
Students meet weekly for one hour to learn to perform together, apply what they have learned in their private lessons, and have opportunities to play at an annual mega rock concert: Avalon Rocks!, local Battles of the Bands, and various performance opportunities throughout the year.All of our instructors and staff are certified by Ask the Seal background checking service.
Highlights and features
- Strings, Brass, Drums, Voice, Woodwinds, Guitar

Dr. Otto
Trumpet
Dr. Otto Gomez, already well known in Orlando, is a member of the jazzinorlando.com community. As an accomplished musician, Dr. Otto is also a producer and arranger. His complex arrangements clearly standout and rise above the norm. His knack for teaching musicians, elementary and advanced, has always been a highlight of his ongoing career.

Melissa Reyes
Guitar
Melissa Reyes teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced piano as well as beginning guitar. She is an accomplished performer, worship leader and singer/songwriter. Melissa studied piano performance with professors from the distinguished University Mozarteum and Salzburg College in Salzburg, Austria as part of a summer college program.

Steven Malicki
Piano
Steven Malicki’s life mission is to share with his students the joy that music brings to our lives every day. He teaches beginning & intermediate piano as well as beginning, intermediate & advanced guitar with a focus on practical application of music theory. With his soft spoken demeanor and patience; Steven enjoys teaching all ages.

Emily Cutting
Voice & Piano
Emily Cutting is a singer/actress who has been teaching voice and piano for five years. She received her Bachelor's in music performance from UCF in spring 2010. Emily has performed in various musical theater numbers and has many film credits to her name as well. She has performed with cover bands, acapella groups, as well as opera workshop performances.

David Khourshid
Piano
David Khourshid has been studying piano since the age of 6 under the study of Beverly Newland, Jodie DeSalvo (critically acclaimed concert pianist), and Laurent Boukobza (Associate Chair of Piano at the University of Central Florida). He is a classically-trained pianist, but is able to adapt to many different styles of playing.
Avalon School of Music
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