Class Instructors

Below are our class instructors. Click on a name to find out more about that teacher.

Alexandersen, Christina
Chang, Ying
Fisher, Storny
Griesemer, Morgan
Hensley, Ashleyanne
Manning, Cody
Manning, Cody
Morrison, Tyler
Nelson, Valerie
Tucker, Christana
Veenstra, Jim
York, John

John York Born and raised in upstate New York, John graduated from Lee University in '07 with a BM in Guitar Performance. While attending Lee he toured the US with the Evangelistic Singers, and Campus Chior and was also a part of the Lee University Jazz Band, Pep Band, and Guitar Ensemble. He currently plays with the worship band at First Baptist Cleveland, a Jazz quartet called Downpour, and a rock trio called The Fancy Spaniards. He is also a part of a ministry group called Drawn Out that writes Rock/RnB with a Christian message. John has been teaching guitar at the Academy since the Fall of '06 and is familiar with teaching the following genres: Contemporary Christian, Classical, Jazz, Rock, Blues, Funk, Country.