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Steve is an accomplished musician, music teacher, songwriter, and recording engineer. He earned his bachelor's degree in classical guitar, although he is skilled in all genres of music and performs regularly with various area rock bands, including The Occasionals and The Adult Swim Band. In 2008, Steve released a CD of original music titled Something for Everyone, under the band name "Steve and the Enablers." 

Although guitar is his primary instrument, Steve plays and teaches a number of instruments, including ukulele, mandolin, electric bass, piano, and voice. He is also a Certified Music Together teacher and has taught the program to hundreds of young children for over 20 years.

In addition to his extensive teaching and performing credentials, Steve is a recording engineer of classical music and has contributed to over 250 recordings, including the 1999 Grammy award winning, HornSmoke. He resides in Fairfield and is the proud father of two beautiful children, Leah & Kyle.

Gianni began playing guitar at the age of seven. As a teenager, he played in local blues jams alongside the likes of Charlie Karp (Buddy Miles, Them Changes). He currently holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in Guitar Performance and graduated Cum Laude. Gianni received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Berklee Guitar Department. He did a study abroad semester at Berklee Valencia, Spain where he earned a minor in Music Technology.

Gianni has a wide-ranging interest and passion for all musical genres including blues, classic rock, jazz, soul, funk, slide, bluegrass, flamenco and classical guitar.  Through teaching, he explores the fundamental topics of music theory, ear training, improvisation and reading. He focuses on the importance of tone, timing, and technique.

Eli was born in 1989 and was adopted from Seoul, Korea. He spent most of his life growing up in New York and Missouri. The first instrument he picked up was the harmonica which opened up a world of communicating emotion and feeling through music. Eventually that lead him to guitar, ukulele, voice, and piano as well. Eli became very intrigued by many genres of music and graduated with a degree in Early Childhood Education from Columbia College in Chicago in 2013.

Eli has spent the last decade teaching and playing music all over the world, in the United States, Italy, Japan, and London, to name a few. Eli believes that music education is imperative to anyone who wishes to partake and that music is one of the best ways to enchance a persons education and understanding of the world around them. 

Aidan is a multi instrumentalist and singer/songwriter from Fairfield who grew up taking piano and guitar lessons at FSM. Growing up he was heavily involved in music programs around town and went on to play stages across the country, including the music festival Lollapalooza. He continued his passion for music at Hofstra University, releasing original music, continuing to perform, and graduating with a Music Business degree in 2023. Since graduating, he has been the music teacher at Fusion Academy in Fairfield and has also been working as admin at FSM. He plays and teaches a wide variety of genres including rock, r&b, jazz, blues, etc...along with music theory and ear training. Aidan enjoys connecting with students and finding what speaks to them musically, understanding everyone learns differently.

A guitarist from the New Haven area, Mike studied classic rock and metal in his formative years, and then gradually became more interested in fusion music. Through fusion, his interest in jazz grew, and he enrolled in an arts high school in New Haven (Educational Center For The Arts), where he studied for his junior and senior years. Mike later completed his Bachelor’s degress in Jazz Studies from Western Connecticut State University. For the past decade, Mike has had an active teaching and performing schedule. He has toured all over the country with his former progressive jazz metal group, Mid Atlantic Title, and has performed with a multitude of well-known jazz artists, such as Aaron Goldberg, Myron Walden, Jimmy Greene, Jumaane Smith and Ralph Lalama. In addition to teaching private lessons, Mike is also currently on the faculty of the Litchfield Jazz Camp. 

Mike’s goal as a teacher has always been to provide a lesson environment that’s educational and fun at the same time. A typical lesson will consist of Note Reading, Technique and Music Theory combined with learning songs from the student’s favorite artists and bands to create a lesson environment that gets the student excited and inspired to practice, while simultaneously teaching them the fundamentals of music.