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| Our Mission Goals and objectives of Bowman Music and Creative Outlet.
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| Jeff Monroe (Audio Engineering, Recording and Mastering) |
third grade, when he first experienced the joys of playing piano. Since then, Jeff’s creative spirit has continued to explore and expand innovative and unique sounds, fueled by an ongoing, inner passion to push the musical envelop. Who knew then that this would be the beginning of a talented musical career that ownership? With his fingers always busy tapping the rhythm of his favorite songs, Jeff soon progressed to playing percussion in fifth grade, and by junior high he was successfully performing in concert band and jazz band at Princeton Junior High School. In high school he was a member of the concert band, symphonic band, jazz band, and acapella choir. As a fourteen-year-old, Jeff’s desire to perform launched his professional career, and he’s been drumming his way across the U.S. and around the world ever since. At fifteen, he played drums on his first studio session, and has since played on hundreds of songs for independent artists. Jeff began playing in local bands and was featured on WEBN’s Album Projects 6 and 10. He wrote and produced the lead off track of WBLZ’s Summer Jam ’87 album “Bing Bop Boom.” In 1984, Jeff started to pursue the art of recording, starting at Group Effort Studios in late 1989, where he became co-owner in 1991. He has engineered and mixed hundreds of albums and songs, both locally and nationally, including recording and producing projects for Grammy Award winning producer Ric Wake with Wake Productions. From 1989 through 1995, Jeff performed both locally and abroad with Robin Lacy & DeZydeco. Their music lead them on exciting US Department of Defense tours of Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, Germany, Croatia, Kuwait, The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Diego Garcia. Jeff’s sound was a natural draw, and his talent led people to pursue him for teaching opportunities. He was an adjunct professors for NKU’s advanced audio class during the fall of 2008. He currently helps artists and recordists understand the principals and art of audio capture, mixing, and mastering. He is a mastering engineer for SongMastering.com an on-line mastering service, where he experiences great reward in adding the final audio finish to various artist’s compositions. When he’s not in the studio, Jeff performs with Jerry’s Little Band, Mostly Shake and occasionally The Spookfloaters. One of Jeff’s favorite sayings is: “I’ve spent thousands of hours on both sides of the glass.” As rewarding as his professional career has been, he finds great personal satisfaction in instructing today’s young artists and perhaps inspiring them into becoming tomorrow’s award-winning musical entertainers. |
40 years and has continously taken classes in oils, acrylics and watercolors at Thomas More College and with local artists such as Marge Schleppy, Jerry Bond and Michol Williamson. She still participates in watercolor classes, not only to improve her technique but also to keep in contact with other artist.
shows and as a result has sold several paintings as gifts. She says it is most gratifying when people tell me they enjoy my art. Pat has worked with students one on one and has held a summer art class at The Musical Art Center in Cincinnati. To help others grow and develop their artistic abilities is a rewarding and exciting experience she says. Pat believes that whether you become a well known artist or paint for a hobby, painting like music is therapy for the soul, and you can participate all your life. |
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| Kenzie Bentle (Brass, Percussion, Woodwind, piano, theory) |
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| Ron Bowman (drums/percussion, piano, guitar and theory) |
| Kathy Foxworthy Bowman (voice, piano, guitar and theory) |
her Bachelor’s of Arts at Northern Kentucky University. Her area of concentration is vocal/choral. She has studied voice with Kellie Clark, Kathy Bowman, and Professor Gayle Grout. Susan also enjoys playing piano and improving her skills as a musician. Her piano teachers include Devon Graves, Ron Bowman, and is Susan has been an active member in the ensembles at NKU, having the honor to be in Northern Chorale, Chamber Choir, and Women’s Ensemble during her four years and NKU. She’s played on and off in a church band, leading worship nights, since high school. In 2008, Susan had the opportunity to study in Salzburg, Austria for five weeks with the KIIS program at NKU. She studied conducting with Dr. Stephen Bolster from Berea College and vocal pedagogy with Heather Hunnicutt from Georgetown College. It was a very rewarding and educational experience. Susan is very excited to be teaching. She wants her students to enjoy their lessons and look forward to learning how to create music! |
since the age of twelve. She has always had an interest in the arts, as they have surrounded her from birth—in one form or another. Through her mother’s influence with drawing, painting, singing, piano playing, and story-telling; her eldest sister’s musical focuses with guitar, piano, voice, and rock bands; a brother’s love of classic rock, trumpet and violin playing; and a second sister’s love of literature and theater, Rachel has developed an eclectic passion for all things artistic in nature. It was after ripened. The encouragement of professors and peers became a stepping stone from which she has since been compelled to express herself through her writings. She has had two short stories and several poems published in Thomas More College’s literary journal, Words, in which she also received four honorable mentions for her poetry, and won the RUCA Award in 2002 for a short story entered in TMC’s annual Cuni Writing Contest. Rachel is now a busy stay-at-home mom of two children, and founder of The Unknown Writer’s Group: a creative writing group that gathers one day a month (at Bowman Music and Creative Outlet) to share their love of writing. The goal of the group is to motivate one another (people of all kinds of writing backgrounds and skill levels) to make our writing known. Rachel earned a B.A. in English from Thomas More College in 2003, and plans to further her education by pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing, after which she intends to teach and continue publishing her work. |
