About our teachers.

Here you'll find a little bit of info about each of our four instructors, including their musical background and musical interests.

Established in 2022

Collegiate was founded in 2022 with the goal of making music convenient for everyone. We connect professional musicians and current music students with aspiring musicians of all ages and skill levels. We have the perfect teacher waiting on you. We currently offer lessons in the Colleyville, Southlake, Keller area, as well as Dallas and Denton. ​

Our Goal

We strive to bring music to you on your time! With the convenience of a collegiate level lesson in your own home, what's stopping you? Played the piano years ago? We'll have you back and better than ever in no time. Never touched a guitar? It's not as scary as it seems. Don't want to leave your house? We'll come to you, or we offer lessons online via Zoom. ​

Our Teachers

Benjamin Brittain
B.A in Music - Piano
​M.B.A in Music Industry

Benjamin holds a Bachelors of Arts in Music from the University of North Texas with a focus in piano, as well as a Masters in Business administration. He has been teaching both piano and guitar since 2017, and has played in bands since middle school. A multi instrumentalist, Benjamin offers lessons in piano, guitar, bass, ukelele, songwriting, as well as music production. Benjamin was a student professor in the UNT college of music during spring of 2023, where he taught Digital Audio Workstations, focusing on creating songs in Logic Pro X, and Ableton Live.

Preston Hall
BASc in Creative Writing and Guitar

Preston Hall graduated from University of Alabama with a degree in Creative Writing and International Studies. He has has written over 100 songs in his life and Preston has been playing guitar since the age of 12. He spent 5 years gigging in Tuscaloosa with his band Yellow Jammer during college. With over 100 shows under his belt, Preston has had plenty of experience performing live and has even spent some time recording in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. 

Peyton Aston
​​BFA - Music Composition

Peyton is a former student of the University of North Texas School of Music and currently teaches in Dallas. He has written many original compositions for a variety of instruments, and has even had one of his songs played on the radio in North Texas. Peyton is well versed in all things theory, plays bass, piano and drums, though his specialty is guitar.