Faculty/Staff


Matthew Sandoski	Executive Director Matt began studying music at the age of 5, started his first band at age twelve (playing guitar and bass), and began working professionally in the music business at age sixteen. Throughout high school and college, Matt played in up-and-coming local bands while also diving head first into the production side of the music business. Matt has...	Read More
Philip Silverberg	Director of Curriculum , Keyboard/Guitar/Bass/Vocal Instructor How did Phil Silverberg get to Carnigie Hall? Practice, practice, practice of course! Phil was introduced to music at a very young age. His parents played a diverse selection of music in the house, and Phil picked up on it quick. He taught himself piano, and began learning music theory and classical piano techniques. He also took up...	Read More
Mark Dollar	Music Director, Guitar & Bass Instructor Mark Dollar is a guitarist/singer-songwriter/artist who has been celebrated for his work around the world. He has worked dilligently to perserve real music in the way of passion and talent. He currently resides in Montclair NJ, where he is as deep into his artistry as he has ever been before. He works as an in house studio guitarist to...	Read More
Maurice Watson	Drum Instructor Maurice Watson is a diverse, and talented drummer hailing from Newark, NJ. With 20 years of performing and recording experience under his belt and only in his 20's, music has been a commitment in his life from a very early age and it shows. Cutting his teeth with family members in the Newark gospel music scene, he developed a polished, yet...	Read More
Thomas Nadolski	Guitar/Bass Instructor & Show Director Tom’s love of music began as a diaper-clad toddler in Jersey City, listening to his dad play The Beatles on accordion. After years of attempting to wrangle the accordion he was fortunate to find an old acoustic guitar in the basement. Since then he has never put it down. Self-taught for the first 5 years (with the assistance of a...	Read More
Steve Murphy	Drums Instructor & Show Director A Native New Yorker who has worked with: Groups/Artists; Trans Siberian Orchestra, Alan Parsons, Jack Bruce,Todd Rundgren, Mark Farner (from Grand Funk), The Turtles, Micky Dolenz (from The Monkees),Dave Mason (from Traffic), Dee Snyder (from Twisted Sister), John Entwistle (from The Who),Steve Lukather (from Toto) and many many more...	Read More
CHRIS BALL	Bass/Guitar/Drum Teacher Was it the car rides to preschool while listening to The Beatles? It could have been the classical piano instructions from his neighbor in kindergarten. Maybe it was everyone listening to Green Day in 1993. Perhaps it was a combination of all the different sounds going on around him to draw Chris Ball into a love for music....	Read More
Kathleen Ackerman	Vocal/Guitar Instructor Kat has been playing guitar for 11 years and singing for what can be described as a lifetime. At the start of her career she both sang and played guitar for her church choir, and soon found herself playing and touring with multiple bands, one being The Radio Speaks. Kat was also “a one woman show” for two years, performing original...	Read More
Dayn Viglione	Guitar/Bass Instructor Dayn Viglione is a guitar and bass instructor with nearly 10 years of playing experience. Shortly after picking up the instrument, he formed his first band at the age of 16. Since then a year hasn't gone by where Dayn wasn't actively involved in a live-performing band. While well-versed in an array of theoretical music concepts,...	Read More
Meredith Borden	Vocal/Keys Instructor Meredith Borden has been pursuing the art of singing since she was a young girl growing up in Central Massachusetts where she got her start singing extensively in school and church choirs. Borden went on to earn her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, with a focus on opera under...	Read More
Dan Monda	Drum Instructor Bio Coming Soon!	Read More
Tom Monda	Guitar/Bass Instructor Bio Coming Soon!	Read More
Steven Lawton	Keyboard Instructor Bio coming soon!	Read More
Eamon Kenny	Guitar Instructor Bio coming soon!	Read More
Marc Shelton	Guitar Instructor Bio coming soon!	Read More
Sibvon Marshall	Vocal Instructor On Maternity Leave Sibvon Rose Marshall began playing music at age two by ear. She is a recording / performing artist, a teacher, actress and singer / songwriter. Sibvon is trained in many types of music including Rock, Pop, Classical, Musical Theater, Jazz, Pop, and Opera. She has been a music director for various projects throughout Boston...	Read More
Kraig Marshall	Camp Director Kraig Marshall has toured 200+ cities / 12 countries for 20+ years, performing on Bass, Guitar, Drums and Vocals in Rock, Punk, Pop and Metal bands. In 2002 Kraig had a top 20 national radio placement with,"What did we do?", off of; "MVM Evolver". Kraig currently plays in two original bands. Kraig is...	Read More
John Ginty	Guest Professor John Ginty loves an audition. As a drummer going into high school, he decided to audition for Morristown High School Colonials Marching Band, not as a cymbal player, which is what almost all freshman start out as, but as the quad player, a spot reserved for juniors and seniors. John won that audition, and for the next four years handled...	Read More
CHARLIE HUNTER	Guest Professor Charlie Hunter is an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter has recorded 17 albums. Hunter plays custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, on which he simultaneously plays basslines,rhythm guitar, and solos. Critic Sean Westergaard describes Hunter's guitar technique as "mind-...	Read More

Executive Director

Matt began studying music at the age of 5, started his first band at age twelve (playing guitar and bass), and began working professionally in the music business at age sixteen. Throughout high school and college, Matt played in up-and-coming local bands while also diving head first into the production side of the music business. Matt has...

