Video and Audio engineering
Jarvis Cain is an accomplished audiovisual professional with over 15 years of experience in multiple industries. He is a Navy veteran with degrees and certifications in audio production and Media Communication from Frederick Community College as well as Temple University. He has a plethora of producer, engineering and video production credits across multiple industries including local government, music and nonprofit entities. He is also an aspiring educator with a passion to share audiovisual production knowledge and mentor the next generation of creators in music, entertainment and media production.
Audio engineer, guitar repair, drum lessons
Mike Flouhouse is a multi-instrumentalist and audio engineer known for his work across live performance and music production. Proficient on guitar, bass, and drums, he has performed with a variety of acts including Superunknown (Chris Cornell Tribute), Dumb As You Are (Nirvana Tribute), DogBox, Kenny Curcio, Fave Grohl (Dave Grohl Tribute), and Dead Monks. His live experience includes appearances at venues such as the Theatre of the Living Arts, Underground Arts, and Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia, as well as The Gramercy Theater and Sony Hall in New York City.
Flouhouse began playing guitar at the age of seven and later expanded into drums, developing a strong musical foundation influenced by artists like The Beatles and Aerosmith. He began exploring recording in 2017 and went on to study under recording engineer Ron DiSilvestro at Forge Recording and RDS Studios, while also gaining insight from Brian Davis of TribeSound Studios.
In 2020, he independently recorded, mixed, and mastered his first original release, “The Price You Pay.” Since then, he has contributed to projects for artists including Michael Gruber, Impolite Society, and Ripe Enough. While experienced in genres such as pop, country, and Americana, his core background lies in blues, rock, and metal, blending melodic sensibility with a heavier musical edge.
Thomas Fitzpatrick
cello
Thomas Fitzpatrick is an experienced music educator with a passion for making music education accessible and personalized. As the founder and director of West Chester String Collaboration, he has led chamber music rehearsals and developed innovative instructional methods that focus on student collaboration and individual growth. With years of experience teaching private lessons, Thomas excels at creating tailored lesson plans, guiding students in mastering their instruments, and relating the important lessons learned through music to everyday life.
Lumen Guthrie
Bassoon, oboe, brass, audio engineering
Lumen Guthrie (They/Them) is a graduate of West Chester University's program for Masters in Music Education. For years, Guthrie has been an emerging performer in classical music for the Philadelphia and Baltimore area, after years of classical training on the bassoon. Guthrie is also an alumni of Drum Corps International, and has applied brass pedagogy to hundreds of high-school aged brass musicians. In addition to classical training, Guthrie also has experience in popular music, having self-produced an album and performed original music in Chester County. Guthrie teaches woodwinds, brass, rock band instruments, songwriting, composition, and music production.
Gina Perrigrino
voice
Gina is an opera singer, and a passionate teaching artist. She performs internationally with houses that include the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia, The Atlanta Opera, and Opera Philadelphia. Due to her notable work in the field, she has collaborated alongside authors such as Salmon Rushdie and Khaled Hosseini to bring their literary works to the stage.
Gina is a published writer and speaker. Her innovative lectures and workshops on creativity, artistry and vulnerability have been presented to graduating students at conservatories like New England Conservatory. She is a featured writer in the Huffington Post in a poignant article about her own struggles with the pursuit of a music career and the concept that there is no arrival point.
As a teaching artist, she accepts students with all ranges of experience, finding joy in watching the discoveries of complete beginners to growing the mastery of professional musicians.
She loves animals as much as she loves humans, and Gina is an artist-in-residence at Chenoa Manor Animal Sanctuary in Avondale, PA, where she teaches workshops on site alongside it's residents. She has teamed up with veterinarian Dr. Rob Teti to create an innovative therapy program that brings a combination of breath work, classical music, and animals to local detention centers for those who need it most.
Outside of classical music, she sings mariachi and ranchera in a group that has collaborated with local Latinx organizations like Wilmington's Latin American Community Center and Kennett Square's very own The Garage. Her favorite artist is Chavela Vargas.
