In-Home Teachers

Eric Aldrich (Piano) Eric Aldrich is an active classical and jazz pianist in the South Jersey area. He is a graduate from Rowan University where he received his undergraduate degree in Music Education. He currently serves as the accompanist at First Presbyterian Church of Hammonton and was a member of the First Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Jazz Orchestra. He also accompanies the choir at the Holy Name of Jesus Church in Mullica Hill. Mr. Aldrich has studied jazz with George Genna, George Mesterhazy, and currently studies with Dean Schneider.

Lish Lindsey - Lish Lindsey (Baroque and Modern Flutist) is the acting Principal Flutist of the Pottstown Symphony and performs often with the Harrisburg, Lancaster and Ambler Symphonies, Riverside Symphonia, Strauss Symphony of America, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Masterworks Orchestra, Center City Opera Theater, and Rittenhouse Orchestra. She is a member of the wind quintet 5 for Dinner, Lynn Welshman's Mixed Winds Quintet, and flutist with the Play By Heart Ensemble. She is also piccoloist with the Eastern Wind Symphony. International tours include performances in China and England. United States venues include Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater and Commonwealth Plaza, New Jersey State Theatre, Trenton War Memorial, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and others. This summer (2009) Lish will perform on bass flute with the Times Square Flute Orchestra as part of the National Flute Association's National Convention in NYC. Lish earned her Master's in Flute Performance at New York University and holds a B.M. in Flute Performance and B.A. in English with a Music Minor from The College of New Jersey.

Primary flute studies include Julius Baker, Dr. Brad Garner, David DiGiacobbe, Dr. Dent Williamson, David Ancker, and Ronna Ayscue. Additional lessons were with Keith Underwood, David Cramer, Jeff Khaner, and Adeline Tomasone. Quintet and chamber coaching sessions have been with Heawon Kim, Jeff Scott, Matt Sullivan, Roger McKinney, George Balog, and others. Piano studies were with Shirley Bachelor, Jack Ervin, and Karen Hill at The College of New Jersey. Lish has performed in many master classes and was invited by Julius Baker to attend his master class after performing for him at the International FAME Festival. She has performed for Philippe Pierlot, Keith Underwood, David DiGiacobbe, Goran Marcusson, Joshua Smith, Sandra Church, Brad Garner, Susan Glaser, Stephanie Mortimore (piccolo master class), Steve Tanzer (piccolo master class), Nobataka Shimizu, Kelly McDermott, Jeff Khaner, Jill Felber, and Dent Williamson. She was invited to perform in two master classes given by the New York Flute Club, a piccolo master class sponsored by the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia, and attended the Cincinnati Flute Symposium as a performer.

Lish is the adjunct flute professor and flute ensemble director at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She also teaches for Wilkes University's Conservatory program. She is a faculty member of the Bronx House School of Performing Arts, Paramus Community Music School, and Musical Associates. Lish has taught beginning to intermediate piano students (private and group) of all ages for more than 10 years. Piano studies were with Shirley Bachelor, Jack Ervin, and Karen Hill at The College of New Jersey. Please visit lishlindsey.com for more information.

David Sikorski - David Sikorski (Guitar) is a musician/composer native to the Philadelphia area. He obtained a BA in Jazz Performance as well as a Master of Arts in Music Education from The University of the Arts. He performs his original compositions with his own group regularly as well as tours and composes with the band Jealousy Curve. In addition to having song placements in movie and television soundtracks, Jealousy Curve has completed several headlining national tours as well as some opening spots for Pharrel Williams, All Time Low, and Stone Temple Pilots including performances at South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and The Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey.

