Our teachers are happy to teach you the fundamentals and help you grow. Young or old, beginner or expert, lessons are tailored to your level of ability. Devoted to music, instructors at Sarrin Music Studios are impassioned with music. All of our instructors perform locally and even travel on national tours.
Christopher Maggio
Guitar, Bass, Ukelele, Drums, and Piano
Maggio has over fifteen years of teaching experience in the area of classical guitar as well as rock, jazz, and folk. Maggio grew up in Chelsea and started teaching himself guitar in junior high when friends suggested starting a band. A decision to upgrade his guitar led to long walks around Boston after which he found a 1976 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top in Cambridge. Maggio studied music composition, theory, and history at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. While there, he attended a classical guitar concert on campus and found himself drawn into the intimate magic of single guitar performance. His formal training in classical guitar includes studying with Bill Buonocore, Neil Anderson, and Berit Strong. He is a member of the Boston Classical Guitar Society and has performed for an award recognition ceremony at the Boston State House. Maggio is also a progressive rocker playing with the band Time and Tide.
Mark Dante Troiano
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, and Piano
Troiano knew in the second grade that wanted to be a teacher. For over twenty years, Triano has helped kids and adults reach their highest potential as musicians and in all aspects of life. He teaches vocal, guitar, bass, and piano. Troiano is a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he majored in English with minors in music. As a professionally trained vocalist, he served the Music Director for a couple of vocal ensembles while at Wheaten. In addition to recording five albums with the Wheaten Gentlemen Callers, Triano has two solo albums – The Lightworker’s Union and The Long Walk Home. When he is not teaching at Sarrin Music Studios, you can find him performing at clubs and coffee houses on the North Shore.
Chris Laskey
Drums
Laskey has over seven years of experience playing drums. As a versatile musician, Laskey plays a wide range of genres from Jazz to Metal. He trained with Bob Tamagni, Henrique De Almieda, and John Hazilla while studying at Berklee College of Music. Prior to attending Berklee, he studied under Evan Giannellis and Libor Hadrava. Lakey loves when problems are solved in the mathematical sense. He went to a Warped Tour and found himself gravitating to the drummers as they gave it their all. Being with his hands combined the mathematical rhythm, the drums felt natural to him. The physical animation and engagement of limb independence attracted him to the drum. Laskey is very active in the Boston area music performs at high profile venues including the House of Blues and the Pallidium in Worcester. When he is not teaching at Sarrin Music Studios, Laskey can be found building custom drums at Grover Pro Percussion, writing music, and planning tours for his band Kooked Out.