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"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
          -William Butler Yeats

ROLIN MAINS (Piano/Composition/Theory)

Rollie has worked as a professional musician for over 30 years performing on piano and keyboards, conducting, and composing music for events, television, and film.  He has been nominated for a Dove Award three times for Instrumental Album of the Year, and won the award in 1997.  He has accompanied Natalie Cole with the Manhattan Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, toured with nationally recognized Christian artist Sandi Patty, performed with Donna Summer, Wayne Watson, Dino Kartsonakis, and Ray Boltz.  He is the founder of the Nashville Composers Association, a non-profit organization with the vision to provide composers opportunities to have their works heard in television, film, ballet, theater, and the concert hall.  He collaborated with Ted Swindley (Always, Patsy Cline) on a brand new re-staging of God's Trombones, featuring newly composed music, and most recently he musical directed Spelling Bee and Macabaret for Street Theatre.

Piano (Ages 9 through adult):  Lessons will focus on the the needs/wants of the individual student.  Different focus areas can include: how to read music, how to improvise, how to comp and hone your studio chops*, how to play specific songs, how to read charts (numbers and letters) and how to play around with a keyboard (sounds, pedals, MIDI, etc).  Styles include jazz, blues, classical, gospel and rock and roll.  

*Will include examples of charts from actual sessions and guidance about how to choose parts, play with a guitar player, and playing to click track.

Composition (Ages 15 through adult):  The student will learn elementary understanding of orchestrating (advanced orchestration for advanced students), how to develop an idea, how to score for film (will score to actual film clips), and what is expected of a professional composer/arranger in the music business.

Theory (Ages 12 through adult):  The student will learn the basic components of ALL music and will learn how to break down any style and genre of music into understandable parts.  The goal of theory is to understand why music sounds good (or bad) to the ear and to be able to recognize components of style., i.e., what makes jazz, jazz, or blues, blues, or any style at all.  Music covered will be based on what the student wants to understand/analyze.

STUDIO HOURS:
Tuesdays, 4 - 7 p.m.
Wednesdays, 3:30 - 6 p.m.
Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

ERICA HAINES CANTRELL (Voice, ages 5 through adult)

After graduating magne cum laude in Vocal Performance, Erica performed with the Broadway tour of "Ring of Fire" and with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.  Currently, she teaches drama and voice for STC and is an adjunct professor at Belmont University.  She has been teaching for schools, performing troupes, and children's instruction resources for the past eight years.  Other engagements include work with Gaylord Opryland, Word Entertainment, Matt Davenport Productions, Hershey Park, Brentwood Benson, Brad Paisley, MTV, and Warner Brothers Films to name a few.  She is also part of numerous recording sessions for the publishing industry receiving several Dove Award Nominations.  Erica has been seen onstage in STC's ...Spelling Bee and Macabaret and as a teacher for STC's youth programming.  Visit www.EricaLee.org

STUDIO HOURS:
Tuesdays, 12 - 6 p.m. (at home studio, Goodlettesville)
Thursdays, 12 - 6 p.m. (at Street Theatre)

ELAINA MCKNIGHT SHAVER 
(Voice and acting, ages 5 through adult) 

CATHY STREET (Audition Preparation)

Cathy serves as Artistic Director of Street Theatre Company.  She earned a BS in Theatre at Skidmore College and has been seen nstage nationally with such companies as Hampstead Players, Miami Valley Dinner Theatre, and the Nebraska Theatre Caravan. On the Seacoast of NH she was a theatrical staple in the professional community as performer, musical director and director.  In addition to teaching numerous drama classes for theatre companies and high schools, she has directed many productions for elementary schools, and has taught privately for over 15 years.

Audition Prep (Ages 10 through adult):  Students can work on monologues and/or musical pieces for upcoming auditions.  They can bring in previously prerpared pieces for feedback and refinement, or can work with the intructor to develop new material, as well.  Due to the nature of the lessons being for audition prep, they may be scheduled in blocks of two to six.

Tuition is $25 for 30 minute lessons and $40 for hour lessons. 

STUDIO HOURS:
Thursdays, 4 - 7 p.m. 
Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

For more information or to sign up for any of the above lessons, please call 554-7414 or email info@streettheatrecompany.org.



Contact info@streettheatrecompany.org or call 554-7414 to register for any of the above workshops.