Greg Snyder - Born and raised in Allentown, Pa, Greg Snyder realized his strong interest in music, as a result of his exposure to his father's guitar playing. He began studying classical guitar. After six years of classical training from Ted Williams and three years of Blues/Jazz training from Gus Schnabel, Greg made his move to Philadelphia to study Jazz Performance at Temple University. Studying under Tom Giacabetti and Terell Stafford, Greg quickly became a premier guitarist, in the Philadelphia area. He had the privilege of performing in master classes with Clark Terry, Antonio Hart, Conrad Herwig, Jimmy Heath, Steve Davis, and many others. He has performed at the Kenedy Center, the Kimmel Center, the Midwest Jazz Clinic, the July 4th Welcome America Festival in Philadelphia, Musikfest, Mayfair, Beleve Fest, the Lincoln Center, the Rainbow Room, the Liacourus Center, the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, The Allentown Symphony Hall, and many other local hotels, restaurants, bars, and music festivals in Philadelphia and the outlying regions. Greg has also played in many local musicals and has worked with other local musicians such as: The Slicked Up Nines, Patrick Hughes, Justin Leigh, Justin Carney, Chris Beck, Yoichi Uzecki, Wally Bechtold, Tyrone Fredericks, Ken Pedergast, Josh Orlando, Jake Maunch, Alison Paige and many others. After graduating from Temple University with a jazz performance degree, Greg joined the faculty at the Conservatory of Musical Arts in Haddonfield, NJ. He has also joined the faculty at; Paul VI Catholic High School in Haddonfield, NJ, Bishop Shanahan Catholic High School in Downingtown, PA, and Bucks County Piano in Levittown, PA. Greg is also signed under BRP Entertainment in Harrisburg, Pa where he performs weddings, cocktail hours, corporate events, etc.

Michael August Walton - Born into a family of rich musical history, Michael realized his strong interest in music at an early age. Even at 2 years old he could be found roaming around the halls of his parent's music school banging on every piano and misc. instrument he could get his hands on. Growing up, Michael studied piano, guitar and voice and kept up through college. Upon graduating from St. Joseph's University in 2005 with a degree in Business Marketing, Michael decided to pursue his first love; writing, recording and performing music. Over the past couple years he independently recorded and released 2 albums and toured most of the east coast with his band, "My Name is August". Some highlights include local and regional radio interviews and airplay as well as a performance on NBC's Morning Show, "The 10! Show" While keeping up a heavy recording and touring schedule, Michael decided to share his passion for music and start teaching guitar and piano. After receiving a wealth of positive feedback from his students and an over-whelming amount of word-of-mouth referrals, Michael's in-home studio grew to full capacity. Currently, he has teamed up with Tony Salicondro to establish and direct CMA's In-Home music program.

Jason Wolbach - Based in the Philadelphia area since childhood, Jason Wolbach had his first encounter with a musical instrument at the age of nine with the saxophone and later incorporated guitar, bass, piano and his voice as part of tools to create and explore the world of music. He quickly gravitated towards the guitar above all other instruments and formed his own rock and jazz groups from the age of 14 where he would then perform in local venues and eventually internationally by composing, singing and playing. Although his earliest influence on guitar was the heavy metal group Metallica, Wolbach matured to understand more complex and challenging music. He had the opportunity to study with master jazz guitarists such as Jimmy Bruno, Pat Martino, and Tom Giacabetti among others. His influences span over a wide range of musical styles that include but are not limited to classical, all forms of rock, R & B, country, blues, funk, Latin and jazz. These influences that Wolbach draws from help to make him a creative, solid and versatile guitarist. After attending University of the Arts and Temple University for Jazz Guitar Performance, Wolbach actively pursued opportunities for original music. Some of the more notable groups that he has been a part of included the hard rock group "Cash's 8th", the singer-songwriter duo of "Whittaker and Wolbach" and the quasi-jam group "The DP Band". With these different musical acts, Wolbach has performed in venues such as The TLA and Grape St. Pub of the Philadelphia, The Elbow Room and The Downtown of N.Y. and The Stone Pony of N.J. among other highly attended venues. He has also recorded a full length album with one of his former groups that had mass distribution and was supported by an East Coast touring schedule. Wolbach's latest and longest ongoing endeavor has had him holding the position of Musical Director and guitarist on cruise ships. He started this line of work at the young age of twenty and continued to work abroad on cruise ships on and off for years since then. Being a Musical Director was a job that required him to lead his own band while managing approximately twenty musicians and their respective groups simultaneously. Jason Wolbach has taught guitar, bass and piano for the past 10 years in the Tri-state area and is currently active with freelance work as a guitarist, singer and composer.