Corey Christensen
Corey and his son Brant playing the Guitar
Corey Christensen has taught his own brand of music and theatre to children and adults for over 15 years. Corey was born and raised in southern Oregon where he spent his youth performing live music and theatre on stages like the Ross Ragland Theatre, The Linkville Playhouse, Oregon Stage Works, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has been playing the guitar and drums, as well as acting and directing, since he was 12 years old. As a teenager he created Klamath Teen Theatre in Klamath Falls, Oregon and was also guest teaching after-school programs for local elementary and middle schools. His band in high school, “4 out of 5 Dentists” won several talent shows in Klamath Falls Oregon. After High School he went on to work on movie sets as a Production Assistant in Hollywood and continued to play music up and down the West Coast.
After completing his BA in Sound Design and Theatre for Youth at The Evergreen State College, Corey worked for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland Children’s Theatre and ran his own puppetry company “steppuP Puppets”. He has also worked for The Helen Hayes Theatre Awards in Washington DC, Blue Sky Puppet Theatre in Maryland, and Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs Colorado. While working for Blue Sky Puppets he was honored to perform for the Obama Administrations’ Children’s Inaugural Ball.
Most recently Corey comes to Silverton Oregon from the Portland/Vancouver area, where he has taught music and theatre for the last 6 years at places like Musical Beginnings in Vancouver Washington and Full Life in Portland Oregon. Corey believes in the power of mentoring, loves puppetry, plays the drums, guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, and keys. Notably, his current project “The Basinbillies”, a bluegrass band, took 1st place in 2010 at the Spirit Mountain Casino “Country Ruckus” competition.
Currently, Corey also currently serves on the board of directors for the Silverton Country Historical Society. Corey is a proud husband and father, he wouldn't be who he is without his wife Shana and his son Brant!
After completing his BA in Sound Design and Theatre for Youth at The Evergreen State College, Corey worked for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland Children’s Theatre and ran his own puppetry company “steppuP Puppets”. He has also worked for The Helen Hayes Theatre Awards in Washington DC, Blue Sky Puppet Theatre in Maryland, and Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs Colorado. While working for Blue Sky Puppets he was honored to perform for the Obama Administrations’ Children’s Inaugural Ball.
Most recently Corey comes to Silverton Oregon from the Portland/Vancouver area, where he has taught music and theatre for the last 6 years at places like Musical Beginnings in Vancouver Washington and Full Life in Portland Oregon. Corey believes in the power of mentoring, loves puppetry, plays the drums, guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, and keys. Notably, his current project “The Basinbillies”, a bluegrass band, took 1st place in 2010 at the Spirit Mountain Casino “Country Ruckus” competition.
Currently, Corey also currently serves on the board of directors for the Silverton Country Historical Society. Corey is a proud husband and father, he wouldn't be who he is without his wife Shana and his son Brant!
Michael Paul Reed
Michael Paul is a guitarist and singer/songwriter from northeast Wisconsin. Over the past 20 years Michael has performed a variety of events averaging well over 100 performances a year to include: festivals, weddings, funerals, benefits assisted living and memory care facilities, coffee houses and clubs. He recently performed live on WKOM in Columbia, TN during his stay in the Nashville area. Michael has many years of experience working in a professional studio setting as a recording artist, producer and engineer, most recently recording a full length EP at Pearl Studio in Canton, MI. After two years of independently touring the Midwest, Michael has decided that Oregon will be a great place to settle and share his talents. Michael studied music at the University of Wisconsin in Marinette under David Geibler. In addition to this, he has studied under a personal guitar coaches and has been furthering his musical education daily ever since. The drive behind Michael Paul's creative energy is to inspire others to set and achieve personal goals in music writing, performance, recording, and in daily living. Check out some of Michael’s music by going to his artist page facebook@michaelfcmusic.com
Michael teaches guitar, ukulele, piano, and drums.
Michael teaches guitar, ukulele, piano, and drums.
Ray hanna
Ray Hanna began his musical journey at the age of 9. Quickly learning to sight-read on the reeds, Ray branched out into percussion in high school and did his first singing in choirs. Realizing he couldn’t accompany himself on the sax, Ray began his lifelong exploration of the piano on his way to a degree at San Jose State. Based in San Francisco, Ray headlined comedy, cabaret and theatre venues all over the world, logging some 6000 appearances over 24 years. During the last two decades, Ray has upped his commitment to the music, and has appeared regularly with a number of working rock bands in Oregon; for the past 12 years leading the RECKLESS ROCKHOUNDS. Ray remembers, “In the comedy clubs, I was known as the ‘piano guy’. Since then, I have worked very hard at the humbling process of removing the quotation marks from piano guy."
Erin Carey
Ms. Carey is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and now lives in Silverton, Oregon. In addition to instructing at SoundStream Erin has owned and operated Vivace Music Studio, working with students in Salem, Silverton and Portland. She is the after-school Band Director at Central Howell School in Silverton as well as the after-school strings teacher at Community Roots School in Silverton. She teaches in Portland at Ethos Music Center. Ms. Carey performs violin with the Newport Symphony Orchestra in Newport, Oregon. She is a member of Slugger O’Toole, an Irish inspired band, based in Eugene, Oregon. Ms. Carey holds a B.A. in music from the University of Oregon and a M.S. in Arts Administration from the University of Oregon.
Erin’s teaching style combines her years studying the Suzuki method as a child with a broad range of additional musical influences. She uses western classical music as a starting point, branching off to Irish, Scottish, Americana and more. Bring Ms. Carey your favorite song and you can most likely learn it on your instrument! Both the teacher and student are constantly learning together.
Erin’s teaching style combines her years studying the Suzuki method as a child with a broad range of additional musical influences. She uses western classical music as a starting point, branching off to Irish, Scottish, Americana and more. Bring Ms. Carey your favorite song and you can most likely learn it on your instrument! Both the teacher and student are constantly learning together.
Ed Kopp
MUSICIAN/SINGER/SONGWRITER/INSTRUCTOR
Ed has over 25 years professional playing, recording and teaching experience on guitar and bass, he has been successfully gigging in bands since the age of 14. He can play multiple styles (rock, blues, jazz funk, folk) on guitar and bass and has been writing songs for almost forty years. Ed is a very a fun and engaging performer. Over the past 25 years he has taught hundreds of students from ages 6 to 60 on guitar and bass. Ed aims to provide a fun relaxed atmosphere for each student that fosters learning and growth. Can play and teach all the rhythm section instruments (guitar, bass, drums, vocals). In addition to his amazing music instruction Ed also wrote, produced and directed his own short film “Deadbeat” about a band in addition to composing all the music in his film!
Ed has over 25 years professional playing, recording and teaching experience on guitar and bass, he has been successfully gigging in bands since the age of 14. He can play multiple styles (rock, blues, jazz funk, folk) on guitar and bass and has been writing songs for almost forty years. Ed is a very a fun and engaging performer. Over the past 25 years he has taught hundreds of students from ages 6 to 60 on guitar and bass. Ed aims to provide a fun relaxed atmosphere for each student that fosters learning and growth. Can play and teach all the rhythm section instruments (guitar, bass, drums, vocals). In addition to his amazing music instruction Ed also wrote, produced and directed his own short film “Deadbeat” about a band in addition to composing all the music in his film!
