Team

With a combined 30+ years of educational experience, Zach and Sammy have dedicated their lives to building Miami’s music community.

ZACH LARMER, Founder

Zach is an internationally acclaimed jazz musician and educator. As a performer and composer, Zach has received three GRAMMY awards and embarked on numerous world tours. He has had the chance to work alongside artists such as Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and The Steve Miller Band. Zach is also the guitarist on American Dreamers: Voices of Hope and Freedom, an album that gained bi-partisan support in the United States House and Senate for its advocacy of citizenship for DACA recipients.

As a music educator over the last 13 years, Zach has focused on creating an infrastructure for musicians to support their growth as they transform into phenomenal artists.

SAMMY GONZALEZ, Founder

Sammy is a founder at the Wynwood School of Music, an after-school and weekend music program in the heart of Miami’s art district. Allowing students to participate in private and ensemble lessons throughout the week. Sammy also serves as the Director of the Miami Beach Senior High School Rock Ensemble. The Rock Ensemble, founded by the late Doug Burris in 1972, is the first school-based ensemble of its kind in our nation’s history. The student-led musical group is a culmination of musicians, a stage crew, and a sound engineering team.

Sammy is the CEO & Founder of the non-profit Young Musicians Unite and has personally raised over $20,000,000 for music education. Under the leadership of Sammy, YMU believes that every student in Miami-Dade deserves access to music education regardless of their socioeconomic background. The organization currently services over 9,000 students across 61 schools and has educated over 25,000 students since 2013.

As an educator, Sammy has been teaching since 2004. His students have gone on to excel in schools such as New World School of the Arts, Juilliard, Harvard, NYU, Georgetown, Cornell, Vanderbilt, and Penn State.

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