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Larry Minton
Music Teacher, Recording Engineer, Composer/Publisher, Emmy Award Winner

From 1998 to 2003, Larry worked for NBC Studios in New York. He was the post audio engineer for Dateline NBC. He has done post audio for Nightly News with Tom Browkaw and Late Night with Conan O’Brian as well as promos for the Today Show. He has done live audio transmission for both the Summer and Winter Olympics and for the 2000 and 2001 seasons of Saturday Night Live. He has lent his talents to numerous NBC television events, including Tom Brokaws “Greatest Generation” and Katie Courick’s Harry Potter Special. In 2002 Larry won an Emmy Award for his work during the week of 9/11. As a composer/publisher and member of ASCAP, his music has been heard on commercials and television shows, including Dateline NBC and Tom Brokaw specials. Larry Minton has been a professional musician for 35 years. He has performed and recorded with many professional musicians, including Elliot Easton of THE CARS and Bruce Kapler of the CBS Orchestra. His association with the Loudoun County school system has helped to make him one of the most “in demand” drum and percussion teachers in Northern Virginia today.

 



Maryann Keith
Music Teacher, Flutist, Pianist,
Master of Music - Peabody Conservatory

 


Karen Pino
Music Teacher, Pianist
Master of Music - Westminster Choir College


Carrie Bell
Music Teacher, Pianist
Master of Music -



David Baroody
Trumpet Teacher
 



Ms. Emily
Voice & Violin Teacher
John Ford
Music Teacher, Master of Music

John Ford is a native of Portsmouth, VA.  He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music at Frederick College.  After teaching several years in the Suffolk, VA school system, he attended James Madison University as a Graduate Assistant while working on his Degree of Master of Music Education.  He has taught on the High School level for fifteen years in Suffolk, Williamsburg, VA and Elkin, NC.  For twenty-three years he was been a middle school band director in Loudoun County, VA.  Being a strong advocate of jazz, Mr. Ford started the first middle school jazz band in Loudoun County at Seneca Ridge M. S. where he was also named as “Teacher of the Year”.  He is presently retired from classroom teaching after 38 years, though he remains active in private instruction.

Kurt Bell
Teacher, Guitarist, Songwriter

A true student of the guitar, Kurt hails from Wheeling West Virginia. Playing since his early teens, Kurts influences run the musical gamut, from rock to jazz to classical. Kurt has attended sessions with some of the biggest names in the guitar world including Zakk Wylde, Vinnie Moore, Ritchie Kotzen, Steve Lynch and Andy Timmons. Attending class's with Chick Corea guitar legend Frank Gamble, has been is a high point on Kurts musical resume. Kurt has performed with a number of local groups including Stric-9 and Ego Trip. Kurt has been teaching privately for eleven years. For the last five years he has been teaching at the National Guitar Summer Workshops Day Jams Program.
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