Our Teachers

Music education is a primary concern at UNION MUSIC. Our teaching and rehearsal complex features modern, secure, soundproofed and climate-controlled rooms tailored for individual instruction. The teaching staff - listed below - can boast decades of performing and teaching experience and service to the area music community. Call the store - a salesperson can schedule your lessons at a convenient time, or can put you directly in touch with the instructor.

HANSANI ARCHIBALD
Piano and keyboards - Studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music. Hansani is currently the pianist at the New Apostolic Temple.
508-799-8912
Hansani@rocketmail.com

PETER DePASQUALE
Guitar, Bass, and Voice - Rock, Blues, Slide, Jazz, Country, Classical, Folk, Alternative and Music Theory - A teaching and performing musician for over 25 years. Currently leader of the Solar Jazz Quartet, guitarist of the Brian Lewis Big Band at Berklee, and the band 9teen. Formerly guitarist for the band Down East. Awarded a B.M.Ed. from Berklee College of Music and having attended Clark University, Peter is an Instructor at Berklee Summer Courses.
774-289-9156
peterdepasquale@charter.net

DAVID DICK
5-String Banjo - 12 years teaching experience; a member of internationally performing and recording bluegrass bands, including Salamander Crossing, Southern Rail, Robin Kincaid & Back Roads.
508-765-5547
dave@unionmusic.com

KEVIN GORDON
Piano & Keyboards - Beginning to Advanced - 28 yrs. playing exp., 4 yrs in HS Jazz Ensemble: Awarded Most Valuable Player. UMASS Amherst B.A., Masters degree in Education, Teacher Certification Coursework Worcester State College. 15 years teaching experience. Currently playing Jazz and Pop for private functions.
508 845 2129
kevingordon24@hotmail.com

JASON GRAHAM
Guitar & Bass - Various levels and styles including Rock, Funk, Blues, Jazz, and Classical, as well as music theory. 8 years of teaching experience, and 15 years of performing experience as a solo artist and with various local acts including Soulstice, Craig, the Arthur Dent Foundation (ADF), and the WSC Jazz Band. BS from Worcester State College w/music minor and 3 years of Jazz studies with local instructors.
508-414-8060
jgrahammusic@gmail.com

MATT MARCEL
Guitar-all levels; Bass-beginner to intermediate; Ukelele; All styles including Rock, Blues, Metal, and Acoustic. Specializing in song writing and music theory. 16 years of live performance and studio experience. Graduate of The New England Institute of Art.
508-335-7860
matt@alazair.com

RICK MURPHY
Drums - Full Set Instruction - All styles from Rock, Funk, Pop, Afro-Cuban/Latin, and Heavy Metal. Rudiments to double bass drumming techniques. 19 years playing, live performance, and studio experience. Eight years teaching experience.
508-494-2821

JOY RACHELLE MURRIETA
Guitar, Voice, Piano, ukulele, music theory, songwriting; Received her B.A. in Music Performance from Crown College, MN. Awarded the Grand Prize for the Kiwanis International "Stars of Tomorrow" Competition (2005). Currently performs in the band, "Bright, the Morning" around the Worcester and Boston area, and was recently featured in Worcester Magazine. 14 years of live performance experience, including 6 years involvement in The Fort Collins Children's Theatre Co. in Colorado.
508.769.2634
joyrachelle@gmail.com
http://jrms.musicteachershelper.com

MARIO VESSELINOV PORTEV
Piano, violin, and cello - All ages, from beginners to Master Classes. M.M. Degree from the Bulgarian State Conservatory of Music, Sofia Bulgaria. Over 17 years experience in the US teaching and performing.
508-341-8982
mvportev@gmail.com

PHIL SALAH
Drums - All Styles, From Rudiments to Rock, Pop, Metal, Funk, Fusion, Jazz & Big Band 30+ years playing & teaching all styles of music; studied with many of the finest teachers on the east coast. Many prize-winning students, induding recent winners of All-State Drum Competitions in Massachusetts & Connecticut.
508-366-2808

KEN SAWYER
Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Flugelhorn, Saxophone, Flute , Clarinet, Oboe, and Piano. 40 years playing and teaching Jazz improv, classical and rock; active on the local music scene with The Bluesicians and Fred Hall's Blackstone Valley Swing Band. Founder of Sawyer Saxophone Student Solo Workshop, which includes woodwinds, brass and a professional rhythm section.
774 272 0103

CHET WILLIAMSON
Harmonica. Reflecting his ability to play a wide variety of musical styles, the "Chromatic" Chet Williamson has shared stages with many of the world's most popular and finest musicians, including Sleepy LaBeef, Duke Levine and Joan Osborne.
His bands have opened for Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson and Ronnie Earl, among others. His jazz credits include gigs with Pamela Hines, Amanda Carr, Reggie Walley, Dick Odgren and Emil Haddad.
Williamson's chromatic harmonica and blues harp styling can be heard on She's Busy's Strange Bedfellows, Valerie and Walter Crockett's Moonbone and Emily's Angel, and the Movie Channel's station ID, Try a Little TMC.
His own CD releases include Chromatic Swing, which showcases jump blues and Two for the Road, a duo recording with guitarist Steve Cancelli. His new album, Chromology: Compositions for the Chromatic Harmonica, features pianist Dick Odgren. For more, see: www.myspace.com/chetwilliamson
774-364-4023
chromatic@charter.net

The Sawyer Saxophone Student Solo Workshops 1988 - 2011

Under Ken Sawyer's fine leadership, the all ages group celebrates it's 23rd year in 2011.
For more information, please contact Ken Sawyer: 508-755-2643.