Ross Standley
Founder / CEO
Guitar / Bass Instructor
Ross has been playing guitar for over 30 years and has been teaching guitar and bass for 20 plus years! Growing up in Historical Folsom and a graduate of Folsom High, he takes pride in his hometown and loves serving his community with his passion and experience in music. He is in 3 different active touring bands: a punk rock band named A.D.D. (since ’99), a folk/bluegrass band named Bear Whiskey and another punk band named BADD Music! He has more compassion and patience than anyone you’ll ever meet when it comes to teaching music. He’s exceptionally amazing with children of all ages and the adult students want to be his best friend! He will blow your mind with his wide range of knowledge of all things music-related!
Jessica Standley
Owner / CEO
Jess comes from 2 decades of working in the healthcare / corporate world. She joined forces with her husband in 2020 to help run the shop doing all the admin/scheduling/payroll/hiring/managing teachers and customer first point of service. She is an abstract artist and a HUGE music lover! Metallica & Alice In Chains to name a couple of her favorite bands! While running the business either at home or from the front lobby desk, she enjoys going to concerts, decorating, DIY, gardening, painting or walking to the park with her baby and dogs in tow!
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Giorgi Khokhobashvili
Violin Instructor
Giorgi has been a part of Sacramento music scene for over 20 years. He has played with local symphonies, theater companies and a wide variety of bands. His interests span everything from classical to Gypsy Jazz. He has taught hundreds of people of all ages how to play the violin since 2005.
Jordan Price
Guitar / Bass Instructor
Jordan Price is a guitarist, bassist, composer, producer, and music teacher in Sacramento, California. He is a founding member of the Reggae/Rock band The E-Regulars and the Progressive Metal band Bleak Machine. Jordan’s love for music began in elementary school where he played saxophone in the school band. While in high school, the heavy guitar sounds of Van Halen and Metallica convinced him to pick up the guitar and bass. His experience with both horns and rock instruments led to his involvement performing and writing for funk, ska, and reggae groups as well as traditional jazz and rock ensembles.
Jordan has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from San Jose State University where he studied jazz guitar, composition, music theory, and electro-acoustic music under the instruction of Rick Vandivier and Dr. Pablo Furman. While attending he performed with the school’s award-winning Choir and Afro-Latin Jazz Ensembles as well as premiering original pieces of electro-acoustic music and co-teaching the University’s beginning guitar class. Jordan also studied recording arts at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, and has studied privately with Bay Area jazz guitarist Mike Williams, Sacramento composer and guitarist Chris Lee, funk and R&B bassist Glenn Letsch, and has attended master classes with jazz legends John Stowell and Hristo Vitchev.
Jordan’s versatile playing spans rock, metal, reggae, ska, funk, blues, and jazz. He is currently teaching and performing in the Sacramento area while performing with The E-Regulars and Bleak Machine as well as the jazz orchestra Symphonia Phonotone and the Progressive Metal band Lunar.
Morgan Glaspereed
Piano Instructor
Morgan is a pianist and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in teaching complete beginners. As a largely self-taught musician who later pursued formal music study as an adult, Morgan understands firsthand the challenges new students face when learning piano and playing with sheet music for the first time.
Her teaching style is patient, encouraging, and structured, with a strong focus on building confidence, musical understanding, sight-reading, and a genuine enjoyment of playing. In addition to piano, Morgan also plays bass, guitar, and teaches the History of Rock & Roll at Folsom Lake College.These days, Morgan is continuing to grow her career as a performing and collaborative musician while helping new pianists build strong musical foundations. Her goal is to help students become independent musicians who can rely on the knowledge they’ve acquired through our lessons. Practice makes progress is her motto and she aims to help beginners blossom into intermediate and advanced players.
Jeff Wheeler
Drum Instructor
Jeff Wheeler has been playing the drum set for 22 years and teaching private drum lessons for 8 years. He studied Music Performance at both Berkeley College of Music and California State University, East Bay. Jeff currently performs professionally throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in genres such as pop, rock, funk, reggae, swing, and hip-hop. Additionally, he is a member of the high-energy, award-winning percussion ensemble, Street Drum Corps.
His musical inspiration comes from a wide range of styles, people, performances, and especially the grooves of the Motown catalog. Jeff is known for his strong work ethic, self-discipline, and deep passion for his craft. He is a friendly, outgoing, and humorous individual who is deeply passionate about teaching the drum set.He looks forward to meeting new students and sharing his love for music! drum