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Nathan Grant
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From early on Nathan has had strong desire and interest in drumming and progressed quickly in early education into being one of the premier members of award winning percussion ensembles including LDL percussion ensemble and Huron Valley Percussion ensemble both that showed themselves to be top tier award winning leaders in performance. Further success was founded in the admittance to Michigan State University’s Jazz Performance program, studying with renowned performer and jazz master Randy Gelispie. Nathan has been a founding member and music arranger for Creature of one, John Patrick Peters, and founding member of the BIG RIGGS BAND since 2018. Nathan Grant continues education and performance in worship, jazz, blues, rock, and country music, while cofounding Deep Studios, a Video and Audio recording company, keeping active in the music in multiple facets of the scene and providing the driving beat for BIG RIGGS BAND.
Adam
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Adam is a life long musician and has been playing the drums since he could walk. Once his dad taught him the way, he went on to study music throughout college and got a music degree with an emphasis on management. Along the way, he has been in numerous bands ranging from pop and folk, to punk and metal. Having a wide ranging versatile style, it has allowed for many opportunities in the music industry. Once he had a grasp on the drums, he became well versed in guitar and overall band performance with other instruments as well. He has taught all styles and skill levels and has a blast with every kind of music. He loves teaching music and has been doing so for almost two decades. There is always something inspiring about learning from different styles in the music world and he loves taking it all in and giving the gift of music to others.
Matt Poirier
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Matt has formal training in music and has been playing bass, drums, guitar, and keyboard for over 15 years. He has experience doing freelance work, playing in churches, recording, has composed several original projects, and has been teaching for 7 years.​ His areas of expertise include Soul, Funk, Blues, and Rock, with an emphasis on theory, and the fundamentals of Music. Matt's philosophy on teaching is for students to develop a strong fundamental base, from which they can branch out to learn any kind of music.
Christopher Onze
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Chris has been playing and teaching music lessons for over 20 years. He is currently the rock band and orchestra director for the local school districts, and performs everything from punk rock to classical guitar. Getting his initial music education in classical vocal performance, Christopher has since branched into various genres of music, playing a variety of instruments.
Billy Rider
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A former attendee of Columbia College, Billy has been playing drums for 60 years and has been teaching for 40 years. Having played with many famous acts as well as performing in a multitude of genres, Billy has spent decades honing his abilities to better relate his love of music to his students.
Claire Oselador
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Claire has been playing piano for over twenty years and holds both bachelors and masters degrees in music composition. They employ a holistic and trauma-informed approach to teaching, as music is an activity that engages every aspect of a person. Claire has a passion for music theory, anthropology, sociology, and anything that fosters genuine connection between people.​
Klaire Thomas
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Klaire is a performer, educator, and arranger currently based in Lansing, Michigan. She is a doctoral candidate in percussion at Michigan State University. During her studies, she has had opportunities performing with the MSU Symphony Orchestra, MSU M21 Ensemble as a soloist, and with the MSU Percussion Ensemble. Her previous studies include a masters from Northwestern State University in Louisiana, where she taught the university drumline, applied lessons, the Pandemonium Steel Band, and percussion methods courses. She has played piano and percussion in many settings and genres, including classical, jazz, rock, pop, and in worship bands. She also is passionate about music technology. When Klaire isn't playing music, she likes going on walks with her dog, Sir Billiam Leopold Chunkerton III.
Ryan
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Ryan has been playing drums for 14 years and guitar for 2.5 years. He also specializes in marching percussion (snare, tenor, and bass). He has experience teaching students from 5 to 70 years old and enjoys teaching classic rock, folk, soul, and funk. Due to Ryan's love of song writing and knowledge of music theory, he approaches teaching from a singer-songwriter perspective.​
Stephen Loikith
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Stephen has played music for nearly 30 years, playing different instruments. He received his Bachelor's in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College in PA and his Master's in Musicology from Brandeis University in MA. He aims to not only help his students be better at their instruments but be well-rounded musicians.​