Andrea is currently an incoming senior at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities majoring in Choral Music Education. She hopes to graduate in the Spring of 2025 and find a music teaching job in a school setting afterward. Andrea is originally from the Philippines where she finished high school and studied guitar and voice lessons. She completed one level of voice lessons at the “Center for Pop Music Philippines” which is the number one training school of performing arts in the Philippines. Aside from that, she also started joining a lot of amateur and national talent contests back in the Philippines and sometimes wins and continuously does so here in the United States like the Minnesota Amateur Talent Contest. Aside from singing in talent contests or shows, she sometimes plays with her instruments like guitar, ukulele, and piano. She also did theater productions like “Jesus Christ Superstar” and is currently doing “The Little Mermaid”. She is also advocating the Philippine Culture in Minnesota since she is the current “Cultural Chair” of the “Philippine Student Association” in her school for the school year 2024 – 2025. She is also an academic achiever by being a dean’s lister for several semesters. In her free time, when does not do any performing arts related, she loves to watch movies with her family.
Eric was born in San Mateo, CA. He now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received a BA in Songwriting from Berklee College of Music in 2016. Eric is currently composing songs for an online audience on twitch and soundcloud. He’s working on writing a guitar method book. Eric has been teaching at the Minnesota School of Music and privately for 1 year. Eric teaches ages 5+. He describes his teaching style as structured and centered around the student’s wishes.
Joe has been playing guitar for over 15 years and has been teaching for over a decade. He is a well versed Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Drums, and Piano instructor. He plays a variety of genres from funk/jam band to reggae to progressive metal. Joe graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education at Saint Cloud State University and continued studying Guitar Performance at McNally Smith College. He has years of experience working with kids teaching private lessons and has owned and operated the Kracker Jacks Drumline since 2015. No matter the time of the day, Joe can be found spreading the word: “Music is a language we all know how to speak. Some of us just don’t know it yet.”
Guitar Repairs
Joe has been repairing guitars for nearly 10 years. His work covers everything from pickup mods, parallel/series wiring, to full refrets. Whether you need a cracked headstock glued, to deck out your Squier/Epiphone with upgraded parts, or just a restring/setup, Joe has you covered!