Lilian Shimimana
Trumpet Specialist & Multi‐Instrument Educator Lilian Shimimana brings over 12 years of international teaching and performance experience to Maestro Musicians Academy Cleveland. Trumpet is her primary instrument, and she also teaches drums, piano, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, and all brass instruments, providing a richly diverse musical education. Her teaching career began with Brass for Africa…
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A Berklee School of Music Alumni, Ken is a guitarist, singer, bandleader, and educator with a lifetime of experience playing folk, rock, country, and Americana music on acoustic and electric guitars, in standard and open tunings. Ken’s teaching style incorporates both structured and free musical play, leading to increasingly deeper musical exploration and a…
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Tessa Peters is a dedicated and passionate Music Educator with over two years of experience working within the Cleveland school systems. Her expertise lies in teaching woodwinds and strings, though she is also well-versed in brass and percussion instruments. Tessa has a rich background in music that extends beyond the classroom, having traveled and performed…
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Guitar Performer Zachary Haskell is a dynamic guitarist, composer, and devoted music educator, whose life revolves around the world of music. During his time at Berklee College of Music, Zachary was awarded the prestigious John LaPorta scholarship and successfully completed his Bachelor’s degree in guitar performance. Influenced by the vibrant sounds of BB King and Stevie…
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Olin Langlois is a singer, songwriter and accomplished voice, piano, guitar, and music teacher. In her formative years, she took violin lessons while studying piano and guitar as secondary instruments. At the Balakirev College of Nizhny Novgorod, Olin studied jazz voice and pedagogy, while actively performing on various music projects and working as a vocal…
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