Hannah Rainey

Hannah Rainey is the Operations and Communications Manager for St. Louis Classical Guitar as well as a teaching artist for the past 8 years.

In 2015, Rainey began teaching with SLCG’s education program Guitar Horizons in area schools. Since then, Hannah has taught school programs in Ferguson-Florissant, Jennings, Normandy, and SLPS schools. She is now the advanced guitar instructor at McCluer North High School in Ferg-Flor, SLCG’s most successful high school program.

Hannah has a Bachelors of Music in guitar performance from the University of Missouri - Columbia. Outside of her classical-based performance, Hannah plays in a few bands and enjoys writing music. 

Sam Jennings

Sam Jennings is a local musician and educator in the St. Louis-area. He is a graduate of the Masters Program in guitar performance at the University of Missouri-Columbia, studying under Anthony Glise.

In his spare time, Sam records and performs as Other Suns.

Shuqing Ma

Shuqing Ma, born in the Liaoning province of China, is a musician and instructor. She moved to various places throughout the United States, eventually landing in St. Louis where she received her Bachelor’s of Arts in music at Webster University in 2020. During her time as a student, she tutored children and English language learners for the Student Literacy Corps. Currently, she is a Teaching Artist at St. Louis Classical Guitar, hoping to share her passion for music throughout the community.

Shu’s various hobbies include audio engineering, motorcycling, parkour, puzzles, wood working/tinkering, skateboarding, and video games.

Ben Osborne

Ben Osborne is a multi-instrumentalist and St. Louis native. He was a self-taught musician in high school and continued his education in music, receiving an associates in music from STLCC Florissant Valley and a Bachelor of Arts in music from Webster University in 2011 with a Jazz Tech degree.

 Ben has an expansive history as a performing musician, playing both jazz and rock music and touring almost the entirety of the US, as well as two European tours and one Australian tour.

 Along with touring, he has also taught music lessons throughout the years. Ben began the music program at the Gene Slays Girls and Boys Club in St. Louis and helped facilitate the transition from bucket drumming to a classical guitar program with SLCG.

 Ben continues to play gigs around town and enjoys getting the opportunity to teach new and emerging musicians.