Music Outreach Faculty
Sam Terlaga
Samantha is a saxophonist and educator based in Nashua, NH. Originally from Long Island, NY, she attended the University of Rhode Island, where she received a Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education. She has played at the Newport Jazz Festival, the US Navy Saxophone Symposium, and the New England Saxophone Symposium. Samantha is trained in classical saxophone, with additional experience in a jazz setting.
Samantha has taught grades PK-12 general music, band, chorus, and guitar. She has taught at Flora S. Curtis Elementary, Mt. Hope High School, Nashua Community Music School, Pennichuck Middle School, Charlotte Ave Elementary, Nashua Community Music School, and New Searles Elementary. She is also a member of NAFME and NHMEA.
Devin Morin
Devin (they/them) is excited to be returning to NCMS! They began working at NCMS in high school and are thrilled to be back as a flute instructor. Devin graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education in 2024 from the University of New Hampshire. They are currently an elementary school music teacher and love working with students of all ages.
Devin has been playing flute for over ten years and has been teaching lessons for the last four years. They have experience teaching students from a wide variety of backgrounds and work to make music more accessible to everyone. Devin identifies as queer and enjoys performing music that engages in social justice advocacy. When they aren’t teaching, Devin enjoys creating art, reading, and watching medical dramas!
Pia Nions-Obas
Pia is an artist who enjoys singing operatic roles, art song, the Blues, Neo-Soul, Jazz, acting, and spoken word poetry. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in Inkster, Michigan. She attended Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Music. She received her Master’s degree in Music Performance from Loyola University New Orleans and a Graduate Performance Diploma in Voice from Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
During her studies, Pia was first-place winner at the district and regional National Association of Teachers of Singing (N. A. T. S.) competition. She performed in many operas such as Amahl and the Night Visitors, Porgy and Bess, Champion by Terence Blanchard, and Puccini’s Turandot. She was a soloist in Verona, Italy, at Opera Viva, and performed at Jazz clubs like Bakers in Detroit, MI. Pia has sung behind legends such as Stephanie Mills, and experienced the exciting opportunity to sing behind the Grammy award-winning gospel artist, Yolanda Adams, Seal, Trisha Yearwood, Chris Daughtry, Prince Royce, and many other artists in Adam Anders’s The Passion presented by Tyler Perry live on Fox!
More recently, Pia has had the pleasure of being a Performing Arts teacher to elementary school students while debuting as a soloist in Black Nativity at the Emerson Arts Theater.
Pia finds joy in helping people feel safe and conquer stage fright while learning the beauty of their instrument. She loves teaching music to people of all ages, backgrounds, genres, and levels.
Outside of creating music, Pia enjoys spending time with her family, sitting by the water, and, more recently, being a newlywed! She is overjoyed to be joining NCMS!