Juliet Gervasi
Guitar (classical and acoustic), Ukulele
Juliet Gervasi earned her master's degree in classical guitar performance in 2022 from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she also taught as former graduate teaching assistant to the guitar program. She began her studies in guitar in 1999. She graduated from the guitar program at Weaver Academy for the Performing and Visual Arts in 2011. In 2013, she completed a January term program at St. Clare's College in Oxford, England affiliated with Guilford College and studied for a semester in Siena, Italy with the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci. She graduated from Guilford College with a bachelor's degree in music and minoring in education studies in 2017. She has placed twice in the Music Academy of North Carolina's Annual Guitar Festival and Competition, and most recently placed second in the Eastern Music Festival's first guitar competition in 2015.
Juliet has performed with many ensembles including the Guilford College guitar ensemble, the Appalachian State University's annual Guitarfest guitar ensemble, and the Consensus guitar quartet in the Eastern Music Festival's annual Chamber Crawl event. She also has experience as a solo performer in various contexts. She was a teaching assistant for the Guilford College guitar ensemble and a Music Theory I tutor at Guilford College, and is a substitute teacher for Guilford County Schools. In the summer of 2014, she worked with the Eastern Music Festival.
Juliet welcomes students of all ages and at all levels of experience, and her teaching experience includes students ranging from 6 years old to seniors. She teaches to share appreciation for, and love and knowledge of music through the guitar in genres such as classical, pop, rock, and others. Juliet strives to provide an engaging, nurturing, and intellectually challenging atmosphere for her students.
Virginia Masius
Double bass, Electric bass
Virginia Masius started playing bass in the suburbs of Chicago at age 10. She attended East Carolina University, and then finished her Bachelor's Degree in Music at the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1991. She is currently playing with Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, and Assistant Principal Bass in Salisbury Symphony Orchestra. Virginia also plays with Floydz Circle Band, a blues/rock band based out of Rockingham County, NC.
She has been teaching in the Greensboro area for 15 years, and has been performing professionally throughout the state for 25 years.
Greg Stentz
Acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass, ukulele
Greg Stentz has been teaching locally more than 20 years. In addition to teaching at Moore Music, he teaches lessons through the Lyceum program with Guilford County schools, and donates his time teaching ukulele at his children's middle school.
Of his teaching style, Greg writes, "Each student is unique and their learning style is going to be unique. As a parent and a musician, I try to teach each student in a way that speaks to them and lets them have fun in the process. Whether someone wants to start at the very beginning and learn to read music, learn tabs, brush up on their chops or learn a specific song for an audition or performance, I have covered it all." Many of Greg's students have gone on to attend performing art schools in the Triad area.
Greg studied at the UNCG School of Music under Greg Hyslop, Mark Mazzatenta, and Dr. John Salmon. He has written and/or performed on nine original albums, and performs regularly throughout the southeastern United States. Greg comfortably plays a wide range of musical genres; he can be found jamming in a top 40 rock band, accompanying a string quartet at a wedding, or playing bass in an East Coast Entertainment party dance band.
Brandon Walker
Acoustic, classical, and electric guitar; double bass and electric bass; ukulele
Brandon Walker earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2022 at Guilford College. While attending, he studied classical guitar and jazz double bass, performing in guitar ensemble, jazz combos and various chamber groups. He began studying guitar in 2007 at age 8 and developed a passion for all styles of music. He has since placed in many classical guitar competitions including first prize at Eastern Music Festival and Appalachian Guitar Festival in 2018, and first prize at Southern Guitar Festival in 2022. Brandon also participates in various non-profit organizations such as the Piedmont Classical Guitar Orchestra and the United States Guitar Orchestra.
Brandon began teaching guitar, bass, and ukulele in 2017 and has developed a love for helping students of all ages and skill levels grow as musicians and have fun along the way. All styles of guitar, bass, and ukulele are welcome. Brandon's main goal is that the student feels they are in a safe and comfortable space to learn, experiment, and enjoy the process.