Adam Haltiwanger

Adam is a Columbia native, who’s interest in music began very early in life. He started playing guitar at the age of twelve and after originally being self taught, he began studying under […]

Ross Swinson

Ross is a musician from Columbia who started his musical education with piano at the age of 7, before eventually taking up the guitar at age 14. After taking lessons […]

Illia Dia

Illia has been singing since she could talk. Her first ever performance was at 4 years old, and she never stopped after that. She took private voice lessons, and began […]

Morgan Mcgee

Morgan McGee is currently a sophomore at the University of South Carolina studying Jazz Studies under Prof. Bert Ligon and Dr. Scott Price. He graduated high school from the Governor’s […]

David Longton

David has been playing piano for 60 years and has been teaching piano lessons for almost 30 years. David started learning piano at the age of 8. He went on […]

Jerry Stevenson

As the Artistic Director of Columbia Children’s Theatre, Jerry oversees CCT’s partnership with Freeway. Each year he directs two musical theatre productions, including students from CCT and Freeway Music. Jerry’s […]

Jae Rodriguez-Laureano

Jaelyn, or Jae, is originally from Fayetteville, North Carolina and now resides in Columbia, SC where she earned her Bachelor’s of Arts in Music with a concentration in piano performance […]

Toby Demidzic

Toby Demidzic’s passion for music and guitar began in his early years. As a child, he was constantly listening to music, especially classic rock. Some of his guitar heroes are […]

Eunice Koh

Eunice Koh is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of South Carolina under the tutelage of Professor Claire Bryant. Eunice received her Master’s in Music from […]

Charles Burrows

Charles started playing guitar at 14 when he began taking lessons at Freeway Music. Now teaching lessons of his own, Charles strives to create the same fun and engaging learning […]