Music Lessons in Solana Beach, CA

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice

My teaching experience dates back 35 years. Soon after I started taking piano lessons, I began teaching piano. I went into students homes and taught the classics. Since those early years of teaching piano, I have expanded and gradually started teaching guitar to a few students, and then later on I started teaching voice to a few students. In the last 15 years, I have been teaching full time on the three instruments piano, guitar, and voice. Read More

Instruments: Guitar

Over the past 10 years I have had students ranging from 9 years old (beginner) to in their 50's (advanced). My main musical styles are rock, pop, jazz, and blues. Read More

Instruments: Drums Latin Percussion

I really began teaching drums by request around 10 years ago as I began performing, and just fell in love with the reward that comes along with it. With my passion for drumming next to my passion for teaching, there just isn't anything else that can provide me with more satisfaction. Read More

Instruments: Voice Violin Viola Ukulele Mandolin Electric Violin Fiddle

Hello! I'm a versatile musician with a wide variety of skills and experience! I'm a classically trained violinist and singer with a background in musical theater. For the past 10 years I've been performing all over the US, Canada and the UK in a variety of facets. I've played with symphony orchestras, performed off-Broadway, fiddled with country and bluegrass bands, played electric violin with rock bands at iconic venues in NYC and LA including The Bitter End, The Viper Room, the Whisky a Go Go and more. Read More

Instruments: Piano Voice Violin

I began teaching private lessons in college as a side job, but due to touring with orchestras I was unable to truly develop my own studio. I also volunteer taught students from low-income families through the Azusa Pacific Conservatory for two years. In the summers of 2010 and 2011, I took over a former teacher's studio of 20+ students while he toured in Europe. I have been working in National Parks for the past 3 years and have always brought my instruments with me. Read More

Instruments: Drums

Alongside my carrier as a profession musican and composer, I've also had extensive experience as an educator. I began teaching in 2009 while I was studying Jazz at UCSD. In 2011-2013 I was a teaching assistant at UC Irvine in 2011-2013 for the subjects of Music Appreciation, Fundamentals, History of Jazz, and Music of The Beatles - of which I lectured, graded, and tutored. Post graduation, I became the music director for the 2016-2017 program for the Coast Unified School District. Read More

Instruments: Violin

My teaching method is based on the education I received from four great violin pedagogues who were representing the three prominent Russian, Belgian, and American schools, and also my 27 years of training students. In one hour of my comprehensive teaching, I work extensively on both right and left hand technique, with emphasis on scales, arpeggios, and etudes...which ultimately will result in good tone production, double stops, vibrato, and more importantly, high quality performance. Read More