Husband and wife duo Diane Aragona & Charles Salamone aim to provide quality private music education, with an emphasis on family and a goal of serving the surrounding communities.

diane aragona

voice,

Audition Coaching

Diane Aragona has her Master of Music in Classical Voice from Rutgers University, where she studied under Judith Nicosia. Ms. Aragona is the founder and co-owner of His & Hers Music, a private music school in NJ, where she teaches voice.  She has worked extensively with her school on community outreach to make extracurricular music education available to children, adults, and seniors in northern NJ. Most recently, they have partnered with the Bloomfield, NJ Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to offer affordable music classes and events for the community. Outside of teaching, Ms. Aragona also coaches and mentors beginning teachers on the business side of teaching as they embark on the journey of starting their own studios.

Ms. Aragona served as private voice instructor for the National Children’s Chorus in NYC from 2015-2018. Additionally, she has experience teaching voice lessons and group vocal classes at Rutgers University. As an experienced adjudicator, she has judged vocal competitions for the Mid Atlantic Music Teachers Guild (MAMTG), National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), and the New Jersey Federation of Music Clubs (NJFMC).

Ms. Aragona is an active recitalist and church musician, most recently performing at The Church of the Sacred Heart in South Plainfield, NJ, St. Peter’s Church in New Brunswick, NJ, and St. Mary’s Church in Nutley, NJ.  In 2016, she performed in NYSTA’s Tribute Concert to Tom Cipullo at the National Opera Center.  Past operatic performances include Weill’s Threepenny Opera, Bernstein’s Candide, and Delibes’ Lakmé.  She has had the pleasure of working one-on-one with prominent composers such as Tom Cipullo and Richard Hundley. Ms. Aragona is the Registrar on the Board of Directors for the New York Singing Teachers Association (NYSTA), a member of the NJ Federation of Music Clubs (NJFMC), and a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).

JARRETT WALSER:

DRUMS, piano

Jarrett began his musical journey at the age of three, but his love for jazz began at the age of 11 when he started studying at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s (NJPAC) WellFargo Jazz for Teens program. During his 7 years at NJPAC, he had the fortunate opportunity to study with jazz greats such as Ralph Peterson, Cecil Brooks III and Dion Parson. After his studies at NJPAC, he continued to pursue his passion for music at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, where he received his B.A. in Jazz Performance. While there he was able to study with world class musicians Victor Lewis, Ralph Bowen and Conrad Herwig to name a few. After the 3 away from school he returned to Rutgers and is currently a Masters student at Mason Gross School of the Art and he plans to focus on his life long passion of playing music.

Even though Jarrett’s musical background is in Jazz, he has grown to love and appreciate all styles of music. He has performed with various funk and pop/rock groups such as Charles Laurita and The Mischief, Always On Time and Goddess Laskshmi. Jarrett is now excited to continue is musical journey with Amigos, Amigos and to collaborate and reunite with his former college “amigo” Chuck Salamone. He is very excited to join the team at His & Hers Music as the drum/percussion instructor.