Your music instructors
Joseph Brandley
Joseph Brandley has taught private acoustic guitar lessons in Fort Worth since 2010, also working with children and adults on drums, piano, voice, and bass. He has served on worship teams with Frontline at McLean Bible Church in Virginia, the house band at his alma mater, Hope International University in Fullerton, California, as well as mentoring student worship bands for Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth, Mission Viejo Christian Church in Orange County, and Church on the Hill in San Jose, California. He trained as a classical pianist while growing up in San Jose.
Jace Mankins
Jace Mankins has been playing piano for more than 15 years and has taught music since 2019. He received his Bachelor's of Music from TCU in 2020 in Composition, a Master's of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, and is excited to be back in Fort Worth to pursue his Doctorate of Musical Arts with TCU.
Tim Daley
Tim Daley teaches guitar and bass. He started as a teenager and now is a Musicians Institute graduate. Tim has performed professionally for the past 20 years and plays 150+ shows per year with various bands and duos on the West Coast and Texas. Tim plays and teaches numerous styles of music pop, rock, singer songwriter music, blues, classic rock, metal, 70's, 80's, 90's 2000's, punk, country, funk, reggae, R&B, hip-hop, and acoustic/electric finger styles. He enjoys helping students achieve their musical goals on guitar and bass and is motivated by their enthusiasm.
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Allison Durocher
Allison Durocher, our flute and picolo instructor, is from Lewisville, Texas and has been playing the flute for 8 years. She has performed in various ensembles including concert bands, marching bands, chamber groups, and pit orchestras. Once she graduates from TCU, she hopes to become a music teacher in the DFW area. When she is not at school, Allison enjoys baking, reading, and painting.
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Cole Follett
Cole Follett is a junior Music Education major at TCU and teaches trumpet and beginning guitar. He teaches with a goal of helping people feel accomplished and achieve goals through music.
Lyndsey Walker
Lyndsey Walker teaches viola, violin, and harp. Lyndsey's passion for music started at an early age when she began on the Suzuki method at age 5 and has been active in studying music since. Lyndsey is from Arlington, Texas and currently studies Music Education at TCU. Lyndsey's background in health and wellness is important to her teaching philosophy. As musician health becomes a more prominent subject in the field of music, Lyndsey strives to incorporate her vast background in physiology in her lessons and to promote musician health and wellness to her students and the community. Lyndsey has performed in a large variety of ensembles, including local symphonies, the TCU Harp Ensemble, TCU Symphony Orchestra, string quartets, the TCU Opera's recent production for Mozart's Magic Flute, and has played in the 2CELLOS orchestra at their concert at the Toyota Music Factory in 2018. She plays and teaches a wide variety of music styles including classical, Irish, jazz, baroque, modern, romantic, and more.
Sarah Hunt
Sarah Hunt teaches piano, ukulele, beginning guitar, and voice. Sarah grew up in McAllen, Texas and moved to Waxahachie in 2016 to attend Nelson University. She graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor's degree in Music and an Associates in Religious Studies. She has more than four years experience teaching music and working with church worship teams.
Rylee Grimes
Rylee Grimes, our clarinet saxophone and oboe teacher, is from Krum, Texas, and has been playing clarinet for 9 years. She has performed with various ensembles, including TCU Wind Symphony, TCU Clarinet Choir, and marching band. Rylee will be a drum major at TCU this upcoming season. Once she graduates, she hopes to be a music teacher in DFW. In her free time, Rylee enjoys cross stitching, watching movies, and hanging with friends.
Who's next?
Funkytown Music Academy is always seeking new talent. Are you an excellent teacher seeking a creative outlet with one of the best music school compensation packages in Fort Worth? Send us your resumé: Funkytown (at) uumcfw (dot) com.