I am a soprano with a degree in vocal performance and I am looking to build a fun and supportive studio in the Bay Area! A little bit about myself first: I have been singing since I was six years old. I joined choir first and then started taking private lessons when I was thirteen. I knew that I wanted to be a singer from the time I was a kid and never looked back! When I was twenty, I moved to Orange County to study classical vocal performance at the University of California at Irvine. I learned a deep appreciation for the music we studied and developed into an effective and artistic communicator through the art of vocal performance. I love teaching because I honestly believe there is no greater feeling in the world than giving a performance that truly moves your audience, and helping others in this process is always extremely rewarding. At UCI I participated in the opera productions, gave several vocal recitals and attended summer programs where I worked with some of the...

Nikolas N. has been performing professionally for over 15 years at Opera Houses, Theaters, and Concerts Halls around the United States, Europe and Asia. The Boston Globe praised him for his ability to “continually impress with his beautiful voice and acting.” He has sung with such prestigious organizations as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Handel And Haydn Society, Boston Lyric Opera, and Philharmonia Orchestra. He holds his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, where he studied Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy. He has taught privately for the past 15 years. During that span he served as the head of vocal studies at the North Shore Conservatory and Endicott College in Beverley, MA, as well a private instructor and clinician in Westwood and Norwood, MA and Piedmont, CA school systems in addition to maintaining a private studio. Nikolas is the co-founder and executive director of the Westwood Summer Song Institute, and...

Bachelor's in Biological Sciences from UC Davis.
5+ years of teaching experience

I am an active violinist and composer and a very enthusiastic teacher! I began playing the violin when I was five years old and studied classically for many years. I started college early at Bard College at Simon's Rock, and graduated with my B.A. magna cum laude in music when I was nineteen years old. Following that, I completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Belgrade, Serbia, where I studied many different types of music, including Roma folk music and contemporary composition at the Belgrade Conservatory. I also taught English at the University of Belgrade.

I have spent time as a musician in New York City and have performed my own compositions on the electric violin across Central and Eastern Europe. I have worked with professional film composers and music editors as an assistant, orchestrator, and copyist. I recently began my graduate studies at Mills College, where I am studying composition, improvisation and performance.

Steve Kirk - Guitarist/Composer/Arranger

I compose music for multi-media, TV and Film and run Steve Kirk Pop Studios based out of Oakland California.

Recent projects include composing music for the iOS release “Skurvy Skallywags”, and Cantina music for the Star Wars MMOL game “The Old Republic”. Other projects include music for the Disney game version of "The Princess And The Frog", the FarmVille Theme for Zynga, and the theme for the Zynga game Treasure Island.

Before that, I was involved as the composer on a multimedia project requiring that I compose, arrange, prepare scores, individual parts, and finally mix and master over three hours of music for a wonderfully creative game called “Voodoo Vince“(developed by Beep Industries for Microsoft Games on the Xbox platform) within a period of six months. The original soundtrack audio CD, released on the Sumthing Else label, has received rave reviews.

I teach guitar and composition privately, and, since 2007,...

I began playing the guitar at 11 years old. After discovering my dad's old nylon string buried in the closet, I gave up playing the trumpet in school band and never looked back. I started taking lessons and soon after that formed a garage band. In high school I played in various rock bands, performing at school events, parties, and all-ages venues. I was also enrolled in the Ft. Hayes Vocational Music Program in Columbus, OH where I received hands-on instruction in music theory, recording, and music history.

At 18 I decided I wanted to make music my life. I began studying Jazz and Classical guitar and a year later received a scholarship to go to the Music Conservatory at Capital University in Columbus, studying under Stan Smith, a Berklee College of Music graduate. I performed in various jazz and classical ensembles during my 4 years at Capital. I also wrote songs and performed in original rock bands Tornado and Elephants Gerald, which played at clubs and house parties...

Graduating in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in Guitar Performance from UC Davis, Edwin is a versatile guitarist with a deep understanding of classical, blues, and rock guitar. Since then, Edwin has been teaching guitar privately and through after school programs. Edwin can be seen gigging with his band as well as the occasional appearance in a musical pit band in the bay area.

My name is Kristen K. and I am an accomplished violinist and teacher from Lexington, Kentucky. I began my musical studies at age 7 and quickly discovered my passion and love for music. As a young musician, I attended numerous summer music festivals, participated in the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra. I was a winner of two concerto competitions, which gave me the opportunity to perform solos with the youth orchestra. I continued my studies at the University of Kentucky as a Violin Performance major and it was there that I discovered my love for teaching music! After completing my performance degree, I decided to also pursue a Bachelor’s in Music Education. During my college career, I served as a teaching assistant in the University of Kentucky String Project, I taught group and private lessons at several local middle and high schools, and also maintained my own private violin and viola studio. I was also awarded the McCracken Scholarship Award for Excellence in Music Education....

Hi! My name is LeAnna and I am a performing artist and teacher in the San Francisco bay area. I am 28 years old, live in Oakland, CA and graduated from San Francisco State University where I received my BA in Classical Music, my BA in Dance, with a focus in choreography, and a minor in Multi-Cultural Theatre. I work as an actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, Zumba instructor and teacher. I love the work that I do and teaching the performing arts is a great joy in my life.
So, just a little bit about me- My father was a saxophone jazz-playing musician who made music an important part of my life. I began piano when I was 7 years old and basically self-taught until I reached the university where I had some formal training. I fell into singing via theatre in high school and picked up trombone my junior where I played marching band and jazz band (some of the best times of my life!). Studying music at SFSU was very satisfying. Now, I enjoy working as an independent and local...

I've been playing various stringed instruments in different ensembles for the last 15 years. I studied electronic music composition and recording at UC Santa Cruz.

Hi I'm Wesley! I am an actively performing Folk Pop singer songwriter and guitarist in and around the San Francisco Bay Area, and will be releasing my sophomore album "Do Re Mi" this coming Summer of 2013. I am also a professional performing guitarist of many genres, including folk, pop, punk rock, classic rock, blues guitar and others. Some of my most recent projects include:

- Completed a 2 month residency with the Virago Theater Company as an electric and acoustic guitarist in the Pop Punk musical "Zombie Vixens From Hell"
- Actively performing with a Chicago Delta Blues band featuring veteran drummer Al Wilsey
- Actively performing with EDM-Rock project "Jin" on electric guitar

I also hold a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Guitar Theory and Performance from the University of California, Berkeley, where I completed an honors thesis in Tonal Theory in Popular Music of the 20th and 21st centuries. At UC Berkeley, I completed studies in both Classical and Jazz Guitar...

I was born in New York, then moved to overseas with my family. I have started to sing in 1983 with various choirs, in Istanbul, Turkey. I have performed with the prestigious TRT (Turkish Radio Television) Istanbul Youth Polyphonic Choir for 4 years. With the choir I had appeared on regular TV concerts, live concerts and radio recordings .I have a B.A. degree in "Advertising & Marketing Research" (emphasis on Creative Writing) from Istanbul University. I also have a teaching certificate from the University of Cambridge, CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults). I have a B.M. (Bachelors of Music) "Vocal Performance" (emphasis on Opera). I graduated from SFSU in 2005. I have performed with various ensembles, groups and choirs at SFSU since 1998. While I was at SFSU my academic success was recognized by Golden Key International Honor Society and I became a member in 2000. I taught Turkish Singing class at Mendocino Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp 2001-2005. I...