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About Us

We offer weekly private lessons on drums, guitar, bass, piano, and music theory to students of all ages and experience levels. Each lesson is tailored to fit each individual.

We work with a wide range of students, from those at the beginning of their musical journey all the way to more advanced musicians working to further their craft.  Some of our students play purely for the fun of it, while other's sometimes take a more serious path thats focused developing the skillset necessary to survive as a musician in the 21st century. We proudly support everyone at every step along their musical journey. 

Our teachers all have over 10 years experience, and at minimum a bachelors degree in music.  All of our teachers are active performing and recording artists in their own right as well.  Former students of ours have gone on to make All State bands, All Region bands, join professional touring bands, and received merit based scholarship to attend top schools of music all across the country.

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Meet Our Teachers

Anthony Casolari

Anthony Casolari is a Master's grad from UNT's Jazz studies program.  While at UNT, Anthony played in the One, Two, Three, and Four O'clock lab bands as well as the Latin jazz lab.  He worked with Lynn Seaton during both his undergrad and master's at UNT while working with Gudrun Raschen for 4 years during his undergraduate degree.  He served as a teaching fellow for the jazz division and taught several courses including applied bass lessons, jazz improvisation, jazz history, coaching/directing jazz small groups/combos and more.  As a member of the One o'clock lab band and the UNT jazz lecture series program, Anthony got to record bass on Lab 2024, the Two O'clock's album "Born Two Swing!", and perform alongside Helen Sung, Matt Wilson, Anisha Rush, Billy Childs, Steve Davis, Nicole Zuraitis, Helen Sung, Lyle Lovett, Delfeayo Marsalis, Zach Brock, Camille Thurman, Miki Yamanaka, Miguel Zenon, Darmon Meader, Ashlin Parker, Sylvester Onyejiaka, and many more.  Anthony was a member of the 2025 JAS academy big band session where he worked with Christian McBride, Brian Lynch, and Chuck Bergeron for two weeks and then performed alongside Jose James, Alicia Olatuja, Brian Lynch, and Christian Mcbride.  Prior to attending UNT, Anthony worked as an active sideman in the South Florida jazz scene and was fortunate to have been asked to play alongside many local greats throughout the state of Florida like Ira Sullivan, Jason Hainsworth, Paul Ayick, Melton Mustafa, Bob Dogan, and Billy Ross. In addition to his work in the jazz idiom, Anthony has also held down the low end for American Idol Season 23 finalist Breanna Nix and is the current bassist for DFW based country artist Cash Byers and Big Valley.


 

Anthony has taught for over 10 years, and many of his former students have gone on to be accepted and receive scholarships to attend schools like the University of North Texas, Florida State University, the Manhattan School of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of music and more.

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Josh Parker


Josh Parker (B.M. Jazz Studies) was raised in South Dakota playing in symphonic band, marching band, and jazz band throughout his early education. He soon started playing professionally and has been performing live shows for the last 15 plus years. While studying at the University of North Texas, Josh played in many ensembles including: West End Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Zebras Funk Ensemble, 4,6,7 O’clock Lab Bands and Timbale/Bongo player for the Latin Lab Band and the legendary One O’clock Lab Band.  After graduating from UNT, Josh went on to teach and perform around the DFW area.  He is the current drummer for Cash Byers and Big Valley and is a regular call drummer for American Idol season 2023 Finalist Breanna Nix.

Josh is able to teach a large variety of styles from jazz and latin feels to rock and metal with many others inbetween. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What instruments are taught at NewPro?
    We teach Piano, Guitar, Electric Bass, Drums, Upright Bass, and Cello currently.

     
  2. What are lessons like at NewPro? 
    Each teacher fully customizes their lessons based on where they feel each student is at in their musical journey.  
    Students are usually given assignments during each lesson and are told to work on it in the week leading up to 
    next week's lesson.  In addition to being instructed what to practice, students are taught how to practice their 
    assignments and strategies for practicing to help aid them in the future.

     
  3. What kind of music can I learn at NewPro?
    Our teachers have experience performing and teaching Classical music, Country Music, Worship music, Jazz, 
    Latin Jazz, Salsa, Afro-Carribean music, Brazilian Music, Rock, Blues, Metal (including extreme metal subgenres), 
    and folk/americana music.

     
  4. What makes NewPro different from other lesson studios?
    At NewPro, our teachers have experience performing at the highest level, and teaching students ranging from
    complete beginners to advanced level college students.  
    Our teachers at NewPro have experience teaching classes and ensembles at the college level, and many former students have gone on to recieve scholarsip to attend top schools like the University of North Texas, Florida State University, San Franscisco Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and more. Former students who were enrolled in lessons during middle school and high school have gone to make All State and 
    All Region bands in several stats.  Former students of our teachers who were currently enrolled in college level lessons have gone on 
    to advanceup the ranks at their prospective schools including having former students play in the 7 time grammy nominated One O'clock
    Lab Band. Our teachers have also performed with a wide array of artists, some of them being NEA Jazz masters recipents,
    and modern day luminaries in the field of Jazz.  We offer the highest quality musical education possible where we have turned complete
    beginners into professional gigging muscians, some are currently active around the DFW area!

     
  5. What is the cost of lessons at NewPro?
    At NewPro we offer a free trial lesson to every student who is interested in enrolling in lessons.  From there students have the option
    to sign up for weekly half hour or hour long lessons.  We charge $50 for hour lessons, and $30 for half hour lessons.  We offer group classes
    where students and parents can sign up to study together, so that they can help each other at each step along the way!  
    For group classes we charge, $65 an hour and $35 for half hours.

     

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