Meet Our Teachers
With over 100 years of combined teaching experience, our teachers bring an expertise in every area of drums and percussion. With seven teachers on staff, we are able to accommodate and help you reach your goals as a musician, no matter what your area of focus!
Robert Kessling
Bachelors of Music
Berklee College of Music
Principal Percussionist
Jackson Symphony Orchestra
Freelance Percussionist
throughout the Mid-South
Whitney Kessling
Bachelors of Music
Bluffton University
Percussion Caption Head
Bartlett High School
Freelance Percussionist
Playhouse on the Square, Circuit Playhouse, Theater Memphis, DeSoto Family Theater, Harrell Theater, and various other venues throughout the Mid-South
James Sexton
Garry Goin Group
House Drummer for the
Memphis Grizzlies
"Elvis Live In Concert" Touring Concert
Freelance Percussionist
George Lawrence
University of North Texas
Southern Methodist University
Member of the band POCO
Career recording session musician in L.A., Nashville and Muscle Shoals
Colby Snider
University of Tennessee at Martin
University of Kansas
Jackson Symphony Orchestra
Percussion Instructor at
Houston High School
Houston Middle School
Riverdale Middle School
Freelance Percussionist around Memphis, TN area
Jaske Goff
Bachelors of Music
in Music Business
University of Miami
Percussion Instructor at
Bartlett High School
Mike Karcz
Bachelors of Music New England Conservatory
Percussionist Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Percussionist IRIS Orchestra
Stan Head
Bachelor & Masters of Music Education Arkansas State University
Principal Timpanist Jackson Symphony Orchestra Percussionist Theater Memphis