This school year our Sycamore studio is expanding and
we are excited to offer flute, saxophone and guitar lessons, along with our usual instruments- piano, violin, viola, and voice. We would like to introduce you to two new teachers who have joined our faculty to help us out with band instruments.
Meet Pénélope!
Pénélope Turgeon is our new flute teacher. Not only is she a lovely person, she is a great flautist and teacher as well!
Pénélope is a native of Québec and has recently moved to
Illinois from California where she obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s
Degrees in Flute Performance. She is currently a Performance
Certificate student at Northern Illinois University. Pénélope has been a
dedicated flute teacher for nearly a decade and tailors her lessons for
students of all ages and abilities. She focuses on technique and
musicianship to prepare students for fluent musical control of
repertoire for school assignments, concerts and/or competitions.
David McCray is our new saxophone and guitar teacher. He is super cool and jazzy, and is a recording artist, too!
David uses an integrated
musical approach, incorporating music theory and history, singing, and
aural
skills, so that students are able to understand why they do what they
do, and not only how. He earned his Master’s degree in jazz
arranging
at Northern Illinois University, studying arranging under Tom Garling
and Rodrigo Villanueva; and his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell College,
in Mt.
Vernon, Iowa, double majoring in music and religious studies. David is
interested in helping students learn many styles in the stream of
American
roots music - blues, folk, rock, funk, and R&B.
Maybe you'll see these guys around when you're at the studio for your lessons soon. (Lessons begin the week of August 27th, by the way.) Please tell your neighbors and friends who might be interested in flute, sax or guitar lessons that they can find a great teacher at Mattix Music Studio!
