"I have been a customer of Elefante Music for about five years. The thing that I mostly like about Elefante Music is that I have learned so much and have had so much fun playing the piano and guitar. I love the sound, and I have to admit I have become pretty good at playing those instruments because of the teachers. I really do like music, and Elefante has shown me that I can make beautiful music as well as anyone else." - Lauren

Anthony Barretti (Guitar) –

Anthony has been studying guitar performance and music theory for 14 years, with 5 years dedicated to teaching private guitar lessons. In 2005, he received the Calderone School of Music’s Highest Honor Award where he studied classical guitar, music theory, and composition under Professor Christopher Paglia.

This past May, Anthony graduated from Rutgers University with a Masters Degree in Financial Accounting and a Minor in Music. He graduated both programs with honors earning induction into the "Beta Alpha Psi National Honors Society" and the "National Society of Collegiate Scholars".

When not teaching at Elefante Music, Anthony records and performs contemporary rock music with local bands while also offering services as a session guitarist.

Kyle Cadena (Guitar/Bass) –

Kyle attended Madison public schools before graduating from William Paterson University with a Bachelor's in Music for Sound Engineering Arts. He has been teaching privately since 2003, and worked at House of Loud recording studios in Elmwood Park, NJ from 2007-2008. He's been recording bands at his home studio and performing with various artists from New Jersey, New York, and Los Angeles.

Michele Fiorindo (Guitar) –

Mr. Fiorindo earned a Bachelors and Masters degree from The University of Padua, Italy in 1993. Since relocating to the U.S. in 1998, Mr. Fiorindo has performend classical, jazz, latin and modern music professionally in the NY metro area, pairing up with some of the most prominent musicians in the world.

He became a NJ certified music teacher in 2006 with a Summa cum Laude Music Education Degree from Kean University, having studied with Professor K. Kenniff for three years. He is currently running the guitar program at Arts High School in Newark, a prestigious school that specializes in the arts. During the three years of instruction, Mr. Fiorindo has offered exceptional performance opportunities to his students.

Mr. Fiorindo has continued improving his craft consistently through the years, attending Workshops at Manhattan school of Music and taking lessons from artists like John Scofield, the legendary Barry Harris, and Kurt Rosenwinkle (among others).

Mr. Fiorindo has been an established guitar perfomer in the music businness for over two decades. Besides his successful career as a music educator, he is currently performing, collaborating, and recording with some of the most talented artists in the area.

Paul Krautheim (Guitar) –

Paul received his Bachelor in Music from Berklee College of Music In Boston. He has been teaching privately since 1995. Prior to teaching, Paul worked for MTV for four years.

Paul has been a co-leader and guitarist with the Swing Guitars Quintet since 2005. He has also toured with Pen Pal, an Evil Teen Records recording artist. Paul has performed at CBGB's, The Knitting Factory, Brownie's, the Crossroads Theater, and many other New York/New Jersey venues.

Tom Pietrycha (Bass) –

Upright and electric bassist Tom Pietrycha has been teaching and performing for over twenty years. His teaching credits include The Artists Collective, The Hartt School of Music and the Hartford Conservatory. Tom joined the faculty of Elefante Music in the fall of 2011. He is currently teaching upright and electric bass in all styles including orchestral, jazz, rock and funk.

Tom’s performing credits are diverse. He has been a member of The Farmington Symphony Orchestra and The Connecticut String Orchestra and has performed with many jazz greats including Houston Person, Vincent Herring, Randy Johnston, Frank Wess, Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi, Joel Frahm and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. Tom has also played on jingles for Tide and American Express and toured with the Broadway Show Ain’t Misbehavin’. Tom continues to perform regularly in the New York area.

Anthony Sanacore (Guitar) –

Anthony Sanacore has been teaching private students for nearly 20 years. He is also an active guitarist, composer, and lyricist. Anthony studied at The New School and Piero's School of Music and privately with Dave Ferrara, John Olin, Ross Barrata, Sheila Mendel, and Kevin Gallagher.

Anthony has performed as a guitarist for over 20 years. He was a member of Young and Fabulous, which performed at Woodstock and the Kiss Expo, and No Future, which played over 300 shows in the New York area at such venues as The Lion's Den, CBGB's, The Scrap Bar, Mother's, Obsessions, Connections, Love Sexy, and the Birch Hill Nightclub. Anthony performs and teaches classical, rock, blues, funk, bebop, swing, ragtime, R&B, reggae, standards, and contemporary pop.

Tim Sessions (Guitar/Trombone) –

Tim Sessions began guitar at the age of ten and was performing soon after that. Continuing into high school he played guitar, electric bass and trombone in rock bands, country bands and with a college jazz band and theater dept. He began teaching guitar while in high school and has continued throughout the years teaching all his instruments both privately and at various colleges such as Colby College in Waterville, ME; University of Maine at Augusta; and currently at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA and Elefante Music. Tim is a member of the Bobby Sanabria Big Band, the Dave Liebman Big Band, the BMI Jazz Composers Orchestra, the Bill Warfield Jazz Repertory Orchestra, the Smoke Big Band and leads his own fusion sextet. He has released and album of original music featuring Randy Brecker, Chris Potter and Ken Werner. He is a Broadway veteran, having been a member of the pit orchestra at The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Titanic, Wild Party and is currently an active sub on many shows.