I’ve always had a love for music. When I was 8 years old, I taught myself how to read music before my first piano lesson because I was so excited to learn. I continued taking piano lessons throughout my school days and became involved in choir in high school.

When I began college I decided to study business. I auditioned for choir and realized that my dream was to become a music educator. I graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. I studied piano, voice, clarinet, and education. I had a lot of experience playing the piano and singing that I decided to learn the clarinet and join the concert band so I could have band experience. I was also involved in hand bell choir and continued to perform with the choir after I graduated. After graduating, I taught piano at various private elementary schools throughout San Diego. I also had the wonderful experience of being the pianist and vocal soloist at my church. I am a substitute...

Having recently completed her masters degree in Piano Performance at the University of Redlands, pianist Jina S. holds her private studio in Hemet, Ca. During the past six years she has been the recipient of the prestigious LeHigh Endowed Piano scholarship, an award based on exceptional talent and pianistic promise, and has held a Graduate Assistantship in Accompanying. She began her musical training at an early age with piano and clarinet and continued through high school, where she participated in marching band playing clarinet, concert band playing French horn, and playing piano in jazz band, while taking piano lessons. She has traveled to Europe, studying with renowned pianists, Cordelia Hoffer, Alfons Kontarsky, and Francios Germain at the Mozarteum, Salzburg. She is currently secretary of the Music Teacher's National Association Redlands Chapter and participates yearly in student-oriented events.

I have performed professionally at Disneyland, was former musical director for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and have toured professionally with many groups; including Phil Wilson's Rainbow Band and the AlcoSKAlics.

Teaching has been a passion of mine since the mid-'90s. I have taught students that were as young as 5 years old to 80 years old. I can teach and play a variety of instruments, including: keyboards, bass, drums, latin percussion, brass instruments and acoustic guitar. I also teach compostion, arranging, and conducting.

Many of my formers students have gone on to become professional musicians, teachers, and recording artists.

Learning to sing properly is one of the most important foundations for your talent. I strive to help each and every one of my students reach their fullest potential.

Personally, I have been singing for nearly 14 years. I received a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Redlands, and am currently enrolled at Redlands seeking my Masters in Vocal Performance. I was the winner of the 2012 Concerto Competition in Redlands and was afforded the opportunity to perform with the Redlands Symphony Orchestra as a Soprano Soloist. Over the past 10 years, I have soloed abundantly across Southern California.

I fully enjoy teaching music and theater to others and spreading the art of performance, reaching out to all generations. I believe in customizing every lesson to be unique for my students in a way that will serve their individual needs. I teach with patience and encouragement and believe that students prosper and improve much more from a positive experience. My lessons are intended to be fun and influential in a positive light that can lead to a rewarding career, hobby, or just for personal enjoyment!

Every since I was a little girl, I have been devoted to the arts. When I began college, I knew that music was my path. As a music major I developed a deeper understanding of music theory, piano, voice, and theater. I recieved my A.A. in Music at College of the Desert and my Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Redlands- which I attended on a music scholarship. I have played leading roles in several operas and musicals in Southern California, including Gianni Schicchi, Die...

Ever since I can remember, I've been listening to, and playing music. My Mom's side of the family is very musical. I can remember watching my Mom at the piano practicing and singing, and going to see my two uncles playing top 40's and latin jazz music at coffee shops and fancy restaurants. My parents have old family videos of me banging on my little tricycle with toothbrushes like a drum set at the age of 4. I definitely had the music bug. By age 8, I was taking my first drum lessons alongside my older brother. And by age 9, my brother was showing me my first chords on acoustic guitar. It's been non-stop ever since!

I truly love teaching. I have such a passion for music, and if I can spark that passion for music in someone else, whether they're age 5 or 55, I'm doing my job! I've had the privilege of having some amazing musical teachers and mentors in my life growing up, and hopefully I can be one of those people for my students. I've been performing for live audiences in...

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My name is Ulises. I have been studying music collegiately since 2007 at California State University San Bernardino. My training includes theory, diction, piano, conducting and voice. My vocal training began as a baritone with Dr. Andrew Crane for two years and continued for the next three with Dr. Stacey Fraser. In the summer of 2012 I began working with tenor John Duykers transitioning my voice to tenor.

