Teachers

jed ashby

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Born into a family of musicians, Jed developed a love for music at a very early age, watching his father perform in various bands over the years. Jed has been playing guitar for just over 30 years now. By age 13, he joined up with some other local musicians and has been hooked since, actively playing in local heavy metal bands Anomaly, Tapered Mind, and Arming the Architect for the last 25 years. Over his music career, he's shared the stage with several internationally known acts such as Hell Yeah, Black Label Society, Nonpoint, Buckcherry, 10 Years, and Saliva among many others. Jed started volunteering at The Martinsburg Rock School in 2018 when his son, Carson, started taking drum lessons. He started managing bands in 2023, and currently performs with school bands whenever he's needed.

Sam stilwell

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Graduating from Shepherd University, Sam went on the road in May performing 500 shows that summer at Cedar Point Amusement Park. Later going out west for 4 years playing country dance halls 6 nights a week. Got the call to come home and join Rivers Edge, a Nashville based country group touring the east coast. Later Sam headed to Nashville and played Broadway until getting a call from Steve Whiteman to join Funny Money.

Sam has spent countless hours recording with country, Christian and numerous ensembles as both a performing percussionist and a recording engineer. Meanwhile, Sam began teaching home school kids, then KnB music and finally Saint James School for the past 16 years, where he has had the pleasure to teach students from all over the world.

Along with Saint James School he is also an adjunct teacher at Hedgesville Middle School, The Let There Be Rock School and various other after school programs. He also tours as drum tech for KIX, performs regionally with Amanda Wilkins, and various other groups.

Jamie Seeley

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Jamie Seeley is a veteran guitar slinger with 50 years of experience. Jamie's interest in live music performance started at age seven when he attended a Three Dog Night concert with his older brother in 1971, and by age 9, finally got a guitar and took lessons for about a year. By age 12, Jamie began jamming with other local musicians. He has constantly played music professionally throughout his life, including such bands as Jfactor Blues, The Road Ducks, J3, and The Jamie Seeley band, and has shared the stage with internationally known acts such as Johnny Winter, David Allen Coe, Molly Hachett, and 38 Special, to name a few. He owned Mountaineer Music for a number of years and has been teaching at The Martinsburg Rock School since September of 2023.

Amanda Stilwell

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Born and raised in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and Winchester, VA, Amanda Stilwell (Amanda Wilkins) has been performing since the young age of 12. She has shared the stage with various acts as Phil Vassar, Travis Tritt, Rascal Flatts and Marty Stewart. Amanda is a BMI songwriter and has cowritten many tunes with that have been featured on such cable shows as; Inside the NBA, WWE Wrestling, and the Lifetime Network's Wife Swap.

She has four albums under her belt, and currently writes, performs around the country. Along with teaching vocals and piano, Amanda is also our president and manager of The Martinsburg Rock School, as well as a former Music Therapy group lessons at ADAPT for Grafton, music director for various productions at ACT and the Black Box Theatre in Hagerstown, MD, and Hedgesville Middle School (current Assistant Show Choir Director with Jessica Funck).

Gage Mong

Born into a family with good taste in music, Gage fell in love with music early on listening to Bob Rocks and his mom's Nirvana CD. Gage has been playing guitar for over 10 years and singing for 8. He played in a band from MRS called Brain Invaders for 6 years, and is now part of a few bands in and out of the school, as well as instructing bands and students. Gage joined the school in 2016, and left in 2024 to attend Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix, Arizona from Jan through November of 2025, where he built his first three guitars, and a tube amplifier. In later 2025, after returning from Phoenix, he rejoined our school, helping set up shows, instructing bands, and is now one of our guitar teachers!

Welcome Gage!!

Eyndia dehaven

Eyndia DeHaven is a motivated business administration student with 5 yars of playing experience, and 2 years of teaching experience at MRS. From first becoming a student at the school, Eyndia now helps with communicating with parents, spotlights, setting up show equipment, assisting with individual lessons, our MRS summer camps, and helping with weekly band instruction and rehearsals. She has been in several bands and has played many live shows. A lover of all genres, Eyndia is experienced in playing anything from 80's rock to mellow acoustic folk songs, while also writing original music. Her main instrument is electri guitar, but she is also proficient in bass, acoustic, ukelele, and general vocal instruction. MRS has become like a home to Eyndia. She loves the community ans has been honored to be a part of the teaching process, and has loved helping other students grow as musicians.

Happy to have Eyndia on board!

Carson ashby

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Nick unger

Nick Unger has been going to Martinsburg Rock School since December 2019. He started with guitar lessons, his first band manifested, and has since played with 10 bands from the school, taking various roles as vocals, guitar and bass guitar. Nick first started teaching in 2023 and continues as a band director for the school, while also furthering his other current music projects and bands, covering and writing.

We are so pleased to have Nick teaching and band directing at the school!

Lillian Wilkins

Lillian is a music education student at Shepherd University studying voice, and a percussionist for Shepherd's wind ensemble, orchestra, and marching band. She is a proud brother of Kappa Kappa Psi, and a proud sister of the Eta Tau Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI). Lillie plays and teaches percussion, voice and bass guitar, as well as some drumkit for our performance bands, as well as instruction for our summer camps. We are pleased to have Lillian on board!