*Instructor available in summer (in addition to fall & spring) Student InstructorsGraduate InstructorsFaculty InstructorsMary LeeMary Lee is a Northwestern College Graduate with a B.A. degree in Music. Her main instrument is Piano, but she also has studied and plays percussion. Out of college she has continued to study music technique. She played percussion for 4 years with a post-college group out of St.Thomas college and currently is using her musical skills and abilities within her church. She believes that music is a way to guide a student's artistic development, character, and a means for her students to serve others and glorify the Lord. She uses teaching as a means to share her love of music with others as well as develop life-long musical skills. She has been teaching private piano lessons for the Northwestern College Music Academy since 1998. She is currently a member of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association and specifies in the training of theory, performance, technique, and ear training. She believes that there is more than one way to learn and focuses on each student's learning style. -back to top-
Danny Warnock*Danny Warnock grew up in Kenya, Illinois and Minnesota in a family of musicians. He started learning the drums at age 12 and began playing in church soon after. In High School he participated in marching band, concert band, choir, rock bands and jazz band. Over the years he studied drum set and Tabla under Ian Shephard, Greg Deitrich and Steve Goold. He attended Bethel University and majored in philosophy. He participated in Jazz band as the primary drummer all four years and served as a Chapel/Vespers leader for three years. He co-founded two rock bands, Caris and Klaus and now plays at numerous churches and venues in the Twin Cities. Danny has also recorded and played with a number of bands and artists. Over the past five years, Danny has taught students aging from 5 to 50 in virtually all drumset styles (and Tabla). He began teaching at Northwestern College in 2006. Danny currently plays regularly with Caris, Klaus, Riverside Swing, Heart of the City, Breathe Deep, Amy Monahan and more. -back to top-
Stephen Goold II*Steve Goold, at age 28, has become one of the most respected and in-demand drummers in the Twin Cities. With a reputation for unparalleled energy and precision, Steve performs regularly in rock, pop, jazz, pit-orchestra and studio environments with equal comfort and vocabulary. Steve began playing piano at age 7 and percussion at age 11. Upon discovering the drums, he began performing almost immediately with area churches and garage bands. At age 16, Steve began teaching private lessons, and performing/teaching became a full-time profession for Steve at age 20. Initially learning the functions of the drumset from Mark Nash (PFR), Steve has also studied with latin percussionist Mark Rio (Latin Sounds Orchestra), pop/rock legend Michael Bland (Prince, Madonna, Jonny Lang), and the internationally acclaimed David King (The Bad Plus, Jeff Beck, 12 Rods, Happy Apple). Since beginning his career, Steve has performed and recorded with various local and national artists including Joel Hanson, Larnelle Harris, Michael Tait, Elizabeth Hunnicutt, Mark Alan, Breathedeep, Jeremy Sanoski, Bill Mike Band, Pivitplex, Halloween Alaska, Heart Of The City, Jason and the G-men, Power of Ten, Grayshot, Cloud Cult, Stacey Hansen, Vicky Emerson, Cowboy Curtis, and many others. Steve has also continued to perform at Twin Cities area churches including New Hope Church, Eaglebrook, The Upper Room, North Heights Lutheran, Woodale, Bethlehem Baptist, and others. Currently on faculty with the Bethel University and Northwestern College music programs, Steve continues to teach a full weekly schedule of private students with an increasingly long waiting list. -back to top- | 
