Robert Phillips,  Department Chair at All Saints Academy, recieved his B.S. in Music Education from Hofstra University, his M.A. in Classical Guitar Performance from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and his D.M.A. in Classical Guitar Performance from the University of Miami.  Dr. Phillips studied under world renowned classical guitarists David Starobin, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, and Rey de la Torre.  Dr. Phillips, who teaches Classical Guitar, Music Appreciation, and AP Music Theory, has been teaching since 1971.  An internationally respected scholar, he has published articles on guitar musicology and pedegogy in several guitar journals, including Guitar For the Practicing Musician, Guitar Extra, Guitar Player, and Soundboard.  His many transcriptions and guitar editions have been published by Mel Bay Publishing, Inc., and Cherry Lane Music, Inc.  These publications include an annotated anthology, Great Themes and Variations for Classic Guitar.  He  has released two CDs, and has performed solo to a sold out audience in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and in an ensemble at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.  Dr. Phillips has performed throughout the United States, in Canada, and in the Middle East.  He has premiered classical guitar compositions by Meyer Kupferman, Troy Gifford, Frank Brazinski, Eric Ross, and Alfred Giusto, and released the first recording of David Leisner's transcription of the Philip Glass Knee Play (originally for solo violin) from his seminal opera, Einstein on the Beach. Dr. Phillips has composed a number of guitar works, including a dance score for performance art group, Vital Spark, Igitur. 

Nathan Herrera has been playing guitar since the age of 15. Mr. Herrera's mother and father, his first teachers, introduced him to flamenco and Spanish guitar through the recordings of the great guitar maestros. Mr. Herrera went on to receive a bachelors degree in guitar performance with a concentration in composition from Florida Southern College under the direction of Dr. Mark Switzer. He has pursued his passion through master classes with Pepe Romero, LA Guitar Quartet, Adam del Monte, and Oscar Guzman. Mr. Herrera has also studied flamenco guitar and percussion in Seville, Spain with the accomplished guitarist Juan Nunez. He has also studied locally with guitarist Jose Maria Moreno, in Miami with Paco Fonta, and recently with maestro Juan Diego. In addition to enjoying success in performing solo and with various dance companies, Mr. Herrera has also made appearances in local television programs, commercials and magazines.

Herrera's beginning studies began with a deep involvement in classical composition and performance. Through both his influence and inspiration by Paco de Lucia, Vicente Amigo, Manolo Sanlucar, he has irresistibly returned to his Sephardic (Judeo-Spanish) roots. Through his study of musical composition and exploration of various didactic forms, Herrera has been able to incorporate these skills into a wide variety of styles and techniques for flamenco. The eclectic nature of this music reveals new melodic structures and diverse textures building a style that compliments traditional and modern gypsy flamenco; creative rhythmic renditions of standard flamenco forms: bulerias, tarantas, soleares, rumbas. Incredible complexities, but how harmoniously it all fits together. The music moves him deeply-he draws near to experience the beauty and the architecture of music, which seems truly divine, perhaps even changing his life.