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| Susan Stine (Voice and Piano) |
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| Rachel Snyder (Founder and Director of THE UNKNOWN WRITER'S GROUP) |
Artist Diploma at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. She received a BM in Viola Performance from the University of Kentucky and a MM in Performance from CCM. Her primary teachers include Masao Certified violin and viola teacher and enjoys teaching both traditional violin and the Suzuki Method. As a student at UK, Cara was an active teacher in the UK String Project, an organization devoted to providing string instruction to underprivileged children. During her senior year, she was awarded an assistantship position as the Verdi Graduate String Quartet Violist. Along with performing chamber recitals and playing with the Lexington Philharmonic, the Quartet frequently organized and played educational/outreach concerts and gave music appreciation presentations for school assemblies. It was through these experiences at UK that Cara discovered her passion for teaching and making music exciting and accessible for all children. Cara regularly performs solo and chamber recitals and is an active orchestral musician; performing in such orchestras as the Lexington Philharmonic, Springfield Symphony, Clermont Philharmonic, Orchestra Kentucky, Aspen Concert Orchestra, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. She has studied with some of the country’s top musicians at various summer festivals including Aspen, Meadowmount, Encore, Brevard, and Sewanee. |
| Cara Simpson (Violin and Viola, Suzuki and Traditional Methods) |
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age of eleven by joining band in 6th grade under the direction of Bob Adams at Newport Middle School. Once Kevin was in high school he joined the marching band under the direction of Scott Taylor. Kevin started playing professionally at the age of 16 playing in local bands around the Tri- State Area. Kevin studied at Morehead State University under the direction of Frank Oddis. He also studied with Todd Wright and Greg Strouse at Morehead. Kevin studied orchestral, marching, and drum set while at MSU covering many different styles to develop his own unique style. The Central Conservatory of Music and at famed Beijing Concert Hall with the Morehead Symphony Band and The Morehead State University Percussion Ensemble. Kevin has committed himself to giving private instruction for nearly 15 years. Teaching drives him to enhance his own skills and share his experience with younger percussionists. Helping them to develop a sound basic foundation of percussion is Kevin’s goal as a teacher! In 2003 Kevin joined EMI/Virgin artists Moth, and released the album Drop Deaf in 2004. Drop Deaf was distributed through a few online outlets and the band’s Web site. Moth toured the U.K. to promote the album and headlined the Create Music Festival in Ashford, England. In 2005, A&R executive Todd Sullivan asked Moth to be the first band to be signed to his new label, Hey Domingo! Moth was also the featured artist on MySpace in November of ’05. Immune to Gravity was recorded at The Mouse House in Altadena, California, and released nationally on March 26, 2006. During a Moth hiatus, Kevin performed a couple of tours with fellow Cincinnati artists Foxy Shazam, who were later signed to Warner Bros. Kevin has also played with blues artist Kelly Richey, Soul Pocket, progressive rockers Acumen, heavy metal band V-Mob, and the Russ Morgan Orchestra. Kevin has had the opportunity to experience performing and recording with respected artists in just about every genre possible. The crown jewel to date is 500 Miles to Memphis. Joining 500 MTM enabled me to tour and record with one of the finest alt-country/punk bands in the country. Our commitment is to continually challenge ourselves musically and creatively—writing, recording new songs that (hopefully) attract new audiences—while still being meaningful to fans who have been with us from the start. Kevin was featured in Modern Drummer‘s online blog as drummer of the month in 2010. Kevin is also endorsed by Innovative Percussion! |
| Cara Simpson (Violin and Viola, Suzuki and Traditional Methods) |
| Kevin Hogle Drums/Percussion |
| Lara Koogler Piano |
life. She began piano lessons at the age of 8 and continued to participate in choral and instrumental activities in both church and school settings. Her mother was a church music director, which gave her many opportunities for musical growth through the years. While attending Cumberland College in Williamsburg, KY, she continued to expand her musical experience through participation in select chorale, band, jazz band, handbells, show choir, musicals, and a traveling praise and worship piano and a minor in voice, as well as choral and instrumental certification. After receiving her degree, she taught in the public school system for several years. She has experience in teaching general music classes, as well as directing choral and instrumental programs in the school. During her years as a stay-at-home Mom, Lara continued her passion for music and ministry through directing children’s choirs, children’s worship, accompanying, participating in praise bands, playing for weddings, and being a church pianist. She has now returned to teaching in school, and is currently teaching piano at Calvary Christian Schools. Lara enjoys getting to know the unique personalities and gifts of each student while helping them succeed in piano through disciplined training and fun in various musical styles and genres. |
