The three resources for music teachers and lessons in Davis are Davis Music Teachers Association, the UC Davis Music Department, and Watermelon Music. The information on this page is partly derived from the DMTA Roster, and also lists non-DMTA teachers.
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Instrument
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Name | Openings? | Phone | Location | DMTA? | Notes | ||
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Ableton/Guitar/Winds/Ukulele |
CJ Borges | Openings, please text first | colinjborges@gmail.com | (530)219-9613 | Downtown Davis or in-home | No |
Music Studio available for recording. I offer hybrid music production and instrument learning lessons. Learn music theory while you also produce and improvise over your own tracks! Learn the fretboard on guitar, scales, chord-melody, read music, play by ear. |
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| Banjo/Guitar/Uke/Keyboard | David Abramson | Yes | david@playreadymusic.com | (530)902-8223 | Central Davis Studio or in-home | Yes | Beginner & Intermediate. Learn how to jam, play your favorite songs, write your own, and have fun playing music. | |
| cello | Julie Hochman | none | cellomama1222@aol.com | (530)758-5577 | North Davis | yes | ||
| cello | Hiram Jackson | hsjackson@aol.com | (530)753-4814 | no | ||||
| clarinet | Mia Ibrahim | openings | miai100@sbcglobal.net | 574-1498 | In home | yes | ||
| Double Bass/Electric Bass/Beginning Strings | Greg Brucker | Yes | DavisBassStudio@gmail.com | (530)400 1142 | West Davis | no | ||
| oboe | Katie Gorden | yes! |
kfgorden@ucdavis.edu |
in home | no | Texting is my preferred mode of communication. | ||
| guitar | David N. Sachs | openings | dnsachs@ucdavis.edu | (949)874-4073 | Downtown/North Davis | no | All skill levels | |
| double bass/electric bass/guitar | Max Abrahams | openings | max.abrahams1@gmail.com | (415)533-4622 | Downtown/Central Davis | yes | All ages and levels, learn rock, jazz and more | |
| drums | Jim Frink | openings | jf@jimfrink.com | (530)750-9427 | Central Davis | yes | all ages and levels | |
| drums/tabla | Alex Jenkins | sactodrummer@sbcglobal.net | (916)799-8751 | campus, Downtown, Sacramento | yes | |||
| electric bass | Ray Yukich | musicalserv@gmail.com | (562)431-9516 | no | ||||
| flute | Daphna Dror | daphnadror@gmail.com | (530)756-5369 | no | Suzuki method | |||
| flute | Susan Monticello | davis_flutist@hotmail.com | 530-908-1762 | Watermelon Music | yes | |||
| flute | Sue Sheya | openings | lyricalflute@gmail.com | (530)-746-8783 | South Davis | yes | all flutes: classical, folk, ethnic; free intro lessons | |
| flute | Virginia Thigpen | none | vthigpen@gmail.com | (530)756-5986 | West Davis | yes | Suzuki method | |
| flute/piccolo | Shannon Jimenez | Shannon.taylor@stanfordalumni.org | (530)848-5508 | no | bilingual in Spanish | |||
| flute/piccolo | Maquette Kuper | openings | maki.kuper@gmail.com | (530)756-7380 | North Davis | yes | flute, piccolo, alto & bass flutes; director of Davis Youth Flute Choir | |
| flute/piccolo | Alice Lenaghan | Openings | aelenaghan@gmail.com | (916)929-6775 | Sacramento | yes | flute, piccolo, alto flute, recorder and baroque flute (traverso). | |
| flute/piccolo |
![[WWW]](https://web.archive.org/web/20140707085134im_/http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png) Rachel Taylor Geier |
openings | racheltgeier@gmail.com | (530)400-5438 | South Davis & Watermelon | yes |
website |
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| french horn | Pete Nowlen | pnowlen@macnexus.org | (916)806-2229 | no | intermediate and professional | |||
| french horn | Scott Sablan | smsablan@ucdavis.edu | (530)902-1692 | Davis | no |
beginning students, all ages |
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| guitar | Sam Dickey | openings | samdickey@gmail.com | (530)848-3496 | East Davis | yes | also n'goni; jazz, West African, rock, folk, blues | |
| guitar | Brian Hall | bchall@ucdavis.edu | (530)758-0389 | no | electric/acoustic | |||
| guitar | Leon Hu | Melo_harmony@hotmail.com | (530)400-2672, (530)758-9381 | no | electric/acoustic | |||
| guitar | Matthew Grasso | mysticalsounds@yahoo.com | (530)759-9071 | East Davis | yes | classical guitar, theory, improvisation | ||
| guitar | Cory Mann | snow88@sbcglobal.net | (530)753-6844 | West Davis | no | bass guitar; beginners only | ||
