High School

I have a vibrant studio, offering two recitals per year, and participation in events with the Music Teachers' Association of California and the California Association of Professional Music Teachers.

I love teaching and inspiring students to grow as competent and expressive musicians

My students learn solid flute technique and basic music theory while having fun learning to play the music they like, whether it's the classical repertoire, popular favorites or contemporary extended technique. Students also get the chance to meet and perform with other flutists, both in my studio and through events that I host in the community, such as student recitals and flute caroling during the holiday season. My students have been accepted to competitive high school and university level music programs including San Francisco's School of the Arts and San Francisco State University.

I have a lively studio (currently over 60 students) of all ages who can't wait to come to weekly lessons at my home studio, Strings and Keys Music Studio!

My violin students thrive--the school children are developing amazing technique and a love of playing music, while my teenage students hold the top positions in their respective orchestras. My adult students, whom I required to take lessons when their children were under 5 years old, have not stopped, years later!

BEN WELCH SNELLINGS - cellist and conductor, has been performing and teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 30 years. Ben's credits as a cellist include tenured positions in numerous regional orchestras of the San Francisco Bay Area, performances at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, performances with Different Strokes (a jazz strings duo) and the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra. He was also the Music Director of "Funky Fitness", a TV show produced in San Francisco.

Award-winning soprano and voice teacher Nanette McGuinness welcomes students of all levels and styles in her studio. Lessons focus on bel canto technique, working with the breath and body to free your voice and enable you to sound like yourself ― at your very best. Member NATS and MTAC.

Tamara Miller is a professional musician and actor with a home studio in Oakland where she teaches piano and music theory to children and voice to adults. For children she focuses on the whole musician, incorporating sight reading, rhythm, scales and chords, theory and storytelling through music. For adults she focuses on technique and artistry. Her method involves easy vowel, alignment, breath support and clear communication. She worked as a music educator at the Cabrillo Youth Chorus and has been teaching privately for over five years.

John King has been teaching music in the Bay Area for over ten years. He has worked at Crowden School, College Preparatory School, and Acme Music, among other institutions. He currently offers private lessons to kids and adults of all ages in piano practice and performance, music theory, and music composition. He holds a B.A. in Music from U.C. Berkeley and an M.A. in Music Composition from the University of Manchester in England. When he's not teaching, John performs locally as well as internationally as a jazz and classical pianist. For more information, please visit his website at:

Guitarist Terrence Brewer has an extensive experience as a guitar instructor. Brewer has been a private lesson instructor for the past 13 years teaching all styles (Jazz, Rock, Blues, Funk-R&B, Classical) to all ages and skill levels.