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Calhoun O’Loughlin

Piano, Drums, Flute, & Clarinet

My name is Calhoun O’Loughlin and I am an elementary music teacher that teaches general music at Fairlands Elementary School and I also co-teach the 5th grade band to all nine of the elementary schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District. I have been playing instruments since I was 8 years old and my father, […]

Jeremiah Trujillo

Piano & Voice

Jeremiah Trujillo is an active collaborative pianist, vocal coach, piano teacher, soloist, and historical musicologist. He holds a Ph.D. in Music from the University of California, Davis. He is the staff collaborative pianist for the Music and Theater Arts departments at Las Positas College. Starting in Fall 2021, he’s been the accompanist for Pacific Edge […]

Heeyoung Choi is a doctoral candidate in music composition at UC Santa Cruz. She began her musical career as a violinist at the age of 6. She studied violin performance in arts school and performed in numerous repertoires. She has taught a wide range of students and seeks to help students foster musicality as well […]

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 Cal State East Bay. Shannon has had the opportunity to perform in musical theater, opera, and churches in the Bay Area and in […]

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. Gary comes from a very musical family. Both his father and mother played the guitar, and were songwriters. His paternal grandmother was a […]

Kathrine Waters

Voice & Piano (Beginner / Intermediate)

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 from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in music education from the Boston Conservatory. She has taught public school music at […]

Lindsay Baird

Office Manager

Lindsay was born in Los Angeles and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area as a young adult. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema from San Francisco State University. Her studies also included music and literature. She has a short novel in the works, as well as some music of her own. […]

Karen Stasko Veca was raised in Livermore and received her early musical training from the Livermore School District. She went on to San Jose State University, where she earned a B.A. in music, studying with Isabelle Chapuis Starr. She was a member of Mu Phi Epsilon, winning many of their solo competitions. Karen is currently […]

Sadie Glass

French Horn

Hornist, Sadie Glass, leads a varied career as performer, teacher, and administrator. Recognized for her “polished tone,” Sadie has a passion for early music. Featured in Early Music America’s (EMAg) January 2017 Early to Rise Series, she is developing praise as an emerging baroque and natural horn specialist. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Sadie […]

Isabella Goze

Voice (Classical, Musical & World Music)

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 in 1999. Isabella holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance with an emphasis on Opera from San Francisco State University. Further […]

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 (Berlin) and Bruno Giuranna on viola. He has played with many fine orchestras, including the Bamberger Symphoniker and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, […]

Antoine van Dongen, Dutch violinist, pianist and conductor, has been on the faculty of Wellesley College, New England Conservatory, MIT, and the Walnut Hill School of Arts between 2005-2011 Mr. van Dongen had a distinguished career serving as a first violinist with the world famous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam from 1989 to 2004 and […]