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  A fourth director was added to the team.  Vocal Classes will be offered in the Summer Semester.  In the Fall we will add a program in Fauquier County in the Vint Hill area.  We are adding a bucket drumming class for young kids, music theory and electric guitar programs.


Directors

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 as a Music Director 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 County but also to all of Northern Virginia.
Ken Hall
Teen/Adult Guitar
Music Theory
Ken Hall received a bachelor's from Westfield State University in Mass. in 1981 and a master's from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1986.  He studied classical guitar with Tim Olbrych and William Feasley and jazz guitar with Mick Goodrick, Barry Galbraith and Ted Dunbar.
Ken is an in-demand freelance guitarist playing engagements for the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, the Kennedy Center’s Opera House, Signature and Olney Theatres, Blues Alley and the Smithsonian. He toured the former Soviet Union with a 16-piece big band as a guest of the Soviet State Department and has performed with jazz greats Max Roach and Slide Hampton, country rocker Charlie Daniels, gospel great Andrae Crouch, comedienne Joan Rivers, and Italian crooner Al Martino.
Ken taught guitar as an adjunct faculty member at Amherst College, Westfield State University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Va.  He recently retired from Fairfax County Public Schools after teaching 33 years between both Massachusetts and Virginia.   He was a guitar director for the past 13 years at Westfield High School, eight years as an AP music theory instructor and nine years as the department chair.  He is currently an adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College along with frequent performances across the area.
​He brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and excitement to build our new teen/adult guitar classes and will be starting the first music theory class for Creative Music.
Kim Gilliam
Worship Guitar
Songwriting
Kim Gilliam received her Bachelor’s of Music Studies from Mary Washington University.  She has been leading praise bands in local churches for the past 28 years.  Kim is also a singer/songwriter and has composed many songs for church and secular settings, as well as completed an original collection of songs on her CD “Come to me Nehemiah”.  Kim has served on the board of the Songwriter’s Association of Washington, played in churches, coffeehouses and secular settings in the Washington, D.C. area.  Over the years Kim has also taught guitar at Wakefield School, privately and at The Boxwood School. 
Christopher Marsh
Young/Electric
Guitar Instructor
Christopher has played music his whole life, initially learning piano and violin. Around the age of eleven he picked up the guitar, and he hasn't put it down in the almost fifteen years since then. By seventh grade he was playing with youth group bands, and by high school he was playing lead guitar in local shows with various rock and metal outfits in Memphis, TN. During his senior year of high school, Christopher got the opportunity to play with the stellar STAX Academy Rythm Section, testing his chops on Pop, Soul, and R&B hits while touring the Mid-South. Christopher then studied jazz guitar and music business at the University of Memphis, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in Music Industry. While there he wrote, performed, and recorded with Memphis rock band, Revolution, as well as spending time on stage and in the studio with various acts from reggae, hip hop, and EDM artists to indie, folk, and blues bands. Since graduating, Christopher has taught lessons, run worship music programs, and started a home recording studio. He resides in Manassas, VA with his wife, Ashley, and toddler, Henry.
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Tia Wood
Piano/Keyboard Instructor
Tia Wood is passionate about all aspects of the piano—she is an accomplished piano instructor, accompanist, and classical/jazz artist in the DC area. She holds a B.M. in Music Business with a piano concentration from Grove City College, and has over 15 years of experience playing and performing the piano. Tia enjoys teaching private and group lessons with 9 years of experience instructing others.
Over the past four years, Tia has also become passionate about performing arts administration. She has served as the Vice President and Treasurer of her college orchestra, interned at the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, and now works part-time at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, VA. Currently, in addition to frequently gigging solo at events, Tia enjoys collaborating with other musicians. She has served for five years as the keyboardist in her church worship band, performed in many coffeehouses, accompanied vocalists and instrumentalists for competitions, and recorded both original and unoriginal works for a short film.
