Currently, she helps lead worship, singing from the keyboard alongside her husband (bass player) with various musicians and singers on Sundays. She has also had the pleasure of being an integral part of the recording, instructing, and conducting of Deeper Shade of Soul, a 60 -100-piece choir and band under the direction of Frank Davis. Nichelle has toured with Grammy award-winner Speech (Arrested Development) and conducted a 24-piece choir for one of Josh Groban’s tour concerts. In addition to group teaching, she has over 16 years’ experience instructing students of all ages in private voice and piano lessons.

Nichelle has over 18 years’ experience teaching music and theatre in various public and private schools from Pre-K, to high school. BM in Musical Theatre / Vocal Performance.Nichelle Young (Office Manager / Teacher) (piano, voice) In addition to his own band, Parker performs with Long Horn (jazz), Bald and in the Way (bluegrass), and Elegant Bachelors (party band). Parker holds a degree in Music Business from the University of Miami and a master’s degree in Music and Human Learning from the University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in blues, jazz, bluegrass, fingerstyle, slide guitar, songwriting, and improvisation.

His latest record ‘Underground’ will be released in April 2021 and you can listen to his music here. He has played innumerable gigs as a sideman, soloist, and leader of his roots-rock group “ Parker Smith and the Bandwith.” He has toured the country and independently released four albums, Garden Hills (2011), Solo Flight (2013), Long Live Jazz Vol. Parker performs as a vocalist, guitarist, bassist, and on mandolin, ukulele, and piano. In addition to managing Guitar Shed, Parker maintains an active teaching schedule at Guitar Shed and conducts guitar workshops nationwide. Believing that one is never too old or too young to begin the journey, Guitar Shed fosters music learning as a lifelong process. With over 20 years of teaching experience, including teaching at lesson studios, summer camps, preschools, elementary, middle, and high schools, he believes in maximizing each student’s true potential by customizing individual lessons. Parker Smith is the founder and owner of Guitar Shed, a modern music school in Atlanta that opened its doors in August of 2015. MM in Music and Human Learning from the University of Texas at Austin.BA in Music Business from the University of Miami.

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