INSTRUCTORS
Matt Migliorino
OWNER | GUITAR, BASS, AUDIO ENGINEER INSTRUCTOR
Matt Migliorino has 10 years of experience as a music instructor and over a decade as a performer. Matt started taking music lessons in grade school and fell in love with music. This passion led to opportunities to play at Musikfest, Fenway Park, House of Blues and many other amazing venues. He continued to progress in his music education and was selected to tour the east coast and travel to Germany to play at Zappanale. He continued his education and graduated from the Music Production & Engineering program at Berklee College of Music with honors. Matt has studied and played many different styles of music. Matt believes that learning an instrument should be a fun and rewarding experience. He believes in a personalized lesson plan based on the students’ interests and goals. Matt has extensive experience teaching at several music schools along with working as a live sound engineer, audio engineer and producer in a recording studio.
Matt is passionate about sharing his experience and musical understanding with his students to help them grow as musicians and audio engineers. Matt has always dreamed of opening a music school and recording studio to provide a foundation of musical skills, experiences, and performance opportunities for students of all ages and abilities, inspiring them to reach their full musical potential. It’s important to Matt that his students have the same quality education and afforded the same opportunities that he was fortunate enough to have.
Jensen Freeman
VOICE INSTRUCTOR
Originally from England, Jensen trained in all areas of performing arts in London, UK, at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
As a singer, Jensen was a member of UK pop boyband 'Promise' in the mid 90’s but left the group early on to pursue other work and in addition provided vocals on 3 pop concept albums under the 'Abbacadabra' umbrella, which covered the hits of ABBA. The tracks were a huge success on the UK and EU club circuit throughout the '90s and into the ‘00s. Working for major labels, Jensen has provided vocals for a number of established artists and has released 14 singles and an album, and continues to perform both as a solo artist and as an original member of international classical crossover pop group ‘Popera’.
Jensen has extensive experience working with children and adults of all abilities and levels developing vocals, working with individuals and large performance groups for musical theatre, masterclass in performance, working in genres of pop/rock/opera/jazz. Experienced in developing harmony groups and developing performance and shows for the stage.
As a performer, theatre credits include: Jafar in Aladdin, UK tour , Corinthian Woman/Ensemble in Medea, London. Count Vladimir/Dracula in Dracula, Italy Tour, Riff in West Side Story, London. Sasha in Fiddler on The Roof, London. Bobby C in Saturday Night Fever, London & UK toour. Mr Mouse in Give a Dog a Bone, London, The King in The King and I, Woodey Mahoney in Finians Rainbow, Asher in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lumiere in Beauty and The Beast, Saturday Night Live at Her Majesty's Theatre.
Film and television credits include: Worzel in Worzel Gummidge (2020) pilot, Charlie in Mary Poppins Returns (2018), William Roberts in Forbidden War (2017), Dr Paul Stewart in Humshakals (2014) German Officer in Rush (2013), Jonathan in The Look Of Love (2013) Jones in James Bond:Skyfall (2012), Bright young in The King's Speech (2011), Russian Soldier in Anna Karenina (2011), Newsreader in The Hour, BBC (2011), Forensic Officer in Thorne:Sleepyhead (2010), Housefull (2009), StreetDance (2009), several episodes of ITV1's Midsomer Murders. Dancing On ice Ident Series (2011 & 2012), Art Dealer in Blu Tack commercial (2010), Poker Player in Sky Sports Ident (2010) Dorito Mate in Doritos Collisions (2010) Jason in Oscar Charlie, BBC (2001)
Lindsay Pardee
VOICE, PIANO, VIOLIN, UKULELE INSTRUCTOR
A New Jersey native, Lindsay started off her music career at the age of 3 years old dancing ballet. At the age of 7, she picked up her first instrument, the violin, and dove head first into the world of music. In middle school, she started to actively pursue her passion for singing, while maintaining her passion for the violin and dancing. She would perform with her school orchestra, sing and performing with her choir, and act/sing in local musicals. By high school, Lindsay started to actively play guitar and write her own music that she would perform at local NJ/NYC venues, perform Off Broadway shows in New York City, and also became an active volunteer teaching music and dance with The Matheny School.
In college, Lindsay majored in Vocal Performance which paved a path to becoming a professional vocal coach. In 2010, Lindsay became a teacher at The Piano workshop of Chester, which officially began her teaching career and musical enrichment classes across Morris County schools. From that point on, Lindsay has been dedicated to teaching music and musical technique to anyone that has the passion to learn.
As a teacher, Lindsay believes in a personalized curriculum for every student because everyone learns differently. She believes that no matter what pace a student takes, they should always be making positive progress.
Simon Ficken
DRUM INSTRUCTOR
Simon is an experienced drummer and audio engineer with a profound love for music. He comes from a musical family, which allowed him to start exploring music at a very young age. Simon grew up taking lessons and performing regularly as a rock drummer, learning early on what it means to play with other musicians. Out of high school, Simon was eager to start work in the music industry. He started working at music stores where he learned a ton about gear, and started his teaching career. He continued to study under Joe Bergamini, where he learned more about playing jazz, latin, and fusion styles. Eventually, Simon started to spend time in recording studios as an intern, assisting in sessions, and learning about music production, further broadening his understanding of music as a whole. Today Simon works with bands regularily, both live and in the studio, as a drummer, producer, and engineer. He looks forward to continuing his journey in music, and is excited to share what he's learned along the way.
Chris Harth
PIANO, GUITAR, BASS, UKULELE INSTRUCTOR
Chris Harth is a multi-instrumentalist composer and performer who has a diverse musical background - studying classical and jazz piano and composition, performing regularly in folk, jazz, rock, indie, punk and experimental bands, and writing music for film - he has an Associate's in Music from Raritan Valley Community College where he completed with a 3.95 GPA from the Honors College. He specializes in Music Theory and Composition, but teaches a wide array of students many skills from his lifetime of playing Piano, Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Banjo, Drums, Singing, and more!
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