Christina Pappalardo is a classically trained Mezzo-Soprano with over 10 years of experience in a variety of vocal styles including musical theater, jazz, R&B, pop, rock, and opera. She received her Bachelor of Music Education with a K-12 Vocal and General...
Donna K. Simonton has spent many years balancing nursing, health professions education, and music…lots of music: instrumental (sax, oboe, harp) and voice (opera, musicals, lieder, art songs, sacred-Christian & Jewish, choral, and jazz). Originally from...
Raeleigh Tripp has over a decade of experience ranging from orchestral work to solo and small ensembles. She is a graduate of Wartburg College with a B.M. in music and double minor in Business and Environmental Studies, while also completing courses in in professional...
Jazz’s newest enigma, who goes by the moniker of Jerome Gillespie Jr., is a multi-talented musician, drummer, composer, bandleader, and teacher who is at the fulcrum of an evolving jazz scene. Taught in Houston by Craig Green, Joel Fulgham, and Sebastian Whittaker,...
David is pleased to be joining the West Music team. He holds three degrees in music education, (BA, MA, and EdD) with more than 30 years teaching experience at college, middle and high school levels. Snare, mallets, drum set (rock, blues, jazz). David enjoys teaching...
