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Jessee Altazan is a long time musician and artist and Manager of the Rockin' Mozart Zachary Location. As a proud mom and Zachary native, she thrives in our studios as one of our creative leaders and teachers. She spent 5 years at Southeastern Louisiana University studying Instrumental Performance with a Concentration in Guitar with a Minor in Dance. She also plays electric guitar with her husband at The Rock Church and World Ministries. With her own colorful flair, she currently manages our Zachary Rockin' Mozart location!
Mrs. Erin Trent is a voice and piano teacher who received her Bachelor’s in Music Education from LSU, specializing in voice and choral studies. Mrs. Erin has been a cantor at local churches since she began studying voice, having sung at St. Joseph’s Cathedral and Our Lady of Mercy in Baton Rouge during her career. As a college student, she also participated in Baton Rouge and LSU opera. Mrs. Erin has a lifelong love of learning and has also received a Master’s in Social Work and Library Science. She was the children’s services librarian at the Central Branch of the EBR Parish library for five years. In her spare time, Mrs. Erin enjoys teaching choir at Fellowship Christian Academy, singing with the BR Symphony Chorus, and helping her daughter, Olivia, participate in local musical theater. Mrs. Erin’s philosophy is that learning to sing is a beautiful journey of self-discovery
Violinist from Venezuela with large experience playing in orchestras and teaching violin.
His musical career started at his home country in the massive musical education program -El Sistema-. There, he played in youth orchestras and studied with several violin professors such as Leonardo Hurtado and Heemath Jahoor. In Venezuela, he also took chamber music classes with the professors Florian Ebersberg and Adrian Ascanio.
From 2008 to 2014, Tirado taught young violinists of El Sistema and played in his hometown’s professional orchestra (OSEG). In 2014 he moved to Chile to play in orchestras and to teach young artists of this region.
He had participated in several festivals, chamber music courses, and masterclasses throughout his career such as New England Conservatory and FESNOJIV Seminar (2010), String Quartets Latin American Academy Seminar (2010), Dispotraining for musicians and teach to teach (2014, 2015, 2016), Internacional Music Festival FIMA (2020). In these events he had the opportunity of learning from international masters such as Levon Chillingirian, Nicholas Kitchen, Ingrid Zur, Jörg Heyer, Emmanuele Baldini and Erzhan Kulibaev .
Frank Tirado-Fontaines is currently pursuing a master’s degree in violin performance at Louisiana State University with Professor Espen Lilleslatten.
Venezuelan cellist with strong experience in orchestral work and teaching experience in Venezuela, Chile, and Louisiana State. She had her beginnings in music back in her home country, in the well-known program El Sistema. Ortega obtained a bachelor’s degree in modern languages (English and French), and in 2016 she moved to Northern Chile to play in orchestras and teach young artists of that region. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in cello performance at LSU with professor Dennis Parker and has played in the cello section of various orchestras in the State of Louisiana such as LSU Symphony Orchestra, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Rapides Symphony Orchestra, and she has participated in Opera in the Ozarks in Arkansas State. Maria Ortega also performed as a soloist in music festivals such as Dispotraining (Iquique 2016), Chamber Music Festivals in Iquique (2017-2018), Teach to Teach Masterclasses (Villarrica 2018-2019), Antofagasta International Music Festival (2020), and Collaborative String Institute (Baton Rouge 2023). These venues gave her the opportunity of learning from great international professors such as Ingrid Zur (Argentina-Germany), Jörg Heyer (Germany), Heidi Litschauer (Austria), Rodrigo Pozo (Chile), Emmanuele Baldini (Italy), Alvaro Bitrán (Chile-Mexico), Dennis Parker and, Rita Sloan (United States of America).
Jalia Payne is a devoted music educator, holding a Bachelor's in Music Industries Studies from Louisiana Tech University. She is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Music Composition at Louisiana State University. Her musical journey began at the age of 5 with learning how to play the piano, which later grew in middle school with her learning how to play the flute. With a history of participating in Solo Festivals, Hymn Festivals, and Rallies, Jalia is very excited to bring her passion and experience to her role as one of Rockin' Mozart's prestigious instructors.
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