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Anna Logiman

Anna Logiman

Piano

Anna Logiman was first introduced to the piano at age 5 by her mother, an avid pianist. She continued to learn piano under her mother until she was 10 in which she

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Lisa Braz

Lisa Braz

Piano

Lisa Braz has taught piano privately, prior to joining New World Music Academy. She has studied music at Las Positas College, Berkeley Jazz School, Hayward State Jazz Program and San Francisco State

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Herman Ebertizsch

Herman Ebertizsch

Piano

Herman has earned a reputation as one of the Bay Area’s premier keyboardist. He is a writer, performer, piano teacher, and an entertainer. He has written many songs in an array of

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Michael Solomon

Michael Solomon

Piano, Guitar

Michael Solomon is a Conservatory Music (RCM) certified piano instructor with over 15 years of experience teaching and working in the music industry. In addition to beginning, intermediate, and advanced piano students,

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Jake Nunn

Jake Nunn

Guitar & Ukelele

Jake Nunn is a professional musician and is the founder/lead vocalist/guitarist of Hysteria, as well as the lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist of the Oakland-based heavy metal band Hell Fire. He has gigged and

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Jeremy Greene

Jeremy Greene

Guitar, Drums

Jeremy Greene is a multi-instrumentalist who has been studying and playing music for over 30 years and teaching for over 10. He started on piano in grade school, switched focus to saxophone

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David Cann

David Cann

Violin, Viola

David Cann studied violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and violin and viola at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakadamie, Detmold – Germany. His teachers include Tibor Varga on violin, and Rainer Moog

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Isabella Göze

Isabella Göze

Voice

Isabella Göze is a classically trained singer and excited to work with your kids to help improve your singing skills. She started singing as a young girl and began her professional career

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Dhwani Shah ​

Dhwani Shah ​

Tabla

Dhwani Shah started teaching Tabla since 2006 in his teacher’s school based in Chicago. Over the years he’s branched out on his own teaching at music schools, community centers, and religious institutions.

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Tim DeCillis

Tim DeCillis

Drums

Tim DeCillis is a seasoned percussionist and guitar player, with experience in rock, pop and jazz drums, as well as classical percussion and a variety of world music styles. He was born

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Bill Judd

Bill Judd

Drums

Livermore native Bill has over 40 years of experience performing and teaching drums. Bill began studying music with the Livermore schools program where he played in Concert Band, Marching Band, and Jazz

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Dr. Jessica Kwong

Dr. Jessica Kwong

Piano

Dr. Jessica Kwong grew up in Hong Kong and has been taking piano lessons since the age of 5. At 17, she went to the Bay Area to study music with Dr.

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Kathrine Waters

Kathrine Waters

Piano, Voice

Kathrine Waters is a performing vocal teacher with extensive experience in small and group instruction in voice and piano, as well as private lessons. She has a bachelor’s degree in music education

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Taylor Weber

Taylor Weber

Piano, Voice, Ukulele

Taylor has been doing music her whole life, and was actually very adamant at a young age about it being something she could do for a living, and not just as a

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Kyrstyn Pixton

Kyrstyn Pixton

Piano, Voice

Kyrstyn began teaching music to children at 14 and has been performing since before she can remember. She teaches Voice, Piano, Songwriting, and Music Production privately as well as in public schools

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Patrick Bang

Patrick Bang

Piano, Guitar, Violin

Patrick grew up in a musical family and learned to play the guitar and bass at an early age. He began taking piano lessons at the age of 11 and he is

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Carl Rosenblum

Carl Rosenblum

Guitar

Carl Rosenblum attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He has toured with Herb Reed and the Platters and has signed and recorded at CBS Records in NYC. He has also

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Nick Bang

Nick Bang

Voice, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele & Mandolin

Mr. Bang is an avid music lover, and nothing brings him more joy than teaching music. He has an incredibly wide range of musical knowledge, which makes him a very dynamic teacher

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Gary Allen

Gary Allen

Guitar & Ukulele

Gary Allen is an accomplished musician, and a teacher of the acoustic and electric guitar, as well as the ukulele. He is also a published songwriter, and a member of ASCAP, Inc.

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Shannon Hoffman

Shannon Hoffman

Voice, Piano

Shannon loves to share her passion and skills in music with her students! She began piano lessons at age 8 and earned a B.A. and M.A. in Voice at Whitman College and

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Varun Bathija

Varun Bathija

Piano

Varun Bathija has always been passionate about music and people. More importantly, how people connect to music and how it makes us feel. With a Degree in Music Production and an Emphasis

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