Philip Silverberg

Director of Curriculum , Keyboard/Guitar/Bass/Vocal Instructor

How did Phil Silverberg get to Carnigie Hall? Practice, practice, practice of course! Phil was introduced to music at a very young age. His parents played a diverse selection of music in the house, and Phil picked up on it quick. He taught himself piano, and began learning music theory and classical piano techniques. He also took up...

Mark Dollar

Music Director, Guitar & Bass Instructor

Mark Dollar is a guitarist/singer-songwriter/artist who has been celebrated for his work around the world. He has worked dilligently to perserve real music in the way of passion and talent. He currently resides in Montclair NJ, where he is as deep into his artistry as he has ever been before. He works as an in house studio guitarist to...

Maurice Watson

Drum Instructor

Maurice Watson is a diverse, and talented drummer hailing from Newark, NJ. With 20 years of performing and recording experience under his belt and only in his 20's, music has been a commitment in his life from a very early age and it shows. Cutting his teeth with family members in the Newark gospel music scene, he developed a polished, yet...

Thomas Nadolski

Guitar/Bass Instructor & Show Director

Tom’s love of music began as a diaper-clad toddler in Jersey City, listening to his dad play The Beatles on accordion. After years of attempting to wrangle the accordion he was fortunate to find an old acoustic guitar in the basement. Since then he has never put it down. Self-taught for the first 5 years (with the assistance of a...

Steve Murphy

Drums Instructor & Show Director

A Native New Yorker who has worked with: Groups/Artists; Trans Siberian Orchestra, Alan Parsons, Jack Bruce,Todd Rundgren, Mark Farner (from Grand Funk), The Turtles, Micky Dolenz (from The Monkees),Dave Mason (from Traffic), Dee Snyder (from Twisted Sister), John Entwistle (from The Who),Steve Lukather (from Toto) and many many more...

CHRIS BALL

Bass/Guitar/Drum Teacher

Was it the car rides to preschool while listening to The Beatles? It could have been the classical piano instructions from his neighbor in kindergarten. Maybe it was everyone listening to Green Day in 1993. Perhaps it was a combination of all the different sounds going on around him to draw Chris Ball into a love for music....

Kathleen Ackerman

Vocal/Guitar Instructor

Kat has been playing guitar for 11 years and singing for what can be described as a lifetime. At the start of her career she both sang and played guitar for her church choir, and soon found herself playing and touring with multiple bands, one being The Radio Speaks. Kat was also “a one woman show” for two years, performing original...

Dayn Viglione

Guitar/Bass Instructor

Dayn Viglione is a guitar and bass instructor with nearly 10 years of playing experience. Shortly after picking up the instrument, he formed his first band at the age of 16. Since then a year hasn't gone by where Dayn wasn't actively involved in a live-performing band. While well-versed in an array of theoretical music concepts,...

Meredith Borden

Vocal/Keys Instructor

Meredith Borden has been pursuing the art of singing since she was a young girl growing up in Central Massachusetts where she got her start singing extensively in school and church choirs. Borden went on to earn her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, with a focus on opera under...

Dan Monda

Drum Instructor

Bio Coming Soon!

Tom Monda

Guitar/Bass Instructor

Bio Coming Soon!

Steven Lawton

Keyboard Instructor

Bio coming soon!

Eamon Kenny

Guitar Instructor

Bio coming soon!

Marc Shelton

Guitar Instructor

Bio coming soon!

Sibvon Marshall

Vocal Instructor *On Maternity Leave*

Sibvon Rose Marshall began playing music at age two by ear. She is a recording / performing artist, a teacher, actress and singer / songwriter. Sibvon is trained in many types of music including Rock, Pop, Classical, Musical Theater, Jazz, Pop, and Opera. She has been a music director for various projects throughout Boston...

Kraig Marshall

Camp Director

Kraig Marshall has toured 200+ cities / 12 countries for 20+ years, performing on Bass, Guitar, Drums and Vocals in Rock, Punk, Pop and Metal bands. In 2002 Kraig had a top 20 national radio placement with,"What did we do?", off of; "MVM Evolver". Kraig currently plays in two original bands. Kraig is...

John Ginty

Guest Professor

John Ginty loves an audition. As a drummer going into high school, he decided to audition for Morristown High School Colonials Marching Band, not as a cymbal player, which is what almost all freshman start out as, but as the quad player, a spot reserved for juniors and seniors. John won that audition, and for the next four years handled...

CHARLIE HUNTER

Guest Professor

Charlie Hunter is an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter has recorded 17 albums. Hunter plays custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, on which he simultaneously plays basslines,rhythm guitar, and solos. Critic Sean Westergaard describes Hunter's guitar technique as "mind-...

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