Chick Piano

Chick Music Academy offers music lessons for most instruments, including piano, guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, violin, viola, clarinet, flute, sax, trumpet, drums and voice. We also offer preschool music classes. Chick Music Academy is under the direction of Christy Shepherd Rochon. She may be contacted via e-mail at christy@chickmusic.net.

Piano Teachers

Suzanne Oliver
Suzanne received a M.M from Georgia State in Piano Performance and a B.M. from Wesleyan College in Piano Pedagogy. She has 27 years teaching experience and enjoys teaching students of all ages and at all levels.

Vicki Gattie

Carter McMullen

Barbara McEachin

Tish Colglazier

Guitar Teachers

Rick Lawrence
Rick studied guitar with Mary Akerman at Kennesaw State College and John Sutherland at the University of Georgia. He won the Award of Excellence in 1999 from the Georgia Music Teacher's Association guitar competition. Rick has taught at several Schools of Music in the Atlanta area. He has also attended masterclasses taught by Oscar Ghiglia and Christopher Parkening.

Trey Eitel

Patrick Davis

Banjo Teachers

Rick Lawrence
Rick has taught and permormed on Banjo for several years. Please view his Bio listed under Guitar Teachers.

Mandolin Teachers

Rick Lawrence
Rick has taught and performed on Mandolin for several years. Please view his Bio listed under Guitar Teachers.

String Teachers (Violin, Viola, etc)

Violin
Pawel Kozak

Dr. Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi
Dr. Zezelj-Gualdi received an Undergraduate Diploma from the University of Novi Sad, a Master of Music Degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Violin Performance from the University of Georgia. She has taught privately and in schools in the U.S. and in Europe. She has performed in numerous venues, including Carnegie Hall.

Viola
Dr. Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi
Dr. Zezelj-Gualdi has taught and performed on Viola for several years. Please view her Bio listed under Violin Teachers.

Woodwind and Brasswind Teachers

Clarinet
Braxton Thompson

Flute
Katharine Isbill

Sax
Molly Martin
Molly received her BA degree in Music Performance from the University Of Georgia and she studied with Dr. Kenneth Fischer. She received the Hugh Hodgson Award and has performed with numerous groups. Molly has been teaching privately for several years and she enjoys teaching students of all ages and skill levels.

Oboe
Stephanie Henke

Trumpet
Pete Lawless
Pete received his BA degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, with studies in trumpet performance, music composition and theory. He received a Masters in Music Performance on trumpet, under the direction of W. Fred Mills, founding member of the Canadian Brass, and Dr.Edward Sandor. Pete is currently completing his Ph.D. in musicology under the direction of Dr. Stephen Valdez.

Meg Taylor

Low Brass
Greg Leathers
Greg received his bachelor of music education from the University of Georgia and a Master of Music Performance from Manhattan School of Music (New York). Some of the festivals he has performed in include the Interlochen Arts Camp and Aspen Music Festival and he has performed in the American Wind Symphony. Some of his teachers include Dr. Philip Jameson-University of Georgia, Per Brevig- Manhattan School of Music and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Joseph Alessi-First Trombone, New York Philharmonic. Currently he teaches at Truett-McConnell College and has students in schools all over Gwinnett and Fulton counties. He is also currently freelance playing in the Atlanta area and is a substitute musician with the Columbus and Augusta Symphonies.

Voice Teachers

Melinda Smith

Justin Miskin

Drums/Percussion Teachers

Fred Colglazier

Spencer Smith
Spencer is a Music Performance major at the University of Georgia. His specialties include drum set, marimba and marching percussion. Spencer has studied with Dr. Tony McCuthen, Dr. Arvin Scott and Dr. Adrian Childs.