Jeremy McMonigle

Jeremy McMonigle holds a BA in music with an emphasis in percussion from Northern Kentucky University. He has been teaching private drum lessons for 12 years in the Cincinnati and Louisville areas. He currently performs and records with a Louisville based band, Young Widows, that tours nationally and internationally several times throughout the year. On June 2, 2011 they were featured nationally on NPR's song of the day. Jeremy also performs as a percussionist with Chamber Winds Louisville, conducted by Dr. Fred Speck, Director of Bands at the University of Louisville.

Seth Nunes

Seth began drumming and receiving  lessons in 5th grade. Since then, he has played with different bands. He enjoys playing very technical contemporary music but enjoy all genres. In

 2019 Seth received a  Certificate of Drums from Berklee College of Music.

Anna Laverty

Anna Laverty (b. 2001) is a Dean’s List student at the University of Louisville, School of Music, majoring in Violin Performance. She has studied violin since she was eight years old, and is currently a student of Professor Brittany MacWilliams. Her previous instructors include Neal Green and Alvin MacWilliams. In 2018, Laverty accepted her nomination to travel and perform with the Kentucky Ambassadors of Music Orchestra in England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Germany. She also held an internship under Emily Gallagher in the Scribner Middle School Orchestra, and has experience as a former Music Education Student. Laverty has been hired to play for weddings, graduations, Christmas and Easter Church services, and the Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Graduation.

Taylor Wallace

Taylor is from Ohio where she was concertmaster at the Hamilton-Fairfield Youth Orchestra. She has a Bachelors in Music; Violin Performance from Miami University, Oxford. She was president of the symphony there. She also performed in Italy with a string chamber. She is working on a Masters in String Pedagogy at UL. She is Suzuki certified and teaches piano, viola and cello, along with violin.

Kiki Pastor-Richard

Kiki Pastor-Richard (b. 2001) is a Dean's List student at the University of Louisville, School of Music. She is currently majoring in Music Therapy with a Vocal emphasis. She has studied voice since she was ten years old, and is currently a student of Professor Emily Albrink. Kiki was a member of the KMEA All State Choirs from 2017-2020. She is trained in both Classical music and Musical Theatre and has performed in shows such as "Footloose" and "Guys and Dolls". Kiki really enjoys watching her students grow, and making meaningful connections with her students.

Landon Vandergriff

Landon is a student at University of Louisville where he is studying classical guitar with Dr. Stephen Mattingly. He has been playing guitar since the age of 8 and has since picked up bass, piano, mandolin, and ukulele. Landon is trained in classical guitar, but loves to teach and play anything from rock, blues, and metal to jazz, funk, and even bluegrass. You can find him playing in musicals around Louisville, performing with his band, or playing a classical guitar recital. Landon loves working with students of all ages and loves to help them further their musical goals.

Matthew Meredith

Matthew Meredith is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a Bachelors degree in Classical Piano. Currently, he is seeking his second degree in Music Composition under Dr. Ogden and continuing piano lessons under Dr. Petrova at the University of Louisville where his music was chosen to be performed in the Student Gala of the 2023 Spring semester. He has been playing piano sense the 2nd grade and has sense taught himself how to improvise in many different styles while also developing a unique harmonic pallet and compositional voice. His current studies consist of teaching himself Latin jazz improv and further developing his compositional voice and skill.

Andrew Baldeon

Andrew Baldeon is a student at the University of Louisville currently studying Music Education with a Strings emphasis. He first started playing viola at age ten in his schools orchestras, even participating in KMEA during middle school as well as the Louisville Youth Orchestra, and currently is a student of Kevin Nordstrom. As a music education major, Andrew has had internships to observe and teach students throughout the JCPS area and also in schools in Indiana, such as Scribner middle school and Highland Hills middle school. Andrew currently teaches Viola, Violin and Piano for students of any age who want to learn not only how to make music, but learn the love there is to play and listen to music on their respective instrument.

Owen Strunk

Owen is a 3rd year Music Education student at University of Louisville. He specializes in voice training and vocal pedagogy. Owen’s goal is to give his students a brighter passion for music while expanding their knowledge and skills.

Sarah Moser

Sarah Moser is a graduate of the University of Louisville. She has a Bachelor’s degree in voice performance and most recently obtained a Master’s degree in music history and literature. She has performed and traveled across the eastern United States in places such as New York City; Nashville, Tennessee; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; and Columbia, South Carolina, in choral settings. Her most recent competition accolades include receiving second place in the vocal music division and first place in the musical theatre division of the Mid-South Regional NATS competition in spring of 2023. Her most recent academic achievements include transcribing art songs composed by composer of “Happy Birthday” acclaim, Mildred Hill; representing the University of Louisville Voice Area in the tenth annual School of Music Student Gala; and performing in choral settings with esteemed musicians such as JAC Redford, Andrea Bocelli, and Eric Whitacre.