guitar, ukulele
with a Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and in 2015 from the Peabody Institute of the
Johns Hopkins University with a Master of Music, also in Guitar Performance. An
accomplished classical guitarist, Evan has played solo and ensemble concerts
throughout the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana areas, and along the East Coast. Evan is a professor of guitar at Indiana University East in Richmond, IN, and teaches
privately at McCutcheon Music in Centerville and Star City Music in Miamisburg. He
also plays guitar in the five-piece funk band The Johnson Treatment.
bass guitar
piano, Musikgarten
Her honors include: the Mary Elizabeth King Brown Teaching Excellence Award (2012), First Place in the Undergraduate Division at the Marjorie Peatee Art Song Competition (2004), and the MTNA Star Award (2002).
cello, piano
Growing up with six siblings, Debbie taught herself piano at age twelve. When she was fifteen, she started taking piano lessons in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with Dan Taylor. In addition to piano, she learned music theory, singing, and guitar. The summer before she matriculated at Wright State, Debbie took piano lesson with Barbara Leeds, also from Yellow Springs.
As a piano major, Debbie also had a passion for cello, and began to take cello lessons while at Wright State. In her sophomore year, after playing cello for only a year, she changed her concentration to cello performance.
Debbie has sung and performed piano and guitar at the Friends Care Community in Yellow Springs for the past three years. During her time at Wright State she has sung in numerous choirs and playing solo piano at Arts Gala and at the Troy Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio. She is a member of the University Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra, and is a member of the student trio “Trio Con Brio.” In the summer of 2016 she performed in the A.C. Strings Community Orchestra in Fairborn, Ohio, and will continue to perform with the orchestra during the 2017 season. In 2017 she joined the Giving Strings Orchestra.
flute, saxophone
Growing up in the small, rural village of Jamestown, Delaney was the first in her family to show a passion for a musical instrument, where she began playing the flute at the age of ten. From there, she got involved in the OMEA District 12 concerts, as well as Wright State’s Tri-State Honor Band.
While at Wright State, Delaney performed with both the Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony, and even had the opportunity to travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota with the Flute Studio to world premier a piece at the National Flute Convention.
During sophomore year at Wright State, Delaney began working with marching bands all over the Miami Valley area and started teaching private lessons a year later. From that point on, she has exclusively taught lessons and marching band. Currently, Delaney is a staff member with the Miamisburg Marching Band and various other schools.
piano
In addition to being a Master Teacher of Piano at Star City Music Studios, Aaron holds the positions of Collaborative Pianist at Wright State University, Weekend Host on Discover Classical FM 88.1/89.9, Organist at Grace Lutheran Church in West Carrollton, and Choral Accompanist at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kettering. Previous positions include Staff Accompanist at Winston-Salem State University, Adjunct Instructor of Theory and Music Appreciation at Guilford Technical Community College, and Associate Master Teacher at the Music Academy of North Carolina. He has participated in master classes with Anna Maria Trenchi de Botazzi and Jon Nakamatsu.
Aaron lives in Miamisburg with his wife, Samee Griffith Mood, daughter, Evelyn, and sons, Nathaniel and Karl.
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