About Our Teachers

Karen Simpson, owner and founder of the Music Clinic, has been teaching music in New Hampshire since 1976. A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, she holds a degree in Music Education and has been a Board-Certified Music Therapist. She teaches voice, all instruments, theory, and conducting. She has directed a number of choirs and performed as a vocalist throughout New England.

Jarrod Taylor teaches electric and classical guitar - all styles. He is currently attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He has himself studied guitar at MUSIC CLINIC with Peter Lauzier. He has also studied with David Tonkin, Jon Finn, Scott Johnson, and Julien Kasper. He has played with the Scholarship Jazz Ensemble at Concord Community School of Music in Concord, New Hampshire and more recently with the Advanced Progressive Rock Ensemble at Berklee College of Music. His specialties include progressive rock and classical guitar. He began teaching formally in 2004.

Mary Divers specializes in brass and woodwinds. She holds a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Plymouth State College in New Hampshire and a Masters degree in Music Education from Westchester University in Pennsylvania. She conducts the Ashland Community Choir and the Joyful Noise Bell Choir, and she has been teaching since 1975.

Jared Steer teaches all aspects of percussion. He holds a degree in Music from Plymouth State College in New Hampshire. He performs all over New England and has recorded an album. His subject styles include Jazz, Rock, Funk, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and Classical. He has been teaching since 2000.

Maryam Khajavi-Cullen specializes in piano and music theory. She holds a degree from the Royal College of Music of London, England. She is an accomplished pianist and experienced teacher having taught in both Europe and the United States since 1981.

Howard "Chuck" Beever specializes in woodwinds (saxophone & clarinet). He studied both in school and privately for many years and has played in area bands and orchestras. His primary area of interest is jazz and improvisation in both big bands and small ensembles. He is currently a member of Jazz Plus playing Jazz, Dixieland and music of the 30's and 40's.