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| guitar | Keith Richman | zonata1@live.com | (530)312-4114 | Woodland | no | all styles, all ages, beginning to advanced | ||
| guitar | Jeffery Schroeder | (925)330-9663 | Central Davis, High School | no | Rock, Lead Guitar, Classical, Music Theory and Notation, Jazz, Folk, Pop, all types All Levels, | |||
| guitar | Chris Wisnia | openings | wisnias@sbcglobal.net | 400-1794 | Downtown Davis | yes | ||
| Guitar | Paul Malatesta | Paltry@Ymail.com | (530) 761-1511 | Davis | no | Metal, Rock, Electronic music, Theory | ||
| guitar | John Wolfe | openings | johnwolfe@pacbell.net | 400-1510, 758-6380 | Downtown Davis | yes | also bass guitar, songwriting and theory | |
| guitar/bass | Mike Clements | admiralclements@yahoo.com | (530)908-6637 | Downtown Davis, Watermelon Music | no |
rock, lead guitar, metal, music theory; all Levels; owner of RockBand University |
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| guitar/drums | Sean Winbourne | openings | swinbourne3.0@gmail.com | 978-502-5136 | In home | yes | electric bass and guitar | |
| multiple | Carolinne Araneda | carolinnearaneda@hotmail.com | (530)297-7354 | East Davis | yes | piano, voice, recorder; bilingual in Spanish | ||
| Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass, Ukelele, Theory |
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Openings! |
jenbjerke@gmail.com |
(415)858-9830 (530)746-1350 |
In home | yes |
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| multiple | Stephen Brown | sbrown@dcn.org | (530)757-2955 | North Davis | no | Alexander Technique: Lessons are appropriate for all instruments | ||
| multiple | Bob Comarow | openings | comarow@yahoo.com | (530) 746-2030 | Northwest Davis, in home | yes | guitar, piano, double bass, electric bass | |
| multiple | Matt Dudman | Info@pleasantvalleymusic.com | (530)400-3872 | no | guitar, bass, voice, mandolin; bluegrass, folk, rock, etc.; all ages and levels | |||
| multiple | Joseph Evans | djnytimes@hotmail.com | (530)757-2366 | no | guitar, piano, voice | |||
| multiple | Melissa Rae Frago | melissafrago@comcast.nt | (530)759-7881 | no | clarinet, saxophone, voice; beginning trumpet, trombone, flute | |||
| multiple | Robert Alfred Smith | musicphoto@sbcglobal.net | (530)750-2272 | West Davis | yes | band, strings, piano, keyboard, voice, theory | ||
| multiple | Music Stream Center | info@musicstreamcenter.com | (530)220-2857 | Central Davis | yes | group and private pre-school lessons: Suzuki, violin, viola, zither, piano, guitar | ||
| multiple | Music Together of Davis | mtofdavis@comcast.net | (530)759-9624 | multiple | no | pre-K: singing, percussion instruments | ||
| multiple | RockBand University | info@rockbanduniversity.com | (408)505-7609 | Olive Dr. | no |
rock band rehearsals, group lessons, recording, guitar, bass, drums, etc... RockBand University |
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| oboe | Jennifer Arnoth | jlarnoth@ucdavis.com | (530)754-0389 | no | ||||
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piano |
Tekla Babyak |
openings |
West Davis |
yes |
also music theory, composition |
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| piano | Karolina Ruiz-Rogelj | openings | kvruizrogelj@ucdavis.edu | (530) 760-8853 | Central Davis | no |
Over 10 years of experience Beginner to Intermediate |
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piano |
Joan Ball | none | rbball@msn.com | (530)753-3066 | South Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Louise Bettner | openings | lgb@dcn.davis.ca.us | (530)902-1510 | Northeast Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Vanlapa Boon-Long | (530)756-6070 | North Davis | yes | ||||
| piano | Sandra Brown | none | fortdrexel@comcast.net | (530)756-1889 | East Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Paul Brunelle | (530)756-3159 | no | |||||
| piano | Hana Butterfield | openings | hmbield@aol.com | (530)867-4575 | In home | yes | ||
| piano | Lori Carter | openings | (530)219-3395 | West Davis | yes | |||
| piano | Huei-Ping Chen Lin | none | piano_instructor@yahoo.com | (530)757-2579 | South Davis | yes | theory, pedagogy, combination group and individual classes; Suzuki and traditional | |
| piano | I-Hui Chen | openings | megumi.clavier | (530)863-9587 | Central Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Ning Chen | Nningchen@aol.com | (530)297-7953 | North Davis | yes | bilingual in Mandarin Chinese | ||
