Chapman Founding President & Director Lead Guitar - Song Arrangement & Composition Idasa "SoulMan IT" Tariq Creative Director & Lead Teaching Artist Beat Making & Music Production - Song Writing - Emceeing Zo Zielinski Program Director & Teaching Artist Guitar - Song Writing Jacquea Mae Teaching Artist Vocalist - Song Writing - Poetry & Spoken Word Ahemr'e Blackman Teaching Artist / Arranger Cellist - Song Arrangement & Composition Love LoRen Teaching Artist Vocalist - Song Writing Liza Barley Artistic Director & Teaching Artist Violin - Viola - Song Writing - Music Performance Gil Teixeira Artistic Director & Teaching Artist Guitar - Song Writing - Music Performance Zuly Inirio, D.M.A, MSW. Program Director & Teaching Artist Vocalist - Vocal Development - Song Writing Winston Bell Teaching Artist Bassist - Saxophonist - Vocalist - Song Writing Candace Burgess Teaching Artist Vocalist - Vocal Development - Song Writing Desmond Rucker Teaching Artist Percussionist - Vocalist - Song Writing Laela Lumsden Teaching Artist Vocalist - Song Writing Ryellen Joaquim Teaching Artist Viola - Violin Levee Stadel Teaching Artist / Arranger Bassist & Strings - Song Arrangement & Composition Kathleen Andrews Teaching Artist Violin Ryan McMasters, Ph. D. Teaching Artist / Arranger Bassist & Strings - Song Arrangement & Composition Omari I. Abdul-Alim Teaching Artist Music Education - Violin