Our History
- 2013 Musically Creative (Creative Music, LLC) was formed to offer affordable and professional music to all ages. Beginning Band and Worship Guitar were offered.
- 2014 Second and third year band were added to the courses offered.
- 2015 Young Guitar classes were added, targeting 7-10 year olds.
- 2016 Beginning Strings were added in the Summer and Classical and Worship Keyboard were added in the Fall. Creative Music brought on three new directors.
- 2017 Musically Creative expanded and offers classes in Prince William, Fauquier and Fairfax Counties. Musically Creative increased to seven active directors.
- 2018 Enrollment continues to grow as we start to establish a Fairfax County guitar studio in Vienna. Musically Creative adds mini-musical theatre for our vocal classes.
- 2020 Due to the CoVid - 19 crisis, we went 100% online during this time and in the summer started a large band program in small groups with three directors.
Owner
Brian Hubler
Owner |
Brian is the owner and original director for Musically Creative (Creative Music LLC). He has a passion for teaching students and directing. He is a Northern Virginia native that grew up in Fairfax County and graduated from Chantilly High School where he participated in District and All-State Bands as a French Horn player. He went on to study Music Education at Arizona State, and then graduated from James Madison University with a Music Education degree and holds a VA Teaching License for K-12 Music. He learned guitar in college and soon after volunteered to lead a high school praise team at a local church. After graduating he taught 5th-12th band and strings at a private school in Manassas, and additionally worked as a part time Minister of Music. He then taught, primarily in Elementary Band, for more than eight years in Fairfax County Public Schools in the Vienna area. In addition to teaching band, as a conductor he taught several years with the Vienna Band Camp, and taught private and group brass and guitar lessons. For five years he was on staff as a Music and Communications Director at a local church, and is now employed as a Technology Support Specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools. He has enjoyed launching this new business providing additional opportunities for group instrumental instruction to students and adults primarily in Prince William and Fairfax but also to all of Northern Virginia.
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Directors
Semaj Pennix
Piano & Voice Instructor |
Semaj Pennix is an artist who has been singing and making music all of his life. Hailing from Greensboro, North Carolina, he began honing his craft during his early years in grade school and in his church. Influenced by the music of singers like Greensboro's Victorious Glorylanders (his father's singing group), Boys 2 Men, Rachelle Ferrell, D'angelo, Lauren Hill, Kirk Franklin, and Luther Vandross, Semaj began to form his own musical identity. He received his Bachelors in Music Education from Pfeiffer University and his Masters Degree in Worship and Ethnomusicology from Liberty University. He has served as Minister of Music for Churches in multiple Virginia cities, and has also served as piano teacher and vocal coach for different Music Stores. Semaj has been teaching as a music teacher in public schools for 15 years and most recently has been at Balls Bluff Elementary in Loudoun County since 2006. All the while he’s been singing and playing piano for different churches, weddings, and community events. He enjoys sharing his love of music with whoever he can. Semaj Pennix also started his own private School of Music, Studio Of Semaj (SOS Music LLC) in December of 2014. Today, he continues to equip students to realize their full musical potential and encourages them to produce this same level of dedication in other areas of their lives. His goal is to give people an outlet to express themselves and to brighten someone else’s day. We are delighted to bring him on staff at Musically Creative for the Fall of 2021.
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Carrie Sullivan
Brass & Guitar Instructor |
Carrie Sullivan is the guitar teacher at George Hampton Middle School in Prince William County Virginia. She is a graduate from West Virginia University where she obtained her degree in music education in 2017. She has taught general music, secondary band/orchestra, and guitar in Maryland and Virginia. She also specializes in low brass instruments and has loved teaching and playing both since high school. She studied with Scott Elliott at West Virginia University. She is very excited to be on the Musically Creative team.
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Alyson Wyckoff
Strings Instructor |
Alyson Wyckoff is a Strings specialist in Prince William County where she instructs fifth grade students on the violin, viola, cello, and bass. She has taught several years as a public school teacher, but she has taught private lesson in the area for even longer. Alyson received her undergraduate degree from James Madison University in music education and a minor in family studies. In addition to teaching privately and in the public schools Alyson has worked at several summer camps where she taught different age groups in orchestra. Alyson believes that music should be apart of everyone’s lives and would like to be apart of the process of bringing music to everyone.
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