Teacher Biographies

Guitar:
Kevin Mittleman:  Also teaches Ukulele, Mandolin, and Banjo. All Styles. Berklee School of
Jazz. Studied one-on-one with the Legendary John Abercrombie and Mick Goodrick.  Berklee,
Various Film Scores, Touring veteran, In demand session musician. Kevin offers in-home guitar
lessons and lessons at our Rockville Pike location.

Glenn Flaherty: All styles. University of Maryland. Performance credits throughout United States
and Europe.  Trained with Mike Auldridge. Film, Record label, and Television music credits.
Ovation Guitar award recipient for Best Music Video Lesson. Glenn offers in-home guitar
lessons and lessons at our Rockville Pike location.

Andrew McClymont: Bass. Taught Jazz Studies and Composition by musicians such as Jeff
Mangels, Cheihk Ndoye, Randy Mckluskey, and Ney Mello. Active Jazz and Rock bassist in the
DC and Frederick Area. Youngest Member of The School of Music family but Guaranteed to
Shred Repis on the Gnar Gnar Rad.

Robert Flowers: Guitar. Bass. Robert has been performing and teaching Jazz, Gospel and R&B
Guitar styles in the Washington DC area for over 20 years; music education from Berklee
College of Music, Boston, MA. , jazz improvisation studies with Jerry Bergonzi. Robert teaches
Contemporary and Classical Guitar styles along with beginning to intermediate Bass Guitar at
the School of Music in Rockville.

Dane Galloway: Jazz, rock, classical Guitar and Piano, specializing on Jazz Piano. Also Electric
Bass, Mandolin, and Accordion.  Frequent performer of jazz, rock, funk, folk, and hip-hop on
various instruments. Studied at the Peabody Preparatory and the National Guitar Workshop on
scholarship as well as at the Purchase College Summer Jazz institute.  Has been teaching
guitar, piano, and jazz theory since age of 15. Can conduct lessons in Spanish.

Ney Mello: Electric, Acoustic, and Classical Guitar, Bass. Consultations by appointment
Berklee, International performer. Top 10 recording artist, and Endorsed performer, and World
Famous Al Di Meola raves of Ney's playing. Prolific author and Educator in the "Maximum Speed
Picking" Video Series. You can't get much better than that!




Emmanual Samson: Shred master to the stars. If your desire to play like Steve Vai, Malmsteen,
or any heavyweight of the metal world, Emmanual is exactly who you need.:


Piano and Voice:

Dane Galloway: Jazz, rock, classical Piano. Can conduct lessons in Spanish.

Natalie Gray: She is an experienced pianist and private piano teacher. Contemporary, Jazz,
Blues, Gospel, and Classical are among her genre styles taugh. She is currently finishing a
bachelor of Music at Howard University performs regularly throughout the country. She hopes to
instill a deep appreciation and joy for music with all of her students.

Everest Wu: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Fusion Piano. Classically trained since he was a child through
college jazz piano training throughout college. Everest graduated from UNC Chapel Hill and is a
recent resident of Rockville, Md. He currently performs throughout the DC area.

Brandon Gage: Male Voice. Experienced in Musical Theatre

Drums:

Mike Smirnoff: is a pro's pro. With a Masters degree in Music and an educator at Morgan State
University. This After-hours rock star is a high in demand performer and studio musician. You
name it, he can play it.

Tarek  Mohommed: Drum Kit, Congas, Timbales, hand percussion. Great with young students.
He brings both full kit knowledge and marching band background to his lessons.  Perfect for
those developing musicians who are meeting the demands of school drum programs; college,
high school, or otherwise.

Violin and Viola:

Heather MacArthur: Violin. Heather began playing violin at the age of four while living in
southern California. At the age of twelve, she moved to northern Virginia for three years, where
she studied with Ronda Cole and was a member of the American Youth Philharmonic under Luis
Haza. She continued her studies during high school with Anthea Kreston at the Hartt School of
Music at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Heather is currently pursuing a Bachelors of
Music degree at the University of Maryland as a student of David Salness. She has attended
such music festivals as the Brevard Music Center and the National Orchestral Institute. She has
performed in masterclasses for Charles Castleman, Martin Chalifour, Ellen DePasquale,
Elisabeth Adkins and the Miami Quartet. Her favorite aspect of playing the violin is being able to
perform in string quartets and other chamber music groups! Heather currently freelances and
teaches privately in the DC metropolitan area.
In General:
Learn at your own pace in a nurturing environment. Our School focuses on Personal Music Education that addresses the
individual needs of our students instead of a set curriculum (although a set curriculum is also available). We also provide
repairs, sales, and rentals for our patrons convenience.  Our teachers have Music Degrees, Recording, and Touring
experience. We instruct all levels from hobbyist to those performing at the Kennedy Center.

Specifically:
Our genres include Classical, Country, Jazz, Rock, Folk, Pop, Blues, Metal etc. Currently, we offer instruction for Voice, Piano,
Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Theory, Violin and more.  Our environment is very welcoming and relaxed. No pressure or formalities
here. Come in and share a laugh, have a cup of coffee, watch tv, or listen to the radio :)

Why Us?
Lessons with The School of Music LLC are unique and far beyond other educational experiences. Here, you will learn the tricks
of the tricks of the trade, the intangibles of  Musicianship , and experience the real performance standard of where your talent
should be.

Our history speaks for itself. We began with just two pro musicians Instructing classes circa 2000. As the popularity of our
courses grew, so did our location. We soon moved to a bigger location in Rockville and gained over 300 students with 5
instructors. Then around 2005, we moved to Rockville Pike and currently have about 12 instructors. Around 2008, we began to
teach Group Guitar Lessons for the City of Rockville and the City of Gaithersburg. Our grows and changes as our staff literally
tours the world performing to audiences in every corner of the planet.

The Business grows and evolves with time. Music is very personal and we understand that.  Each year, we get a little bit better
and our business reflects our values and our ideals more closely. Thats why our friends stay with us for years. It's not unusual
for us to have students for 7 years or more. They grow from total beginner to College Board approved. We really like being
here. We know you will too.
We use renewable energy, support
Fiddos for Freedom,