Percussion
Lynn Beatty
Lynn Beatty brings more than a decade of professional teaching experience and a lifetime of performing to Lebanon Music Academy. A versatile multi-instrumentalist, Lynn teaches drums, guitar, and bass while also having experience with mandolin, banjo, piano, keyboard, harmonica, and ukulele.
Throughout his career, Lynn has taught hundreds of students of all ages and skill levels. In addition to private instruction, he has directed youth and adult performance groups, helping musicians develop not only their technical abilities but also the confidence and teamwork that come from performing on stage. His teaching background also includes private guitar instruction and serving as a marching band drumline instructor at music camps.
Lynn's passion for music began early. He performed in his high school's concert band, marching band, and show choir, earning the prestigious John Philip Sousa Award in 1999. He continued his musical education at Ohio University, where he performed with both the renowned Marching 110 and the Ohio University Concert Band, receiving the Lawler Award in 2001.
As a performer, Lynn has played with a wide variety of bands and artists throughout Ohio and beyond, including Uptown-Funk Allstars, Bourbon County, Larry Bagby, Nicholas & The Pessimistics, Gran Bel Fisher, My Girl Friday, Zack Attack, Pandora Effect, and My Sister Sarah. While touring with country artist Larry Bagby in 2009, Lynn had the unique opportunity to perform bass guitar alongside legendary drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland, best known for his work with Johnny Cash.
Whether working with beginners picking up an instrument for the first time or experienced musicians looking to sharpen their skills, Lynn enjoys helping students build confidence, develop strong fundamentals, and discover the joy of making music.
Nathan Hoeweler
Coming from multiple generations of drummers and other professional musicians, music has been apart of Nathan’s life for as long as he can remember. He played his dad’s eight piece 80’s drum kit until he convinced his parents to buy him his own. He has played the drums every day since then. His education started out in an award winning marching band and continued under Pete Davidson at Third Street Music.
After graduating he began to play in various bands around Cincinnati. Nathan has played at most Cincinnati known venues like, Ghost Baby, Cincinnati Music Hall, and The Woodward Theatre. Currently, Nathan’s original band, “Mosant,” is playing cross-country tours! You can catch his band on the weekends playing anywhere from New York City to Nashville, headlining stages and opening for acts like “Liz Phair” or “Nordista Freeze.”
Nathan can teach anything from classic drum set to marching snare. From music theory, to improvisation, to just having someone to jam with, Nathan can alter his lessons to anything his students need. He loves all things music and is here to introduce the world of it to his students.
His playing is influenced by the likes of The Beatles’, Ringo Starr, R&B legend Bernard Purdie, and The Band’s, Levon Helm.
Noah Williams
Noah Williams is a graduate from Liberty University with a BS in Commercial Music. He began his musical journey at the age of six when he first began playing piano. In Middle School, Noah began playing guitar and his passion for music exploded. Throughout his musical career, Noah has performed for the O’Keefe Music Foundation, ‘Round Jericho (University Jazz Fusion Band), University Chorale, lost//found (rock band), and various church worship bands. Noah’s participation in these various projects has garnered upwards of 3.2 million views on YouTube.Though he specializes in providing instruction for guitar, bass, drums, piano, and vocals, Noah continues to be a student of the music world.
As a teacher, Noah strives to help students develop strong fundamentals to ensure they have the tools necessary to make music a fun form of self-expression. He is excited to be a part of the Lebanon Music Academy and looks forward to fostering a community of passionate musicians.
Shawn Steele
Shawn Steele is the owner of Lebanon Music Academy, Vice President of The O'Keefe Music Foundation, and owner of SSProArt, a media production company specializing in music-focused cinematography, photography, editing, and color correction.
With more than 25 years of experience in music education, performance, recording, and creative arts, Shawn has taught students of all ages and skill levels while helping young musicians build confidence, creativity, and strong musical foundations.
A lifelong member of the Lebanon community and graduate of Lebanon High School, Shawn developed his passion for music through participation in Jazz Band, Concert Band, Marching Band, Winter Drumline, Singers, Music Theory, and Music History. He has spent decades performing throughout the Midwest and was invited by Bootsy Collins, the legendary bassist known for his work with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, to contribute as a studio guitarist for Bootzilla Productions. His studio guitar work has been released through Mashamug and Mascot Records.
Today, Shawn combines his professional performance background, recording experience, educational leadership, and passion for teaching to help students learn, grow, perform, and discover the lifelong rewards of music.
Katie Oliver
Katie doesn’t remember a time without music not being a focal point in her life. Starting at age 8, she studied in piano and a few years later the guitar. At the age of 13 she switched over to study at the academy and it kickstarted her passion. She quickly started learning every instrument she could get her hands on. Including the guitar, ukulele, bass, drums, and piano. Since then she has found her sound as a vocalist and has started studying audio engineering. Katie's lessons keep students engaged and always ready to learn more!
Charlotte Graham
Charlotte’s first love has always been performance starting with piano in grade school and theatre throughout school with both lead and supporting roles on stage. She began learning guitar at 13 and bass soon after, studying under Aaron O’Keefe and Josh Cole as a Loveland/Lebanon Academy student and continues to study bass and music theory. She played bass guitar in OMF music videos including Tool’s ”The Pot” versions 1 and 4, The Rolling Stone’s “The Worst” and The Cure’s “Burn”. In 2014, she joined as bassist with fellow academy students Kala Rose (vocals), Jacob Boldman (guitar), Ben Swift (guitar) and Alex Muccino (drums) forming the band Saving Escape. After much hard work and dedication, Saving Escape began playing local festivals and music venues like Bogarts, Bunbury Music Festival and The Reds stadium, all while still in high school. The band has had the privilege of opening for The Dead Daises, Palaye Royale, Nashville’s Them Vibes and Broadway’s guitar prodigy Taz Niederauer. In addition to lessons on guitar, bass and ukelele , Charlotte brings insight to young students for onstage performance, confidence, balancing practice with schoolwork and other activities and loves to talk about bands/music in general!