Jacob Lash
Vocal Instructor
Jacob Lash strives to enable people from every walk of life to enjoy the gift of singing. He holds a degree in Music Education from George Mason University (GMU) with a concentration in choral education and a minor in theater. He is founder and director of the Gainesville Community Choir and directed a highly successful homeschool youth choir for several years. He taught K-8 chorus at Ad Fontes Academy in Centreville, VA and served as the assistant director for the GMU Chorale after 4 years as the tenor section leader. Jacob has enjoyed teaching  voice and piano privately for 10 years, continues to sing throughout the DC Metro area, and is currently employed as a full-time music Elementary Music Specialist with Prince William County Public Schools.
Carlton Yelle
Guitar Instructor
Mr. Carlton Yelle's passion for bringing music into the lives of others is what drives him. In a musical and personal sense his goal is to leave people better than he found them. Carlton began learning at a very young age. His formative years in music were instructed by his parents and older brother all of whom were proficient in their respective instruments.  As a young teenager Carlton took courses in choir, music theory and band. However, it wasn't until he turned 16 that his passion for pursuing music truly blossomed. It was at that age that Carlton took up the study of guitar. He has performed numerous concerts and acoustic sets; ranging from coffee houses to opening for professional acts. In college he took courses in piano and classical guitar. He played for weddings, upscale restaurants and bars, and on church worship teams. In 2014 he began working as an intern in a church in NY where a good portion of his duties involved the teaching and leading of their worship band. This progressed to his current job In Virginia where he works as worship director. In his free time He enjoys playing out at wineries and restaurants; teaching music, and doing voice-overs for audiobooks and commercials. 
Kathy Mullen
Strings Instructor
Kathy Mullen brought all her skills to Creative Music in the Summer of 2016.  Kathy Mullen started playing violin at age 12 in the Fauquier County Public School system.  She was introduced to classical music through her parents. It was through listening to albums her parents played that Kathy developed her true love for violin. 
After graduating from Fauquier High School, Kathy attended Shenandoah University where she began pursuing a degree in Music Education. Kathy played with various orchestras and churches and performed at weddings and many other events throughout the years.      
From 1994 to 2002 Kathy played first and second violin with the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra of Leesburg, Virginia. Currently she plays with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra (PSO) in the first violin section.  The PSO performs at the Highland Center for the Arts in Warrenton, Virginia.  
In addition Kathy plays for Oak Shade Baptist Church of Catlett, Virginia, guest performs with many other local churches; is a violin instructor with Drum and Strum Music Center of Warrenton, Virginia, and currently is Music Instructor for The Merit Schools of Manassas Park and Prince William. ​
Bill Schnepper
Band Instructor
​Mr. Bill Schnepper comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and expertise.  He is currently the Head Band Director at Deer Park Elementary School and Assistant Director of Bands at Westfield High School in Fairfax County.  At Westfield HS he works with three concert bands and heads the schools two jazz ensembles.  He has been a Fairfax County Public School band teacher for 15  years.  He is an active saxophone player in the D.C. area and has a private saxophone studio of about 15 students.
Mr. Schnepper brings to us many years of wonderful musical experiences that have helped him to connect musically with his students.  He has had the honor of playing/performing with Joe Williams, Nate Smith, Maynard Ferguson,  Vincent Gardner, Rosemary Clooney, Terreon Gully, Willie Murillo, Andre Hayward, and Bobby Shew, to name a few.  He played woodwinds for two years at a resort outside of Nagasaki, Japan and played saxophone in both Disneyland and Disneyworld while in college in the All American College Jazz Band.
Mr. Schnepper earned his bachelors of Music Education from James Madison University and then received a teaching assistantship to stay and earn his Masters in Music Performance from JMU, as well.
Mr. Schnepper’s favorite thing to do (aside from conducting our band, of course) is be with his wonderful wife and three children.  He also loves working with students, playing basketball, watching the Washington Redskins, and eating  good food.