Patrick Tanguay is a multi-woodwind specialist and audio engineer from Billerica, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of UMass Lowell where he studied the saxophone under Ken Reid. Patrick got his start in teaching as a marching band staff member at North Andover High School, Salem High School, Mansfield High School, and is currently an audio engineer and sound designer for the Boston University athletic bands. He was an avid participant in the marching arts himself, having performed and toured extensively in Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International. More recently you may see him performing in the pit orchestras of local musical theater productions, his favorite of which so far has been Newsies. He has extensive experience with wind ensemble/concert band literature, chamber music, and modern woodwind compositions. Patrick likes to include music theory, singing, listening examples, and music history in his lessons to achieve a more complete understanding of music in general. In his spare time he also has a hobby of collecting and restoring antique instruments, and playing disc golf.

Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Rubén Winters possesses years of experience teaching private lessons and performing professionally. Chris has had success helping students of all ages, stylistic preferences, and ability levels to find their musical voice. As a teacher, his guiding pedagogical principle is to identify student goals and to find actionable steps to reach those goals. Chris teaches using a mixture of teacher-selected and student-selected repertoire. In his lessons, he emphasizes skills such as reading of standard notation and tablature, effective use of practice time, stylistic and cultural awareness, and understanding of basic compositional principles. Prior to teaching private lessons at The Music Room, Chris spent many years working with children at his hometown YMCA, where he frequently performed for his students and helped to develop curriculum for music activities.

As a performer, Chris has appeared in diverse ensemble formats including jazz big band, jazz combo, salsa band, chamber choir, and pit orchestra. As a member of these ensembles, he has played at the Massachusetts State House, the Hatch Memorial Shell, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, and many other venues throughout New England. Chris has performed alongside such renowned musicians as Allison Case (Hair revival on Broadway), Eguie Castrillo (Steve Winwood, Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval), and Juan Sebastián Sánchez Duque (Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tony Succar). Chris’ pit orchestra work includes musical theatre productions with Seacoast Repertory Theatre (Portsmouth, NH), Firehouse Center for the Arts (Newburyport, MA), and numerous high schools and universities in the Greater Boston area. Chris also brings the vocalist perspective to his guitar playing and instruction; his choral singing has been heard at St. Paul’s Parish (Cambridge, MA), Arlington Street Church (Boston, MA), the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Boston, MA), and many other places of worship throughout the Bay State.

Chris graduated in 2020 with his Bachelor's degree in Music Performance from UMass Lowell, where he spent four years under the tutelage of Boston guitar legend Jon Wheatley. When he does not have a guitar or a book in his hands, he can be found spending time with his cat, Sol.

Jared Burrell holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Master of Music degree in Jazz Composition from New England Conservatory. He has worked as a trumpeter, composer, and orchestrator. His notable releases include the original soundtracks for NBA Life by Kentucky-based video game publisher Hit Cents and Shock Jocks by Boston-based independent video game designer Michael Andryauskas. His original composition for trumpet ensemble, Music for Friends, garnered significant interest from the Alabama Trumpet Guild before Covid-19 canceled public performance in 2020. As an orchestrator, Jared collaborated with composer Vincent Diamonte and That Game Company on the sound track for the video game Sky, which was briefly the #1 top-selling album in Japan in August 2020.

Jared takes his eclectic experiences with him as a teacher and enjoys sharing his knowledge of jazz, classical, and commercial composition. He believes in guiding students towards their aspirations, delving into their influences, and broadening their foundations to help them have
long and fruitful creative lives. Jared strives to find the right balance of technique, concept, structure, freedom, theory, and ear training for each student’s learning style. He aspires to teach in questions whenever possible to spark the student’s imagination.

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