Rachel McNear

VOICE

Rachel McNear is a seasoned gigging and touring vocalist who has been comfortable performing on stages since the age of five. Starting with a strong foundation in classical, Rachel's talents span a broad spectrum of genres, including Musical Theatre, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Indie/Singer-Songwriter, and Bluegrass/Country.

For the first 19 years of her life, Rachel was deeply immersed in repertoire from Broadway musical. After graduating from the George Washington Carver Center for the Arts , she went on to spend four years honing her acting techniques and performing in musicals at SUNY Cortland and Eckerd College.

Recently, Rachel has found great success as a singer, songwriter, and performer in Baltimore and beyond. She took the stage at the Charm City Bluegrass Festival and toured with the rock/jam band Seven Teller during their Midwest dates this past summer. Her primary band, 5 Spot, can often be seen performing at venues like Cat’s Eye Pub and local festivals.

Rachel is passionate about connecting with students of all ages and skill levels, sharing her love for singing, performance, and creative expression.

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LISTENING TO:

Atlus Sound Team - Persona 4
Eve - Smile
Fox Capture Plan - Life
Kana-Boon - Song of the Dead
AJORITY - Daydreams

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Noah Stuehler

Guitar - Songwriting

Noah Stuehler is a passionate music teacher born and raised here in Baltimore, Maryland. Currently attending UMBC for Music Technology, Noah channels his love for music into teaching guitar and songwriting lessons.

During his time at UMBC, Noah studied classical guitar under Felipe Garibaldi de Almeida and Nathaniel Cornelius and developed a deep interest in classical playing and performance. Also at UMBC, Noah met the connections that would lead to the creation of his lyrically driven indie-rock band Fly By the Seat. He believes that music is a powerful means of expressions and hopes to share the creative side of music with all of his students.

Be sure to catch Noah at our monthly Open Mic—where he typically debuts new material—or see his band perform at venues around town.

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LISTENING TO:

Tenci - My Heart is an Open Field
Little Dragon - Little Dragon
Glauque - Flaming Swords
Palm - Shadow Expert
Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon

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Ralph Bernabe

SONGWRITING - VOICE - GUITAR - PIANO - MUSIC THEORY

Ralph Bernabe is a Baltimore musician, songwriter, and instructor. He believes in learning and progressing in music at any age and time. “No one is ever too old to learn a new skill.” 

He began his musical endeavors by teaching himself guitar, piano, and vocals while performing jazz, pop, and country covers. Soon, he realized that he wanted to have music as his career. At 16, Ralph began taking piano, guitar, and voice lessons. This was only the beginning, and opened many doors in music for Ralph. His next chapter in life with music involved him receiving a Bachelor’s in Music Education in 2018 from Towson University.

For a majority of his life, he has performed with a variety of musicians and groups ranging from the Maryland State Boychoir to All State Jazz Bands from his adolescence. Today, he performs with two bands: The indie pop band called “Plant Dad” and a country project called “Cromwell and Sparrow.”

If he is not teaching, he is frequently performing all over the DMV area with his bands and writing with fellow songwriters throughout the East Coast and Canada. His philosophy is: your skills improve with every performance. To be a great musician, you also have to be a great performer.

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LISTENING TO:

Erkyah Badu - Certainly
Tom Misch - Movie
Plant Dad ft. Father - Immature
Hippo Campus - Buttercup
Eyas - Object Permanence

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Rosetta Isnardi (VIRTUAL ONLY)

PIANO - VIOLIN - VOICE - THEORY

Rosetta Isnardi is a lifelong musician, who believes wholly in the power of musical curiosity and expression. She began her musical career by slapping at the piano’s keys cantankerously as a baby, and started lessons as a kindergartener in an effort to play more sonorously. Eventually she decided to devote her life to music, so she got a BS in Keyboard Performance (piano and harpsichord) from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, and an MM in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ. Her penchant for playing the piano has landed her on concert hall stages, ballet studios, recording studios, and in bars and rock stages (as a keyboardist with the band Survival Society..

Her incredibly supportive family endured years of squeaking as 4th grade Rosetta began her studies of the violin, and watched the growth of a young musician with an unquenchable thirst for classical music. In fact, in one of her happiest childhood memories, Rosetta recalls laying sprawled on the carpet, blasting Tchaikovsky 6 on the boombox in her bedroom, and playing Zelda games on her muted Game Boy Color. She wishes to bring that kind of joy to everyone.

Rosetta has taught in a variety of settings, and has decided the private studio is where her passion and talents lie. She lets her students’ tastes and curiosity determine exactly the ways she will teach them. She brings diversity to The Music Space with teaching piano, violin, voice, and music theory.

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LISTENING TO:

Arvo Part - Fratres
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
Led Zeppelin - Since I’ve Been Loving You
Leo Delibes - Coppelia

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