Francesco Protasi
Saxophone, flute, clarinet
Francesco Protasi is a Philadelphia-based saxophonist, singer, composer, arranger, freelancer, and overall versatile prolific. He received his Bachelors Degree in Saxophone Performance from the Wells School of Music at West Chester University, under the instruction of Jonathan Ragonese. While in school, he spent four years performing with the illustrious Criterions Jazz Ensemble, the longest-running collegiate big band in the United States. Francesco shared the stage with Bob Mintzer, Tim Warfield, Nicholas Payton, David Liebman, John Riley, Orrin Evans, Bob Curnow, Weirdear, and more in his time with the Criterions. Through these experiences, the improvisational abilities gained by Francesco have received accolades from his institution; he is a two-time winner of the Michael J. Falcone Scholarship for young improvisers.
His professional career was launched with the horn section of LA Starz, a spectacular party band out of Philadelphia’s EBE Talent, as well as freelance gigs in jazz, pop, rock ’n’ roll, funk, r&b, and new instrumental music with a focus on improvisation. Today, Francesco continues to refine his musical palette, learn new abilities, focus his technique, and deepen his relationship with the arts, all the while keeping music positive and fun. He views it a great honor to be a teacher for the Mattock School of Music and above all hopes to instill a love of music-making in every student.
Louise Howard
Viola
Louise Howard started playing the violin at the age of 10 in Ballarat Australia. She continued her studies when she moved to the United States with Corey Worley. In her junior year of high school at Chattanooga High Center for Creative Arts she switched to the viola, placing in the regional East Tennessee All State Orchestra and in the following year placing in the Tennessee All State Orchestra. She also served as principal of the Chattanooga Youth Symphony, also performing with their string quartet. Louise has a strong passion for chamber music having been to summer intensives such as: Credo and Rocky Ridge College Intensive. Louise now studies at the University of Delaware under Elias Goldstein where she has fostered a strong passion for pedagogy. She continues to be an active member of the UD symphony orchestra and chamber music program. Louise also is a current board member for the American Viola Society Youth Council. Louise often goes back to her high school to provide lessons, tutoring and sectionals to the violin and viola students. She is looking forward to continuing her teaching journey at the Mattocks School of Music.
Rob Smith
drums, band instruments
Rob Smith is a musician, educator, and curriculum designer whose career spans more than three decades at the intersection of performance, pedagogy, and innovation. Trained as both a drummer and percussionist, Rob holds dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in American History and Jazz Performance, a Master of Arts in Jazz History, and a Master of Arts in Educational Technology. This combination gives him a rare ability to teach music not just as a skill, but as a living cultural practice.
Rob has spent 20 years teaching at the university level, including 25 years of private instruction in piano, drums, guitar, music theory, and music history. His students range from absolute beginners discovering their first instrument to advanced performers preparing for conservatory auditions and professional careers. Whether working one-on-one with students or designing curriculum for large ensembles, Rob brings the same commitment: meet students where they are, and build the habits that take them where they want to go.
His experience extends into the band room as well. As a trained band director (licensed music teacher), Rob has taught beginning and intermediate students across the full range of concert band instruments - woodwinds, brass, and percussion - giving him a comprehensive understanding of how young players develop across every section of the ensemble. That cross-instrument knowledge makes him an unusually versatile private instructor.
His performance background is equally wide-ranging. As a working drummer and percussionist, Rob has performed extensively in jazz, pop, and experimental contexts, and brings real-world experience in improvisation, ensemble playing, and professional musicianship directly into his teaching. From playing the steel drum on the beaches of the Florida Keys to 10 years of playing experience in New Orleans, his experience is as wide-ranging as his style. Rob is also an active writer and researcher on music pedagogy, with ongoing work exploring how technology and social-emotional learning can transform the way students experience music education.
At the Mattock School of Music, Rob offers private instruction in drums, all band instruments, as well as music theory, music history, and the business of music for students of all ages and levels. His lessons are grounded in craft, curiosity, and a genuine belief that every student has something musical to say. They just need the right program to help them say it.
Matti Beresin
guitar, music production, song writing
Matti Beresin is a professional music producer, composer and musician born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa. He began his music studies at Philadelphia's Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts. Matti studied guitar at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, and received his Bachelors from Temple University in Media Studies and Production. He has played guitar for over a decade, produced for over 8 years, and recently received a RIAA Gold Certification in March of 2021.
To hear some of the music he has been a part of you can visit: https://genius.com/artists/Matti-free