Brian Kantor - Drums
Brian has been performing, recording & teaching music since the late 90s. He has been an active touring musician for nearly two decades, playing with Fruit Bats, Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Vetiver, Lauren Ambrose & The Leisure Class amongst many others.
In addition to performance and education, Brian is an avid collector of records and likes to instill a passion for listening to sounds across a diverse range of musical styles. Critical listening is at the center of Brian’s musical teachings.
Brian has a lifelong passion for performing and music education, passing musical knowledge along to others. He also has several years of early childhood teaching experience, working at The Berkshire Waldorf School (Great Barrington), Stevens Cooperative (Hoboken) and The Williamsburg Northside School (Brooklyn).
Michael Siktberg - Guitar, Ukulele, Soundry Sprouts: Toddler Music Programming
A musician since practically birth, Michael is also an actor and musical theatre professional. After 20 years in New York City, he finally came to his senses and moved to Sheffield with his wife and three cats. Aside from performing theatre and teaching music, he is also a teaching artist for the Flying Cloud Institute, a director for the Falls Village Children’s Theatre, and on staff at Dewey Memorial Hall.
Sam Lisabeth - Piano, Guitar
Sam Lisabeth has been teaching music for over a decade. After his studies at The New England Conservatory where he received a BA in jazz performance he began his career as an educator and touring musician. Sam has been fortunate enough to play with many amazing musicians and bands all over the world at such notable places as Pitchfork Festival Berlin and London and the Moers Festival in Germany.
Sam teaches all skill levels, from beginners to students preparing for college auditions. His teaching philosophy puts the student’s personal interests first while also providing a solid knowledge of fundamentals and technique. The end goal of his music lessons is to give the students the tools needed to play music with other musicians—to create a mode of communication the student feels comfortable being themselves in while simultaneously listening to others.
Lee Godleski - Piano, Guitar, Saxophone
Lee Godleski is a Hudson Valley based pianist, recording artist, songwriter and multi instrumentalist. He has been drawn to music since his very early years, first approaching the piano at age 6, before diving into the saxophone, guitar and bass in his teens. Growing up in western Mass, he was part of a creative family that valued music as an end in itself and as one of the great joys of life. He is grateful to have been a teacher for over a decade, both as a high school English teacher and music instructor.
Lee has performed professionally for over twenty years in many different styles, equally at home in the world of jazz, rock, country, folk and more. Building an improvisatory confidence and versatile musical ear are cornerstones of his approach, and neither of these are possible without that most important value: a love of music and the desire to learn it. A believer in the magic of musical expression and the imaginative power of songs, Lee endeavors to bring a sense of wonder and the technique to manifest it to all of his students.
Miles Lally - Electric Bass
Miles Lally has been rocking stages on electric bass since before he had a driver's license. After earning a BA at Bennington College where he studied under a pioneer of avant-garde improvised music, Professor Milford Graves, Miles brought the ethos of the improvisor to more mainstream musical forms like rock & roll, funk, reggae, r&b, soul, and the blues. Tapping into and honing one's distinct musical voice is the overarching goal of Miles' playing and teaching.
With deep respect for the groove, a penchant for collaborating on original music, and a passion for the historical foundations of a wide range of popular musical genres, Miles has had the good fortune of working with many truly talented artists including Greg Farley, Doug Fieger, Ursula Rucker, the BTU's, Billy Keane, Don McGrory, Jordan Weller and the Feathers, the Transmitters, and Bell Engine to name a few.