She grew up with classical music, now she gets to create contemporary music via DJing. 

"Growing up, my mother listened to disco at the dinner table. I listened to American Bandstand, anything with a beat."

How did the drums lead Londoner turned NYC creative director Stephen Rutherford to us? 

Just because you work in finance doesn't mean you cannot be creative. Meet Rachel who loves the best of both worlds.

Having lots of models friends who are also DJs prompted Duc to find out what it's like to DJ.

Meet Janine Perry, cultural strategist at an advertising agency by day, a capella signer on the side. 

When Cristal Marie came to us, we had no idea she's a star from the Dominican Republic. 

Luiz visited us during his two-week trip to NYC. He dabbles in music, restaurant, advertising and oil. 

Meet Natalia, PR business exec, loves all music. 

Meet Nick, a cultural strategist, and Andrew W.K. advisor, in our student interview. 

On the one-year anniversary of our founding, meet our latest class of newly minted electronic music makers. Kate Lala is the director of people and culture at The Yard with a classical music background.