Kellen has experience with anything from touring in a funk-rock band, to playing with the UTC Jazz Band, singing with the CSO Choir, classical Celtic style guitar, country music recording  sessions, a latin rock band, and many more. He has a particular interest in world music styles as well. He is currently the guitar and ukulele instructor at St. Nicholas Elementary.

He regularly writes his own music, and still performs frequently around town. In the past he has had a few Riverbend appearances, and will be playing at the Grand Ole Opry in the fall of 2022. 

Autumn has enjoyed playing and learning bout the piano since she was seven years old and has studied with dedicated teachers including Margy Barber, Hsin-i Guo, Dr. Sigrid Luther, Jenny Parker, and Dr. Lynn Worcester. Autumn has performed with various groups including the UTC Piano Ensemble, UTC Women’s Chorus, Baroque Ensemble, the Chattanooga Music Club, and the Chattanooga Rotary Club. In 2015, she was the recipient of the Dorothy Price Cobb Martin Memorial Scholarship, and in 2018 she directed and accompanied the CSTHEA graduation choir.  Autumn enjoys teaching both private and group piano lessons for all ages. She believes that every person deserves a chance to be able to express themselves musically no matter at what stage of learning they are at.

For more information about her studio please visit her website at www.skilespianostudio.com.

When she was a junior she placed third in the Tennessee All-State Orchestra and then first her senior year. She holds a Bachelor’s in Music from The University of Tennessee in Knoxville and studied with Sheila Browne and Hillary Herndon. She performed both in the UT symphony and the UT studio orchestra where she played jazz charts under the direction of Rusty Holloway.

During her last two years at UTK, Jessica performed with the Oak Ridge Symphony, Symphony of the Mountains, and the Knoxville Symphony. She also performed several masterclasses with Victoria Chang (Peabody), Kathryn Plummer (Vanderbilt), Daniel Sweaney (USC), Dr. Scott Rawls (UNC), Heidi Castleman (Juilliard), Jennifer Stumm (Royal College of Music) and chamber masterclasses with the Avalon Strings Quartet, Miami Strings Quartet, and Felici Piano Trio.

She moved from Knoxville to Tallahassee FL and started her Master’s in Music Performance at Florida State University, where she became a graduate assistant for Dr. Pamela Ryan. During her two years in Florida, she performed with the Northwest Florida Symphony, Albany Symphony, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, and the Panama City Pops. In 2012, she began playing with the Tallahassee Shelter Band, a music therapy program performed by FSU graduate students and tenants at the homeless shelter.

After graduating with honors from FSU, Jessica moved back to Chattanooga where she performed with several local bands at Riverbend, Riverfront Nights, Scenic City Roots, and temporarily sub for the Chattanooga Symphony.

He is a graduate of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas, and holds the following degrees: Bachelor of Music, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma; Master of Church Music, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, California; Master of Music in Education-Kodály Emphasis, Holy Names College, Oakland, California; Associate of Applied Science-Networking Specialist, Georgia Northwestern Technical College, Rock Spring, Georgia.

He has taught piano and directed choirs for more than 35 years in the U.S. and four Latin American countries, served as an International Music Missionary and Minister of Music in the U.S.  Fluent in Spanish, “Mr. K” as he is known, is a certified Chorus teacher and Spanish teacher.  In addition, Mr. Kammerdiener is the pianist for the Chattanooga Girls Choir “Bella Voce” Choir (5^th and 6^th grade), for a local jazz combo, ¡Qué Jazz! and has been playing in Big Bands since the mid-1990’s.  He is the keyboardist in The UPTown Big Band of Chattanooga, Tennessee and is the pianist and minister of music at White Oak United Methodist Church in Red Bank, Tennessee.

She is currently the Director of the Bella Voce Choir of the Chattanooga Girls Choir, and also teaches music at McConnell Elementary School. She is a member of NATS and MTNA, and has sung with the Mid-America Singers (Springfield, MO), the Springfield Regional Opera, and Choral Arts of Chattanooga. She received a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, TX), and a Master of Science degree in Music Education from Southwest Missouri State University.

She also studied voice and art song at the Hochschule for Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria, and earned certification as a Kodoly Instructor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

He has taught music in schools for more than 20 years in Texas, Missouri and Tennessee, and has performed on clarinet with the Wichita Falls (TX) Symphony Orchestra (1969-72; 1975-79), the Springfield (MO) Symphony Orchestra (1987-91), and the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Orchestra (1991-present). 

She has performed as guest soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Carson-Newman College, Mozart’s Requiem with Orchestra Atlanta and also with the Huntsville Symphony, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, Bach’s Magnificat with Southern Adventist University, and Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Rome (GA) Symphony.

An accompanist/coach for more than 30 years, she has played at the University of Louisville, Southern Seminary, Carson-Newman and Covenant Colleges, the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, the Linz Austria Choral Festival, and the Savannah Georgia American Traditions Vocal Competition.

She is currently the staff accompanist at Baylor School and with the Chattanooga Girls Choir, accompanist at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and The Baylor School. Her students regularly win local and regional music and scholarship competitions.