Mr. Reid Ishikawa (drums, acoustic/electric/bass guitar, piano/keyboards, ukulele, songwriting, theory) has a bachelor of music education degree from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and also studied audio engineering at Belmont University (TN). Reid is a professional keyboardist, bass guitarist, and percussionist, and can play a wide variety of other instruments. He is an award-winning classical pianist and also enjoys composing and recording music. Reid has a love for teaching and desires to inspire and encourage students of all ages. Currently, Reid is a percussionist with the Royal Hawaiian Band.

Mrs. Cheryl Sanders (piano/voice) has a bachelor of music education/bachelor of elementary education, (piano performance) from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Dr. Peter Corragio, instructor) and post-graduate studies at Oberlin Conservatory (OH) and Southwestern Seminary (TX) for music education/special education, vocal pedagogy and jazz piano. A former Miss Hawaii with talent awards at both the state and national levels, Cheryl currently is the music director of Waialae Baptist Church, and directs the summer S.H.I.N.E. program and Waialae Arts Program. She is a professional vocalist for Japanese wedding ceremonies and performs with the vocal trio, “The Liberty Belles”. Member: Honolulu Piano Teachers Association (HPTA), Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).

Ms. Sooyeon Lee (piano) has a piano teacher’s certificate from the Baekseok Arts University, Seoul, South Korea. She is bilingual in Korean and English.