MIS is please to announce, we have two new instructors. Dr. Nicole Doran & Greg Smith, both instructors will be teaching at our Hixson location. They are now taking new students, so call today to get the best times slots before our summer rush hits.
Dr. Nicole Doran – Piano, Voice & Woodwinds (Hixson)
Dr. Nicole Doran has loved music from a young age and enjoys musical adventures with her students. Every day she finds ways to connect a singing tone to work with pianist, singers and other woodwind performers. She studied bassoon performance, music education classes, woodwind and vocal techniques at the University of Miami with Luciano Magnaninni and completed her studies in performance, music history and music composition at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory on a full scholarship with William Winstead and Allan Sapp. Since that time she has performed with Northern Kentucky Symphony and the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, performed many original compositions at churches in the DC area. She has performed at Eastern Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, and Arkansas Music Festival.
When her family settled in Tennessee she served as adjunct music faculty with Bryan College and taught college seniors courses that would prepare them for the next level of musicianship after graduation. She has worked as an assistant children’s choir director at North Shore Fellowship and promotes classical music and the arts in many ways throughout the region and online with a youtube website at https://www.youtube.com/user/nicoledoranmusic/playlists and is registered with the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Greg Smith – Drum, Percussion, Woodwinds & Brass (Hixson)
Greg Smith has been an instructor since 1980. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Music Performance and a Bachelor of Music Education. He has toured extensively throughout the United States as the back beat for many bands.
As a Music Educator, Greg has instructed numerous school drum lines and ensembles who performed at major theme parks, stadiums, on radio and television broadcasts. his students have won awards and scholarships. Several have launched successful careers in the music industry. Greg is author of the Dynamic Drumming series and composer/ arranger with his steel band: AmeriCalypso