| piano | Yvonne Clinton | yrclinton@aol.com | (530)753-1711 | Central Davis | yes | Suzuki method | ||
| piano | Lara Downes | lara@laradownes.com | (530)902-4554 | West Davis | yes | advanced | ||
| piano | Rick Drager | openings | rickdrager@yahoo.com | (530)756-6783 | East Davis | yes | classical, all improvised styles (jazz, pop, blues, rock), theory - all ages and levels | |
| piano | Sandy Granett | sandy.granett@gmail.com | (530)756-1362 | Central Davis | yes | |||
| piano | Naomi Halverson | a29halvor@sbcglobal.net | (707)678-0481 | Dixon | yes | music theory | ||
| piano | Melissa Hasson-Snell | openings | mhassonsnell@gmail.com | 753-6135 | South Davis | yes | beginning to intermediate | |
| piano | Agnes Hendrie | openings | (541)408-2948 | Central Davis | yes | Simply Music: playful piano lessons for all ages & all abilities | ||
| piano | Susan Hills | openings | (530)758-1519 | Central Davis | yes | Associate of the London College of Music: Twenty-five years of experience teaching students from kindergarten to adult, beginning to advanced levels; Experienced church pianist, choral accompanist and Royal Academy of Dance pianist; Certified substitute teacher | ||
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piano |
Geraldine Jansen |
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North Davis |
yes |
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| piano | Joshua Jordan | jhjordan@cal.net | (530)759-9863 | in home | yes | 15 years experience. Ages 8-18 | ||
| piano | Elena Karnaukh | openings | elenaslessons@gmail.com | 916-849-8842 | Watermelon Music Store | yes | ||
| piano | David Kyle | djkyle@ucdavis.edu | (530)756-2116 | West Davis, in home | yes | theory and improvisation | ||
| piano | Velma Lagerstrom | openings | vlagerstrom@gmail.com | 753-5800 | North Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Marceline Lee | none | marceline@intempomusic.com | (530)753-0357 | West Davis | yes | MTAC member | |
| piano | Leah Li | openings | gohornet123@gmail.com | 510-282-1258 | West Davis or in your home | no | beginning to intermediate levels, all ages; music performance, music theory | |
| piano | Angelina Lim | openings | thelimsndavis@yahoo.com | 297-7422 | West Davis | yes | also music theory, composition | |
| piano | Nancy Lower | none | nlower@onramp113.com | (707)678-6567 | Dixon | yes | ||
| piano | Karla Mahoney | taclobangirl@yahoo.com | (530)792-1871 | Central Davis | yes | piano and piano accompaniment | ||
| piano | MarLyn Mainard | mmmagcat@dcn.davis.ca.us | (530)792-1398 | North Davis | yes | intermediate and advanced levels | ||
| piano | Marjorie McBee | none | marglomcbee@sbcglobal.net | (530)756-5100 | North Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Barbara Meixner | none | bmeixner@dcn.org | (530)753-0193 | North Davis | yes | Member, Suzuki Association of the Americas | |
| piano | Zipi Mor | none | (530)792-8917 | Central Davis | yes | |||
| piano | Sayuri Mulase | none | smulase@gmail.com | (530)756-4371 | South Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Kelly O'Bar | kmobar@ucdavis.edu | (530)758-8689 | no | specializes in young beginner, but all ages accepted | |||
| piano | Jana Olvera | none | janaolvera@sbcglobal.net | (530)661-1942 | yes | Intermediate and advanced only | ||
| piano | Vanessa Perkins | openings | vaperkins@ucdavis.edu | 408-368-3105 | In home | yes | ||
| piano | Diana Privara | none | Diana_Privara@yahoo.com | (530)758-8351 | North Davis | yes | MTAC and Guild member | |
| piano | Laura S Rosso | (530)753-5296 | West Davis | yes | ||||
| piano | Balazs Rozsa | openings | brozsa@myuw.net | 916-878-7224 | West Davis | yes | also music theory and accompaniment | |
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piano |
Amy Sakabe | amysakabe@yahoo.com | (530)757-9228 | At your home, | yes | |||
| piano | Olga Simons |
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simons.olga@yahoo.com | (530)753-9232 | Central Davis | yes | MTAC member | |
| piano | Debbie Smith | depaul1003@comcast.net | (530)753-7835 | West Davis | yes | |||
| piano | Larry Snyder | ldsnyder@dcn.org | (530)753-3591 | North Davis | yes | |||
| piano | Marilyn Swan | none | swan.marilyn@gmail.com | (530)757-2837 | North Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Helen Twiss | none | helenwt@dcn.davis.ca.us | (530)756-3326 | Central Davis | yes | ||
