Art Lima Music Director, Northeast National All-Star Tour Director
Art Lima has dedicated his life to music. He began his musical journey at age 9 and started on his first instrument - the trumpet, where he learned to read music and gain a basic understanding of theory which provided a foundation that has stayed with him always. Growing up with a classically trained...Read More
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Jamie Lima General Manager, Vocals, Keyboard, Performance Coach
Jamie has been with School of Rock Chatham since its doors opened in January 2007, teaching keyboards and voice, which eventually evolved to performing dual roles as an instructor and General Manager.
Jamie moved to the NYC metro area from Lexington, Kentucky in 2005. Her love of music began with singing and playing piano at an early age,...Read More
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Kevin Crouse Studio Engineer
Kevin Crouse is a two time GRAMMY award-winning independent sound engineer from New York City with an impressive, extensive popular music background. Kevin has spent more than twenty years working in the contemporary, urban, and pop music scene and has built many lasting relationships with studios, producers and artists around the world. Kevin...Read More
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Joey Cassata Drums, Percussion
Brooklyn native Joey Cassata is a professional drummer with 20+ years experience.
Joey played for the Las Vegas company of the famous Blue Man Group, and as drummer for the trio band ZO2 he has toured internationally and opened for such notable acts as KISS and POISON.
Joey's professional endeavors also include the hit...Read More
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Christian Francis Benevento Multi-instrumental Instructor, Show Director
Christian Francis Benevento has been playing music for as long as he can remember and has had the pleasure of sharing his knowledge through teaching music for over 10 years.
He attended the New School For Social Research and is currently finishing his degree at Columbia University.
Christian started his own Indie record label five...Read More
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Matt Moliti Guitar, Bass, Death Vocals, Show Director
Long Island native Matt Moliti started playing guitar at the age of 13. Initially inspired by 70's Progressive Rock bands such as Genesis, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd, Matt would eventually develop a love for heavy metal, which dominates his life and musicality to this day (although he still considers progressive music at the core of his...Read More
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John E Brigante Sax, Vocals, Harmonica, Woodwinds & Brasswinds, Show Director
John E B has been singing his whole entire life. He started playing sax when he was 10 and has since picked up the flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone and even a little bit of the harmonica. At age 16 he started singing and playing sax in a ska band and has since played in numerous other bands of various styles including rock, metal, fusion, funk...Read More
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Aaron Cloutier Guitar, Vocals
Southern New Hampshirer Aaron Cloutier began his musical journey at the age of 10 when he picked up his father's guitar and started banging on the strings. The seed was planted and countless nights of playing air guitar to Metallica records soon followed. The air guitar was then replaced with a beat-up old classical re-stringed lefty-...Read More
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Paul Gaita Bass Instructor
Paul Gaita has been playing bass for nearly 16 of his 27 years on this planet. In that time he has toured the country with the jam band Juggling Suns and worked in many other live situations. Paul has worked in the studio with members of Blood Sweat and Tears on his first solo instrumental jazz album. He has also recorded bass...Read More
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Bryan McCaffrey Drums, Percussion
Bryan has been playing drums for 10+ years. As a self-taught drummer he was inspired by local shows he would attend as a teen and learned from watching the drummers. Bryan used to be quiet and shy, and drumming was the outlet that truly helped him 'break out of his shell.' After playing with a few small...Read More
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Julia Doerner Music Therapist - Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals
Music has always been, and always will be one of the most important things in Julia’s life. Julia began studying piano at age five, followed by studying voice and guitar later on in her musical career.
In high school, Julia spent a great deal of time singing and traveling with her high school chamber choir, which inspired her to...Read More
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Breana Rehak MUSIC THERAPIST - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
Breana Rehak has had a love of music since the age of five. Singing has always been a huge passion of Breana’s. Her soprano classically-trained voice comes from her great-grandmother who was an Opera singer for the Boston Opera Company in Massachusetts.
Her study of music began in 3rd grade when she took up the clarinet and...Read More
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Chris Ryan Drums, Bass, Beginner Guitar
Chris is enthused to be sharing his knowledge and appreciation of music with the next generation of young musicians!
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