As a performer I have performed with opera companies and orchestras throughout Southern California including: CSUSB Opera Theater, CSUSB Chamber Singers, Pass Chorale & Orchestra, Orange County Symphony, Riverside Lyric Opera, Center Stage Opera, Cypress Masterworks Chorale, Mountainside Master Chorale and Los Angeles Opera.

As an opera performer some of the roles I have performed include: M. Balandard in Offenbach's Monsieur Cheufleuri, Don Alfonso in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, Storyteller in John Adams' A Flowering Tree, Peter in Humperdink's...

I was born and raised in Yucaipa, CA and I have a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the University of Redlands. I have been performing for 12 years. Some of my favorite roles include The Baker's Wife (Into the Woods), Joy (Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella), Jenny (Company), Joanne (RENT), Jan (Grease), Milly (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), Abigail Adams (1776), and Despina (Cosi Fan Tutte). I was artistic director for the University of Redlands Musical Theatre Company for two years and sang for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Arts Festival. Last summer I had the amazing opportunity to attend the American Theatre Wing's SpringboardNYC program.

"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good...

With many years of experience in both piano and vocal performance in Los Angeles and in England and my teaching in the Inland Empire, my students experience a rich and rewarding time of learning.

I received my formal education in piano performance from the Royal Academy Of Music in London and in Rhodesia. I also attended the Kwanagoma College Of music in Rhodesia and studied organ under the famous Dr. Olaff Axelson of Germany.

I also attended the University Of Redlands where I studied piano pedagogy.

I studied voice with Suzann Luckather of the Alhambra Academy Of Music in Los Angeles and also with Maestra Marya Basaraba, director of the California Philharmonic 200 voice chorus.

I further studied with the international vocal coach and concert pianist, Armin Gazulamian.

My current vocal coach is the world famous tenor, Guiltiero Negrini of the Metropolitan Opera House New York.

I have been acting and performing for 5 years now. My stage experience started in show choir, then expanded to include musical theater, and finally opera.

In college, I studied the core music subjects (music theory, sight singing, music history, etc) while developing my vocal technique through private lessons. During a semester in Florence, Italy, I performed at a few venues in the city and became fluent in Italian. I graduated with a degree in Linguistics and a minor in Italian (supplementing my native Hebrew and English with varying degrees of study in French, German, Arabic, and Russian).

Over the years, I have performed as a church soloist and choir section leader while building my résumé of operatic roles, including Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Nemorino (The Elixir of Love), Kaspar (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Chevalier de la Force (Dialogues of the Carmelites). Since graduating, I have been able to focus more on audition and...

Music is the means to create a portal into our souls, so that we may see each other for who and what we are, not merely as what we do. I want to help foster those young, middle-aged, and not-as-young how to tap into their own soul portals through music so that they may find others' as well. I believe that in order to entertain others with your voice or your instrument playing, one must first be able to entertain oneself - all the while having fun doing it! As a recent graduate of the University of California, Davis with a double major in Music History & Ethnomusicology and African-American & African Studies; a former co-host of the popular hip-hop radio show ATF Radio: All Things Fresh on KDVS 90.3FM; a former Music Director of The Afterglow of UC Davis; and a current Vocal Music Performance graduate student at the University of Redlands, I have come in contact and learned from a vast amount of different musicians and professionals. A classically-trained bass-baritone with roots...

Education: Bachelor of Music - University of Redlands 2010
Master of Music University of Redlands 2012

I have worked extensively in different age groups and settings teaching piano and in classroom settings for the past 7 years.

One of the greatest joys as a music educator has been to see students reach the weekly/ monthly/ yearly goals that we have established together. From beginners to advanced students, I am dedicated to helping my students reach their musical goals.

This is one of the biggest reasons that I focus on having students build up their skills from whichever level they are at, and working their way to success. I emphasize rhythms, ear- training, harmony, music theory, and of course musical reading and understanding of the musical language of piano.