| piano | Jamee Wall | (707)678-6515 | Dixon | yes | ||||
| piano | Merry Welker-Tolla | merrywelkertolla@yahoo.com | (530)406-8583 | Woodland, in home | yes | beginning | ||
| piano | Elizabeth Young | labyoung@sbcglobal.net | (530)756-0834 | North Davis | yes | Suzuki and traditional | ||
| piano/guitar | Loshandra Ostrava | loshan9@yahoo.com | (530)400-5860, (530)753-8356 | East Davis | yes | |||
| piano/guitar | Michael Walker | openings | michaelwalker5173@comcast.net | 408-529-3319 | In home | yes | beginning | |
| piano/harp | Karen Patterson Wecker | aharp4u@hotmail.com | (415)830-1770, (530)753-1741 | North Davis | yes | |||
| piano/harpsichord | Susan Erickson | serickson@dcn.org | (530)758-4878 | Central Davis | yes | |||
| piano/keyboard | Frank Dupree | fdupr2002@gmail.com | (530)758-1362 | West Davis | yes | |||
| piano/voice | Barbara Matwiejczyk | none | wroblewski@ucdavis.edu | (530)750-3480 | Central Davis | yes | 3-120 years | |
| piano/voice | Naomi Berg | naomi@naomiberg.com | (530)848-5797 | no | ||||
| piano/voice | Theresa Foster | none | fostco@charter.net | (530)795-2956 | Winters | yes | drama, pre-performance skills, on-stage skills | |
| saxophone/clarinet | Celia Cottle | openings | jstreetjazzcats@gmail.com | (530)756-4377 | West Davis | yes |
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tenor/bass trombone, euphonium, tuba, beginning piano |
Adam Korynta | openings | adamkorynta@gmail.com | (707) 365-2103 | Davis | no | UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music graduate. Classical and Jazz all ages. Music theory and ensemble playing encouraged. | |
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| trombone/tuba | Brian Schlegel | openings | brianschlegel77@yahoo.com | 916-320-8114 | In home or Sacramento | yes | also euphonium | |
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trombone/tuba
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West Davis
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trombone, tuba, other low brass
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| Trumpet | Rudy Cisneros | Yes |
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(323)273-2050 | Your Home | no | Music Performance Major @ UCD. Grades 4-9. Beginning/Intermediate | |
| violin | Bill Alexander | call | 530-758-1998 | in home | yes | Celtic Fiddle | ||
| violin | Sarah Almétus | some openings | violicious25@yahoo.com | (530)661-8968 | South Davis | yes | Suzuki and traditional | |
| violin | Irina Bakyt Bekdjanov | openings | bakyt_irina@yahoo.com | (916)532-5389 | Sacramento | yes | ||
| violin | Florie Brown | openings | florie.brown@comcast.net | (530)219-2725 | East Davis | yes | Suzuki, Celtic, and American fiddling | |
| violin | Catherine Heusner-Willefert | none | catmusic@juno.com | (530)753-3287 | West Davis | yes | ||
| violin | Heather Mori | hjpowell@ucdavis.edu | (415)823-4974 | East Davis | yes | |||
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violin, viola music theory chamber music |
Nicholas Weis | OPENINGS | nweisviolins@gmail.com | (916) 833-3868 | Sacramento, Davis | yes |
Beginner to Graduate Level New England Conservatory SF Conservatory |
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| violin/piano | Marie Park | openings | mhypark@gmail.com | Davis | no | beginners to intermediates; bilingual in Korean; all ages welcome | ||
| violin/piano | Irina Samarina | openings | timurdpm@yahoo.com | 916-532-2663 | Sacramento | yes |
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| violin/viola | Robert S. Bloch | openings | rsbloch@ucdavis.edu | (530)756-6020 | South Davis | yes | ||
| violin/viola | Kirill Kouznetsov | openings | cyrilkouz@yahoo.com | 415-310-9399 | In home | yes | also music theory | |
| violin/viola | Kay Lee | openings | klasse79@gmail.com | 607-227-5142 | West Davis | yes | ||
| violin/viola/ear training | Amy McFarland | openings | amcfarlandmusic@gmail.com | (530)574-5629 | South Davis | yes | Students of all levels welcome. Ages 8 and up. amcfarland.com | |
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| Agnès Perroud | openings | ginkyo@abperroud.net | (530)758-2998 | Central Davis | yes | |||
| violin/viola/cello | Tanya Acojedo | mamoru_kusanagi@hotmail.com | (408)431-7607 | Downtown | yes | all ages | ||
