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William Asher
Pianist William Asher is an award winning musician, working throughout the USA. His past regional theatrical credits include: The Allenberry Playhouse, The Ogunquit Playhouse, RWS Entertainment Group, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, and the Prather Entertainment Company. His work is heard on television, radio, and in musical theatre stages across the country, as a studio musician and arranger. He composed the music for the stage versions of Tuesdays with Morrie and Dracula. William attended Berklee College of Music and Thayer Conservatory of Music, and studied piano with Alina Polyakov. He has worked as keyboardist/synth technician for several national tours and for cruise lines. |
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Katie Gall
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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Scot Gelzinis
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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Joe Harris
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. |