
Our Amazing Team

Jazz Lewis
Vocasls
​
“Jazz Annamarie is vocalist, producer, choreographer, vocal instructor and band leader of sadjazz, an alternative r&b band based in Sacramento. She has been a performer since the age of 3, training in dance first, specializing in tap and ballet, and further on in her career, Filipino cultural dance, contemporary, lyrical, salsa, and jazz. In her teens, Jazz embarked on her teaching journey, hosting Tinikling workshops, vocal lessons in Filipino traditional songs, and stage presence coaching as well as choreographing for many local dance collectives in the Sacramento and Elk Grove communities. She is a Sheldon High School alumni, and was a Universal Rhythm dance company member for 3 years and a concert choir vocalist as well as a musician in the jazz band specializing in flute for 2 years. Now, Jazz is a community organizer with Sacramento Filipinx hosting workshops, cultural events and showcases, an assistant stage manger for Sunny Side Theatre Company and is songwriting, producing and performing with her band sadjazz while getting her bachelors degree in psychology”

Antonio Benitez-Baldasari
Violin, Viola, Mandolin
​
Antonio Benitez-Baldasari is a seasoned multi-instrumentalist, music educator, and manager at the Music Institute of Roseville. He began violin studies at just 2 years old and has since performed across Spain, Japan, Thailand, and Korea, studying at elite institutions like the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música “Victoria Eugenia” in Granada and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Antonio proudly carries forward a violin lineage tracing directly back to both Jascha Heifetz and Shinichi Suzuki, and has trained under world-renowned professors. In addition to violin, he plays guitar, viola, ukulele, and mandolin, and toured the West Coast with the bands The Imported and Flight Mongoose. He holds training in sound engineering and brings a deep passion for helping young musicians grow. Fun fact: the weirdest instrument he’s ever played is the zambomba, a Spanish folk drum that sounds uncannily like pulling a straw through a fast food lid—but louder!

Mackenzie Flewell
Art Lessons, Paint and sips, Commissions, promo material Macromycelium.com
​Mack is a self taught artist who has been creating since childhood. She is here to offer you her experience, and help you find inspiration. She is self-taught, save for a few major influences such as Bob Ross and the Impressionists. Her art style is personal, and when she creates with others, she tries to encourage their own personal style to emerge. Her goal is to help individuals find their inspiration and peace through creativity. She specializes in acrylic painting, chaos journaling, and collaging (digital and analog). She may not be able to make you a master, but she can help you discover how enjoyable and easy creating masterpieces can be. Today she offers a wide variety of services; art tutorship, mural painting, commissioned pieces, and originals for sale. What she has, she has to share. As an art teacher she encourages the natural, child-like instinct to create without feeling limited by “skill level.”

Paul Stamas
Mobile Drum and percussion Educator
Drumline Coach
Clinician and Class specialist
​
With over a decade of professional drumming experience - including formal studies at Berklee College of Music and extensive work across jazz, Latin, funk, rock, and metal - I bring both academic training and real-world experience to every lesson. As an active performer, I've played in touring bands, theater productions, and recording sessions, giving students practical insights alongside fundamental skills.
My teaching experience ranges from directing drum clinics and summer camps to leading middle school drum lines and private lessons. I’ve worked with competitive students preparing for auditions, hobbyists who just want to jam to their favorite songs, and everything in between! Because every drummer has different goals, I tailor my instruction to match each student's pace and interests, while ensuring we cover technique, reading, drumming vocabulary, and musicality.
No matter your age or skill level, I believe drumming should be engaging, expressive, and personally rewarding!
Paul Stamas

Thomas Ignacio Molina
Songwriting, Vocals, Brass, Jazz Theory and Improv
Thomas Ignacio Molina is a trumpet player, singer/songwriter and music producer from Northern California. He completed a BM of Professional Music from Berklee College of Music and a MM in Jazz Trumpet Performance from Sacramento State University. Thomas has been performing professionally since 2002 at the age of 14 playing in cover bands, pit orchestras, big bands, jazz bands, churches and other worship music and has led his own groups playing in a variety of styles and settings.
He is a two time downbeat award winner for solo performances in 2022 and 2023 with the Sac State Graduate Combo.
As well as his playing career, Thomas is an experienced classroom, small group and one on one lesson teacher. He spent 13 years working in public education from Special ED, ESL to Math, English and Music. Thomas also worked for 7 years in an El Systema inspired afterschool music and arts program.
Thomas enjoys teaching students of all levels and excels and designing individualized lessons around each students particular priorities and goals.
He teaches:
-
brass instruments techniques
-
Basic and Advanced Improvisation Techniques specific to trumpet and universal to various instruments and styles of music
-
Harmony
-
Songwriting, Composition and Arranging
-
Voice
-
Microphone techniques
-
Recording and mixing techniques
-
Music Business, Leadership, Rehearsal Techniques
-
Music History
-
Classroom Management