Luke
General Manager
Luke is a native Houstonian, father of two, and lover of sports and music! He is a singer/songwriter, who has played in many different genres of bands over the years including folk, metal, and rock, and spent years leading worship in different churches around the city.
Luke currently plays in an ambient rock/emo band from the area called Margins. He plays guitar, bass, keys, does vocals, and is starting to learn drums as well!
Tom
Music Director
Tom began his interest in music at a very young age. After his father introduced him to bands like Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, and Fleetwood Mac, he was determined to pursue a life in music. Taking inspiration from his father’s guitar playing and mother’s singing, Tom started teaching himself guitar until taking lessons at age 11.
After earning a degree in Recording Arts, Tom started writing and recording his own music before joining an indie rock band, touring the states playing large shows such as FPSF and CMJ Official, and landing a song in a Hyundai commercial through MusicDealers.com. Tom’s favorite music covers a broad spectrum, ranging from bands such as Washed Out and Radiohead to Cat Stevens and TesseracT.
Kinley
Studio Coordinator
Kinley is a music lover, concert photographer, and Houston native. She loves being involved in the local music scene, as well as attending and photographing as many concerts as she can. Her parents introduced her to rock music at a young age, and over the years she has curated her own taste shaped by music she grew up with. Her favorite artists include Sublime, The Strokes, 311, and The Rolling Stones. When she’s not at School of Rock Kingwood, taking photos, or listening to her favorite music, she enjoys spending time with friends, crafting and scrolling on Pinterest.
Felix
Bass Guitar Teacher, Drum Teacher, Guitar Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher
Felix is a guitarist and keyboardist with inspiration from jazz alternative and psychedelic styles. He is passionate about music theory and creative discovery and his roots were formed in a chordal approach to keys taught by his worship leader and mentor. This was soon followed by a budding interest in exploring progressive-fusion flavors with guitar. Felix is an aspiring professional musical performer and is ecstatic to share the skills he has learning along the way.
Jonathan
Guitar Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher
Jonathan is an experienced guitar player with over a decade of live performance experience. He joined his first band when he was 13 years old and has been playing gigs all over the state of Texas every weekend ever since. His influences range from great blues players like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Buddy Guy to rock legends like Jimmy Page and Angus Young.
The bands Jonathan has played with have opened for national acts such as Doyle Bramhall, Saliva, Saving Abel, and even Dennis Quaid. Jonathan is passionate about blues rock but is also experienced in multiple other genres including country, reggae, and jazz.
Dan
Guitar Teacher, Drum Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher
Dan is a drummer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist from the Houston area. He has performed in a number of original post-rock, metal, punk, and indie bands over the years - playing in Houston venues and going on several tours of Texas and the Midwest. In junior high and high school, he developed an interest in theory and performance, and he later pursued further education in college studying audio engineering. Dan continues to participate in the production of new music in his current band, and he enjoys sharing his love of creating music with his friends, peers, and students!
Aron
Guitar Teacher, Bass Guitar Teacher
Aron is a guitarist and bassist specializing in metal and rock music. Despite being given a guitar in 2013, it wasn't until 2015 that he started learning to actually play it. His love for the instrument has only grown since; he now writes and performs with two Houston metal bands: Wick and The Creeps.
After learning for himself how powerful and healing music can be, he's ecstatic to be able to help his students in their adventure in music. Hail to the heavy!
Mel
Vocal Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher
Mel has been singing publicly since she was three years old. Singing in church and school choir, she learned from some of the humble teachers how to hone her talent through music theory and proper technique, which led to a spot in the Texas All-State choir as 1st chair second soprano for multiple years.
Later in life, she spent the better part of 8 years traveling the country, leading other young artists and teaching them about performance, setting up 3 events a week for at-risk communities and bringing them high-quality shows to encourage and build them up.
Her passion is really for the student first, to help them reach their goals and become the very best they can be through encouragement and compassion!
Tiger
Guitar Teacher, Drum Teacher, Keyboard + Piano Teacher
Music has been central to Tiger’s life since age eight, when he began taking drum lessons. He later picked up keyboard + piano and guitar, and in 2019 started writing, producing, and engineering his own music which has been his focus ever since.
His musical taste was shaped largely by his mother, who introduced him early on to artists like Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, Jim Croce, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Van Morrison, Carole King, and Al Green.
Building on that foundation, Tiger now draws inspiration from artists such as Bon Iver, Adrianne Lenker, Cameron Winter, Dijon, Mk.gee, D’Angelo, Bill Callahan, Nina Simone, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, Pinegrove, Dove Ellis, Robbie Basho, Kate Bush, Ry Cooder, and Ryan Adams. Tiger brings his knowledge and experience to School of Rock Kingwood.