Professional musician and educator, Michael Pickering founded Pickering Performing Arts and Entertainment LLC in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that brought life to a standstill. Feeling a need to help provide hope, encouragement, empowerment, optimism, and community, Michael began to provide free music lessons to anyone interested. The response was overwhelming. After offering free lessons for two weeks and sensing the value of this mission to the community, Pickering began to organize Pickering Creative Artists Academy, initially offering private lessons in keyboard/piano, voice, music production, songwriting, and music business. Michael's vision to expand Pickering Creative Artists Academy into a 21st century, 360 degree performing arts and entertainment studio, Michael began assembling a cast of multi-talented, passionate, and professional arts and entertainment Instructors and moved into their first commercial location in December 2021. The new studio located at 6920 S Jordan Rd, Suite G in Centennial, CO serves students of all ages and skill levels offering a diverse array of performing arts, digital production, entertainment creation, production, and performance classes, live and digital event experiences.