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TEACHING STAFF

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LAUREN RODRIGUES

Voice Teacher

Lauren Rodrigues is a member of Tulare Community Church, where she volunteers on the worship team. She has loved music and has been making it from a very young age, and is always striving to hear new music. She was a student at Fusion for many years, taking lessons in voice, keyboard, guitar, and bass, which helped her develop her love for music and lead worship. With her love of music, Lauren decided to pursue a degree and career in music. She has a bachelor's degree in Music Education with a vocal music emphasis from California Baptist University. Lauren is excited to help share her love and knowledge of music with students of all levels to help the next generation of worship leaders.

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CAMILA MORA

Voice Teacher

Camila is a USC '17 graduate, having received her Bachelor's of Music in Popular Music, with an emphasis in Vocal Performance. She is an experienced touring and studio musician, having performed on a number of late-night shows and major music festivals like Saturday Night Live, The Grammys, Good Morning America, The Voice to Coachella, Glastonbury Festival, and the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball - as both a singer and keyboardist. Music is both an outlet and a tool for her, and believes it's a true channel for fun and growth.

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HENRY STOOPS

Guitar Teacher

Henry Stoops works at Visalia’s First Church of the Nazarene as the technical arts director and has been playing guitar for 17 years. He has a passion for guitar, live/studio music production, and loves to teach or converse anything music or Nintendo related. If he is not playing with his kids or playing Nintendo, he most likely has a guitar in hand. He believes you’re never done learning your instrument and strives to learn new skills on guitar and music production constantly. He toured for about a decade with worship teams and rock bands, playing guitar, building their live multitracks, and programming light shows. He still plays with the local worship band Brazen occasionally. He loves working with worship music at his church, and believes his behind the scenes work helps polish the worship offerings to God. Henry has seen what God can do through musicians who love Him, and is excited to be a part of teaching the next generation.

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JACOB ZSIDO

Bass Teacher

Jacob Zsido is a member of Visalia Nazarene Church and has been playing bass for the worship team there since 2011. He began playing upright bass at the age of eleven and taught himself electric bass at the age of thirteen. Being one of the few bass players at Mt. Whitney High School, Jacob filled the bass-player need for both orchestra classes and the marching band during his time there. He is a student as CSU Fresno and feels a definite calling to teach. He loves using his music talent to glorify God, and longs to teach others to do the same.

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DAVID CARBALLO

Guitar Teacher

David was a Fusion student back in 2008 and has been playing for the worship team since 2015. He has lead worship in multiple churches in different styles to help him get more experience. Now he's a worship leader at Sunrise Community Church with Martin Mora. He's really excited to share his experiences and different styles of Worship with the students.

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NIC IACOVETTI

Keyboard/Piano Teacher

Nic’s musical experience spans from classical to contemporary works. He began studying cello at the age of seven and has played piano professionally for over 40 years. He has co-directed music for multiple live productions. He has composed music for live stunt shows, computer games, commercials, and television shows.
Nic has been involved in Worship ministry for many years. He has played on worship teams and was Music Director at The Sanctuary Church in Santa Clarita.
For the past few years, Nic has been teaching private piano lessons in the Santa Clarita area. He loves equipping students with strong foundational skills and helping students build on those foundations. He is excited to see children grow in the gifts God gave them, while learning to worship God through those gifts.

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MARTÍN MORA

Director

Martin Mora’s gifts as a producer, songwriter, musician, teacher, and leader are well known. Those who have worked with Martin or seen the growth in those who have developed under his instruction have witnessed his uncommon talents firsthand. For almost twelve years, Martin has energetically pursued his call to equip music teams, leaders, and musicians in our area. During that time, he has built a program of undeniable success. He toured Latin America and the USA with different bands. He is the Worship Arts Director at Sunrise Community Church and the Fusion School of Music Director.

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