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Featured Piano Teachers Near Santa Ana, CA

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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Piano lessons in Santa Ana . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!

Matthew G

Instruments: Piano Drums

I have over 30 years of teaching and professional experience. Piano is my first instrument, but I also have a degree in percussion. For piano: I have studied with Charlie Banacos, a music master from the New England area for 11 years. For percussion: I have studied with Vic Firth, timpanist of the Boston Symphony and also Alan Dawson, jazz drummer. Read More

Talia G

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice

In my music degree, I gained the knowledge to supplement my teaching abilities. For example,my Senior thesis allowed me to analyzing liturgy and musical form. When singing in choirs,I observed teachers. This assisted me gain a vast knowledge of music, as well as procureperformance experience.Finally, all these experiences enabled me to gain the effective teaching skills to conduct acohesive group or lesson. Because of these qualifications, my interaction with students comes naturally. Read More

Jean D

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice

Each student interested in expanding their knowledge and abilities in voice, piano/keyboard or guitar will be introduced to reading music and asked to practice the lesson plan each week at home. With practice, you will see your abilities grow stronger and stronger, and you will be able to play and sing along to music with ease. We will be working from lesson books specifically designed for you, and each weekly lesson will be documented in a notebook as a daily practice reference guide. Read More

Nori D

Instruments: Piano Violin Viola Electric Violin

When my students first start I start them on the Suzuki method until they get to book 4. While they are learning from that certain method I do encourage students to tell me what songs they enjoy listening to and we will choose easy versions of the song that keeps them motivated and excited. Once my students pass book 4 of Suzuki we start getting advanced music including scale books, etudes, and concertos. Read More

Breana G

Instruments: Piano Violin Viola Saxophone Flute Clarinet Oboe English Horn Acoustic Guitar

Music is experienced ears-first, and that's how I prefer to teach. I certainly teach everyone to read music if they don't already know how, but I really like to help people hear the music they want to make. This is done through listening assignments, playing with my students during lessons, some music memorization, and singing. I also incorporate a lot of improvisation games to get students making sounds pressure-free and help them access their inner expressive voice. Read More

Addy S

Instruments: Piano Voice

In singing, breath is the basis of all sound. We will work on developing a healthy support system and gaining stamina, dynamic range, and technical function that will allow your very unique instrument to flourish and thrive. I will help guide you towards repertoire that will help expand your knowledge of how your instrument works and inspire you to keep exploring and learning. Much will be guided by your goals as a musician. Read More

Cameron D

Instruments: Piano Guitar Drums Accordion Ukulele Mallet Percussion Music Keyboard Acoustic Guitar

I'm a music teacher with 8 years of teaching experience and 17 years of performing experience! I love sharing that experience with students of all ages to guide them on their musical journey. I achieved my bachelors degree of Music Performance at the Schwob School of Music studying percussion, and have performed with wind ensembles, orchestras, percussion ensembles, as well as popular music ensembles. I'm well-versed in classical studies, but love playing and teaching rock, pop, blues, funk, as well as fundamentals of music and practicing on a variety of different instruments. Read More

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James S

Instruments: Piano Voice Violin Viola Mandolin Keyboard

What is your dream piece to perform and why?
There are too many to list: For solo classical repertoire: I love The French: Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Milhaud. I tend to favor impressionists too like Cyril Scott and have recorded a great amount of repertoire all ready. For concerti I haven't yet performed: I would love to play the Leroy Anderson Concerto in C, The Leith Steven's Night Song Concerto, John Ireland's Piano Concerto and more Mozart. For musical theatre: I love all the standard repertoire and love to perform them all I also love to record my own original piano works.

If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
I have great background in art as well and film history. I have taught film noir, Pre-Code and MGM cinema courses which I love. I'm a huge classic movie buff. I love visual art and have background in sketching and coloring. I love yoga and veganism and have written already 2 books on vegan cooking. I'm a clinical hypnotherapist and love working with clients in regressive sessions and teaching seminars. I enjoy metaphysical studies and have background as a psychic/tarot reader and astrologer and find this fascinating. I'm a computer web designer and I also design websites for my clients.

What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
Jazz Piano: 1950s LA cool Jazz standards, 1930s stride, ragtime, coastal smooth jazz bossa nova, and romantic Liberace-esque piano Classical Piano: MOZART, and the Impressionists and French Composers Harpsichord: Scarlatti, French Baroque, and 20th century works such as the concerti by De Falla and Poulenc. Voice: Great American Songbook Standards, Mozart and Operatic REpertoire Violin: Celtic fiddle My expertise is vast and would take to long to cover here. I love all music with maybe the exception of Heavy Metal rock and rap.

If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I come from a musical family and thus it was required to be versatile. As a child I studied piano, harpsichord, electric keyboard/synthesizer, organ, violin, viola, mandolin, as well as ballroom dancing, ballet, acting and musical theatre and operatic voice. My main love is piano and voice but I'm also passionate about harpsichord though I don't currently own one. I enjoy fiddle as well. I would love to learn classical harp someday if time and money permits. I believe that most musicians eventually study many areas of the arts.

Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
I come from a long famous line of musicians. My great great maternal grandfather Canuto Berea Rodriguez was a famous Galician Spanish composer who wrote symphonies, operas, piano music and song cycles. He was also the mayor of La Caruna, Spain, and owned a family music publishing house. My mother is a noted opera singer from New York and my dad a country western performer. I have 5 siblings that are all musical and many nieces and nephews that are all prodigies in the arts. My nephew Matthew is a concert pianist who has already played Chopin and Beethoven standards by age 10 and is working on Rhapsody in Blue.

When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I knew since I was 3 I would always make a career in the arts. I prefer however to be self employed. I like to teach with my own methods I know work and set my own hours and decide whom I work on. I didn't like teaching college/university due to the strict regulations, red tape of the California School systems, budgets cuts etc. In fact I worked 60 hour weeks and was stressed and exhausted. Ironically owning my own business I make the same salary for 20 hours a week and have a lot of free time to concertize, record albums and write books.

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