Victoria Hammill is a professional performing artist, musician, and songwriter, who is gifted with the natural ability to teach students of all ages, including those with special needs. With a rich experience in the arts, music, and sciences, Victoria reaches students of all ages. She honors all cultures and teaches with joy and enthusiasm. With a genuine desire to foster and inspire the growth of every individual, private instruction is tailored to fit each student’s goals and passion. From August 2011 to present, Victoria has taught 150+ students, ages ranging from 4 yrs. of age to adult.
Learning piano and guitar and taking formal classical violin and orchestral study and voice through the highly regarded public school music program of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; and studying voice at the University of Wisconsin in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Music program, she has performed professionally for more than 30 years in Nashville, Tennessee; Austin, Texas; and regionally in Texas and Wisconsin.
With mastery of multiple instruments – acoustic violin, viola, piano, and guitar – as a professional performing artist, her niche is voice and electric violin blues / rock / jazz / fusion.
Jessica Cowan has a classical background in voice and piano. Amongst many of her academic musical achievements of studying piano and vocal performance at Rhode Island, she has taught all ages for over a decade and currently is also the pianist at a local church in Georgetown, TX.
In addition, she enjoys teaching music theory and encourages the creativity of original composition.
Jay Gonzalez is a former middle and high school choir director from Taylor ISD. He has taught private voice lessons and is excited to begin his journey being a private piano lesson teacher as well.
Jay graduated from Texas State University with a B.A. in Music Education. At Texas State, he was a part of the Texas State Opera program and was the bass section leader in the Texas State University Singers; Jay also participated in the Texas State Men’s Choir, and Heart of Texas Barbershop Choir. Jay is very excited to teach others and to bring the joy that comes with creating music. He is very patient and creates a safe learning environment that will push the student to become a better musician.lifelong love for music