After graduating High School in 2004 from Baraboo, WI, Mr. Flygt (flicked) pursued a degree in percussion performance and instrumental music education from Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, WI.   He graduated in 2009 and has continued his education abroad in both Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (Carnival 2010 with Dr. Philip Galinsky) and Kopeyia, Ghana, at the Dagbe Cultural Institute (2008, 2010, 2012). Additional studies of Brazilian Music in the US have been at California Brazil Camp in Cazadero, CA (2011-2015, 2017).  In studying traditional Ewe Music his main teachers include the entire Agbeli Family.  For his Brazilian Studies his teachers include Dane Maxim Richeson, Dr. Philip Galinsky, Jorge Alabe, Ailton Nunes, Dudu Fuentes, Gabriel Lopes, Marcus Santos, and Jimmy Biala.  As a lifelong learner of music he has maintained relationships with these teachers beyond a simple 1:1 exchange of information.  They are close friends and mentors.   

Outside of teaching at Lane he enjoys the outdoors, everything related to Star Wars and the Green Bay Packers. Other musical interests include playing drumset at his church and directing Second City Samba (Chicago's premier Community Samba School).  He has paraded in NYC for the Halloween Greenwich Village and also the Mission District in San Francisco, California.  In 2022 he performed with Mannheim Steamroller for their Red Tour where he played percussion, recorder, and the EWI.

Mr. Flygt has been teaching at Lane Tech since the fall of 2011.  

Mr. Veren was born and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. After graduating from Vernon Hills High School, he attended DePaul University to study music education and trumpet performance, graduating summa cum laude in 2018. 

When he's not teaching, Mr. Veren enjoys coaching boys soccer at Lane, reading books, playing his trumpet in different groups across Chicago, and spending time with his puppy, Dizzy.

Mr. Veren is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the Illinois Music Education Association.

Mr. Veren has been at Lane since 2018.