| voice/drama | Eve West Bessier | None | lifecoacheve@yahoo.com | Re-located to Santa Fe, NM | yes |
Eve's Website |
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| voice | Vera Fontaine | none | verafont@yahoo.com | (530)758-4449 | North Davis | yes | ||
| voice | Daniel Jackson | openings | jacksonvoice@yahoo.com | (916)847-5556 | Central Davis | yes | Certified Speech Level Singing Instructor | |
| voice | Tania Mannion | openings | tania.mannion@gmail.com | 632-9882 | North Davis, Downtown | yes | classical | |
| voice | Elodie Perroud | openings | aria122@gmail.com | (530) 304-9561 |
Central Davis Downtown |
yes |
Beginner to Advanced. All genres, 5 years old +. New Students : 3 lesson trial. |
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| voice | Alison Skinner | openings | alisonjaneskinner@yahoo.com | 574-8419 | Central Davis | yes | ||
| voice | Robin Treseder | treseder@jps.net | (530)756-1129 | no | ||||
| wind | Linda Deering | play@cal.net | (530)796-4210 | Esparto, Capay Valley | yes | flute, sax, beg. clarinet, recorder, pennywhistle | ||
| wind | Adam Jenkins | adamjenkins@arjenkins.com | (530)792-7497 | West Davis | no | saxophone, flute, clarinet - jazz specialty | ||
| wind/guitar | Stan Johnson | openings | jharrisonb@aol.com | 756-4736 | East Davis | yes |
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| Whistle (Pennywhistle, tin whistle) | Ryan Light | openings | ryanlight1994@gmail.com | 408-966-2896 | (West) Davis, in-home lessons | no |
Irish music and ornamentation |
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| piano/violin | Nicole McClelland | openings | musicteachernicole@gmail.com | (530)902-0110 | In-home lessons | yes |
piano children ages 2 and up, violin children ages 10 and up, classical |
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| Viola/Violin | Sogol Aliabadi | openings | sogolaliabadiviola@gmail.com |
(310)741- 9915 |
North Davis | no | All ages and levels welcome! |
Comments
Can anyone recommend a classical or ragtime piano teacher?
2009-03-06 19:02:55 As a rule, you're lucky to find a teacher with openings, never mind "recommendations". In any case a recommendation would depend on your age, commitment, and skill level. You should contact one of the piano teachers listed here to get a good recommendation.
2010-01-09 10:01:41 Could someone please tell me how to add myself to this list? I am not DMTA but I have already set up a Davis Wiki page. Kindermusik I teach Kindermusik children's music classes rather than private lessons. So the instrument listed could be Kindermusik. Thanks, Amy —musicamyl
- Edit this page. Find the appropriate place in the order to add your information. Insert a new line. Begin with || as that is a table separator and you'll be adding a new table row. In the first cell type the name of the instrument followed by ||, then your name followed by ||, your openings followed by ||, your e-mail which you might want to display using the mailto macro [[MailTo(amy AT provider DOT com)]] followed by ||, and your phone followed by ||, then the section of Davis, membership in DMTA, and any notes all separated by and ending with ||. If there is a page for Kindermusik you will want the link to it to be in the form of ["Kindermusik"]. Preview your changes, and adjust any typos you've made and then click "Save Changes". If that doesn't work out, then leave another note here at the bottom with your information so someone else can add it and then remove your comment.—JasonAller
- But you shouldn't add yourself many times. —GregKuperberg
2011-08-11 19:15:51 Watermelon instructors are scammers! I have gone to 3 different instructors, and they really want to teach you at a snail's pace so they can collect their $20-25/lesson (or $100 monthly fee for some) with minimum effort. "practice picking up the violin. next week I'll show you how to hold the bow... " AVOID!! —GeorgeG
2012-01-23 09:48:47 Note that Larry also tunes/fixes piaons —WesHardaker
2012-07-10 23:08:50 Hey GeorgeG, which instructors have you gone to? Where are you studying now? The ones at Watermelon are supposed to be really good, whereas some on this list are actually jokes. —BuyLocal
2014-01-02 17:56:12 Is there someone who can teach piano accordion? I am beginner.
2014-05-02 13:42:14 I'm looking for an easy-going instructor to teach a 30-ish male beginner piano. Any ideas? —ChrisN
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