Dee Sales

She graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Music in voice and piano, with over 40 years combined performing and teaching experience in piano, voice and organ. The University of North Texas is a leading university for training musicians and teachers. Her training included emphasis in theory, instrumental (piano and organ) and vocal technique and performance.

Dee has taught music for over 30 years as a private piano and voice teacher, as a classroom music teacher and as a private music class instructor. She has designed music programs for private pre-schools, elementary schools, and middle schools.

Certified and licensed in Musikgarten, Dee is also a member of Edmonds Music Teachers Association (which is the local chapter for Music Teachers National Association), a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and also a Guild Member of the National Piano-Playing Auditions.

Dee's Music Room was established to provide a community of teachers and families dedicated to learning music through the fun of self-expression and discovery.

Dan Sales

Performing jazz and classical guitarist, Dan Sales is active with teaching private and class guitar, studio recording, composing, arranging, and performing, including past performances with the world-famous 1:00 O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. He has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Donald Byrd, Nelson Riddle, Nancy Wilson, and Bob Hope, among others. His compositions have been purchased by several companies, including "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and "Days of Our Lives." He and his wife, Dee, own and operate "Music Experience", a music teaching studio oriented toward preschool - high school students.

Barbara Spadavecchia

Barbara studied violin with Zsigmondy at the University of Washington where she earned a Bachelor in Music. She has also studied Suzuki violin teaching.

Jacinda Hansen

Performing flute for 24 years, Jacinda, a Montessori teacher, has experience playing piccolo as well as flute, and shares her love of playing the flute with her students. Interested students need to make an appointment with Jacinda to test for physical readiness to begin flute study.

Larry Holloway

A professional musician for 30 years, Larry is a first call on the Northwest and national scene. Growing up in Kansas, Larry earned a Bachelor of Music in 1980. He served two stints with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra led by Buddy Morrow. Before dropping anchor in the Northwest, Larry spent many years in Kansas City and Denver performing and teaching. From his current northern position, Larry has been featured at Jazz Alley in Seattle with performers such as the late Steve Allen and Louie Bellson. Larry has also toured internationally with Seattle vocal legend Ernestine Anderson, and has performed many of the pops concerts with the Seattle Symphony.Several years ago, Larry began tuning his bass in fifths, an ambitious technique pioneered by his mentor, the great Red Mitchell. Larry is the first recipient of the ‘Red Mitchell Scholarship Award’, presented at Willamette University in Salem Oregon. For the last seven years, Larry has been the bass faculty instructor at the Blaine Jazz Festival, a student summer jazz camp. In addition to teaching string bass, electric bass and music theory, Larry teaches cello and tuba. During his college years, Larry was a tuba major and his string technique saw him playing cello in his college orchestra. At different points in his career, Larry has taught and professionally recorded or performed on all of these instruments.

Chris Whalen

Chris Whalen earned his Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana. He has performed with the Fort Peck Players, Virginia City Players and the Nevada City Gunfighters all in
Montana. In '95 he completed the Physical Theatre Program of Blue Lake California's Dell'Arte School, where he met and married his partner, Sarah Seigneuret. Chris's performance credits include roles in THE SWORD IN THE STONE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. He loves music and plays saxophone, trumpet and trombone. He also likes to make things from paper mache masks to wacky clown cars.