Meet our Instructors
Devin DiBernardo is a graduate of UNH, with a degree is Music Education, and has taught brass and woodwind lessons for many years. He currently teaches band and chorus at Somersworth Middle School, and is the Somersworth High School band director. He has previously worked with beginning and intermediate students in Concord, Londonderry, North Hampton, Rye, and beyond. Originally a saxophone player who moved to French horn, Devin has a wide knowledge of working with developing musicians. He is always happy to work with any student to develop their musical abilities, from those just starting out to those who have been playing for years.
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Devin DiBernadino
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Voice teacher and performer, Katie Gall, moved back to the seacoast area after performing and teaching in NYC for the last 10 years. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Steinhardt School at New York University in Vocal Performance as well as a post-Master’s degree in Vocal Pedagogy. Most notably, Katie has taught at NYU, Mayo Performing Arts Center, and Highbridge Voices in NYC, and through the Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth. Additionally, Katie is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and believes in a whole body approach to healthy performance. Most recently Katie has been seen in The Hunchback of Norte Dame at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre and at the Rochester Opera House in Happy Days: The Musical!
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Katie Gall
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Scot Gelzinis is a veteran guitar instructor with over 17 years of experience. He utilizes a hands-on, practical approach to teaching music that builds fundamentals and advanced techniques. Scot encourages his students to establish their own musical interests and identity by illustrating how their favorite music is structured and performed. This method has been proven to produce great results with guitarists of all ages and skill levels. Scot specializes in current and classic genres, from Hard Rock to Country.
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Scot Gelzinis
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Joe Harris is a UNH grad with a Bachelor's in Music Education - Voice, but he has also been a piano teacher for over 15 years and has taught at the UNH Piano Extension Program and Ear Craft Music. Joe has considerable experience teaching piano to beginners of all ages, and his voice and songwriting students have enjoyed numerous successes in auditions, competitions, and even college acceptances. While Joe does teach proper technique and music literacy, he also focuses on emotional development and connecting to pieces through techniques such as lyric analysis and historic contextualization. Joe's experience teaching and performing is so wide-ranging, from coaching a rapper who found success on Spotify, to being the front man in a hard rock band, that he rarely says no to a potential student.
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Joe Harris
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Jenry Towle (she/they) is a theatermaker based in Kittery, ME. Holding degrees in Music, Theater Performance, & Technical Theater & Design, she has taught voice and acting to students of every age in 46 of the 50 states!
Jenry believes in a full-body, comprehensive approach to finding your strongest voice - body, voice, and imagination need to work simultaneously together to build confidence and projection. |
Jenry Towle
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