MIKE CILLIERS

OWNER & FOUNDER 

CALEB SMITH

AUDIO / VIDEO ENGINEER

GINA TENORE

COACH AND PERFORMER

CHRIS ALBANO

COACH & PERFORMER

GERRY O'HARE

COACH & PERFORMER

Mike has over 30 years of experience in the music business and has always had a passion for helping people "be the best they can be".

His journey started in South Africa, where he founded the World Song ‭Contest He became the International Delegate for the Eurovision Song Contest and later the Director of South African Music and Art, where he developed, managed & recorded amateur and professional artists.  Mike emigrated to England where he founded The Muse Collective: a creative artist/music program for amateurs and professionals alike.


Mike has managed and owned music stores, a recording studio, publishing house and an artist & events management company. He has presented "Live" sound engineering and performing artists workshops.

Caleb is a versatile musician with a decade of piano experience and proficiency in guitar, saxophone, drums, and bass. He received classical training from top instructors nationwide and honed his skills at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. For the past three years at Jam-ology, Caleb has excelled as a producer, teacher, and skilled audio & video engineer, leveraging five years of teaching experience to work effectively with students of all ages. He showcases his creativity through original music production and collaborations with other artists, channeling his passion for music into every project.

Gina Tenore Griffin has been performing as a Singer and Songwriter since she was 15. She holds a Voice/Performance degree from the Peabody Conservatory School of Music and has written over 100 songs. She has received awards for her Songwriting on a local and national level. Gina is a published poet.   Gina teaches, voice, keyboard and guitar.

She taught with the Fairfax County and Arlington School systems in Northern Virginia. She has a BS degree in psychology and a degree in Illustration.


" Gina is an incredibly talented singer/ song writer with a powerful voice that delivers and captivates her audience with a passion for each performance"    ( Mary Jane Potter...Owner of Matildas in Alpharetta, Ga )     6 sample songs    www.reverbnation.com/ginatenore3


Gina is featured on Alveda King's Ministry Web site under Artist Spotlight!  Alveda King is Martin Luther King's Niece. She loved the lyrics & music Gina wrote for this Song ... as well as Gina's powerful voice.   The song is a great message as far as bringing together everyone no matter what their background may be.  Click link to see words and listen to the song.

 https://www.prolifemusicgenre.com/artist-spotlight-gina-tenore/

Chris started his musical career at a young age, playing in various club bands across different genres. He earned a music degree from the University of Connecticut, specializing in piano, percussion, composition, and jazz improvisation. Chris later delved into music technology at Passport Designs during the MIDI revolution before transitioning to music publishing at Hal Leonard Publishing. His ventures included founding early music streaming websites and working internationally with tech and media companies like Cakewalk and Avid Technology. Chris's journey is marked by a lifelong dedication to music and innovation.


Throughout his career, Chris continued playing music in bands of all kinds and kept up his studies over the years. One of the highlights was playing with Jerry Garcia at Guitar Player Magazine’s 25th Anniversary where Chris was part of the house band. Chris also had the pleasure of working with and meeting some of music’s leading luminaries including John Willams, Johnny Cash, Chad Smith and many others.

Gerry O'Hare is a classically trained violinist with a B.A. in music from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Texas. He has performed with various orchestras and bands for the last 40 years throughout Pittsburgh, PA Dallas TX, NYC, and Florida. Upon hearing Gerry play bass at 13, he was offered a job with the Stan Kenton big band when he turned 16!

 

He studied violin at IUP with Delight Malitsky a child prodigy, who toured the world as a violinist and concert pianist during her music career before settling down as concert master of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He received a full scholarship to SMU where he studied violin with concert master of the DSO, Eliot Chapo. Further studies included private lessons with Dmitri Levin of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. Coach Gerry has played in Carnegie Hall as a ringer with the CMU orchestra and the Vatican for Pope John Paul while touring with the Rome Festival Orchestra.

 

He was on staff with the Pittsburgh Center for the Musically Gifted where he conducted and taught viloin privately. During this time, he was concertmaster of the Westmoreland Symphony Youth Orchestra, where he continued to teach guitar and violin privately.

 

He later moved to NYC to continue playing professionally in the city.  He also has experience as a session player in both Dallas and NYC.