Pro tuba player, bass guitarist, & touring performer (Lost In The Trees, SNMNMNM, The Avett Brothers, Superchunk, and Peter Holsapple), music educator, and founder & CEO of Markola Beverages.

Award-winning indie singer/songwriter & recording artist (ECR Music Group, NYC), founder of Hook & Ladder Records, actor, creator, writer, scoring composer, and producer with PizzaDog Studios (including the new web series Cloyd), and co-founder of Buffalo Music Club.

Award-winning pro guitarist and music educator (Director of Guitar Program, Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts).

Pro trumpet player (Jay/Sharp-tet), composer, music educator (Villa Maria College, BPS), and founder & artistic director of the Buffalo Jazz Repertory Ensemble.

Award-winning pro vocalist & opera singer (mezzo-soprano).

Pro audio production engineer, multi-Instrumentalist (Asthmatic Kitty Records), composer, and founder & owner of Lowly Mountain Banjos.

Award-winning pro bassist (The Jakob's Ferry Stragglers, Darryl Washington, Greg Millar, Rey Scott, Bobby Jones, Doug Yeomans, Mary Ramsey, Ray Hangen, Joe Rozler, The Tim Clarke Soul-tet), guitarist, and music educator (SUNY Fredonia).

Award-winning pro bandoneon player, accordionist, violinist, violist, composer, arranger, & performer (Buffalo Tango Orkestra), and music educator (UB, Shul Music).

Pro violinist & violist (Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo Tango Orkestra, David Cloyd) and music educator (SUNY Fredonia, Shul Music).

Award-winning pro guitarist (Far Trio), composer, music educator (Planet Music School), and bassist.

Pro saxophonist, pianist, music educator, and performer (Silver Arrow Band).

Pro music & theatre educator, and owner & director of Encore Experience, LLC.

Pro percussionist & touring performer (SAAKUMU Dance Troupe, Mohamed Diaby and Manding Foli Kan Don, Brian Marsalis, DJ Logic), music educator (founder of Slyboots School of Music), and executive director of Bernard Woma Dagara Music Center USA.

Pro bassist (Nick Jonas, Cee-lo Green, Willow & Jaden Smith, Adam Lambert, Lizzo, Bernard Purdie), vocalist, model, and music educator. Endorsed by Fender, Moollon, and DR Strings.

Pro mix engineer (Griselda Records, Lana Del Ray, Naughty By Nature, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Jaheim, Dead Prez, Big Pun, Eminem, Notorious B.I.G), multi-platinum record producer (Smashproof, Quiet as Kept Records), DJ, and music educator (UB, BAVPA).

Pro guitarist (Mass Extinction Event, Sons of Apollo, Tony MacAlpine, Arch Echo, Aquiles Priester) and audio engineer (Rob Araujo, Joe Ferry, Corey Glover).

Hip-hop recording artist, poet, fiction writer, editor, publisher, and educator.

Award-winning pro drummer, music educator, mentor, and founder of The Damone Jackson Outcome.

Pro bassist, guitarist, & touring performer (Mac Ayres, Cautious Clay, Aqueous), composer, and songwriter (Brasstracks).

Pro songwriter, producer, engineer, music business consultant, and founder & CEO of Work Art Entertainment.

Pro trombone player (Tiger Chung Lee, Blue Rootz), multi-instrumentalist, low-brass music educator, and instrument maintenance & repair tech.

Pro composer, multidisciplinary artist, engineer (Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois, Snoop Dogg, Fela Kuti, Hans Zimmer), and founder & owner of Warm Jets Music Studio.

Award-winning multi-instrumentalist & entertainer (CRiTT's Juke Joint, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Sinbad the Comedian, Michael Franti, G-Love & Special Sauce, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Dirty Dozen Brass Band), music educator (IMAGE Urban Arts Workshop, BCAT, BPS), CEO of CRiTT Presents, and co-founder of Buffalo Music Club.

Pro drummer (Moby, Ne-Yo, Robyn, AJR, Ingrid Michaelson, Sam Moore, The Temptations), producer, music educator, and career coach. Endorsed by Yamaha, Sabian, Pro-Mark, and Evans.

Pro composer, bassist, producer, and arranger (Brian Culbertson, Najee, Julius Wilson, Cissy Houston, Marvin Winans, Riley Richard, Phil Perry, Me’Lisa Morgan, Donnie McClurkin, Special Gift, “Stevie J” Jordan, Walter Kemp 3).