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Winter/Spring 2016Winter/Spring 2016Winter/Spring 2016 Course CatalogCourse CatalogCourse Catalog
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Piano 3
Guitar and Ukulele 4
Early Childhood 6
Band and Orchestra 8
Class Instructors 13
Private Instructors 17
Table of Contents
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Piano
Little Mozart I ages 4-5
With a class limit of 5,
these classes are designed
to introduce children to
the fundamentals of piano
playing in a nurturing envi-
ronment. Students will be
encouraged to learn basic
elements such as fingerings, keys, beat/rhythm, and
notation through singing and playing. Practice is re-
quired and parents/caregivers must be in atten-
dance.
Tuition: $275 (materials included)
Little Mozart I
10 weeks: April 6-June 8
Wednesday 3:10-3:50pm
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Guitar and Ukulele
Beginning Guitar
ages 8 and up
This is not your typical introductory
guitar class. You don’t need to have
musical experience to start playing
immediately. As we move through
the class you will learn the rudiments
of reading music, notes below the
5th fret for all six strings, and popu-
lar and open chords. You’ll learn techniques through
the music of various contemporary artists. Students
must provide own instrument. Rentals are available
at West Valley Music.
Tuition: $150 ($15 supply fee)
Beginning Guitar
6 weeks: April 16–May 21
Saturday 1:00-1:45
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Beginning Ukulele ages 8 and up
Just that ... the basics of play-
ing the ukulele. Focus is on
learning chords, strumming,
and melodies through playing
contemporary and traditional
Hawaiian songs. Notes in the
open position will be covered as well. Students must
provide own instrument. Ukuleles are available for
purchase at West Valley Music
Tuition: $150 ($15 supply fee)
Beginning Ukulele
6 weeks: April 16–May 21
Saturday 2:00-2:45
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Early Childhood
Suzuki Violin
ages 4-7
The Suzuki Method is based on the
principle that all children possess
ability that can be developed and
enhanced through a nurturing envi-
ronment. All children learn to speak
with relative ease and if the same natural learning
process is applied in teaching other skills, these can
be acquired as successfully. Suzuki referred to the
process as the Mother Tongue Method and to the
whole system of pedagogy as Talent Education.
This Suzuki group course will engage your child in the
fundamentals of violin or cello playing while covering
musical concepts such as rhythm, ensemble playing,
dynamics, tempo, and pitch with an emphasis on lis-
tening, repetition, and imitation. Daily practice re-
quired. Students must provide own instrument.
Rentals are available at West Valley Music.
Tuition: $275 (materials included)
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Suzuki Violin II 10 weeks: January 16-March 19
Saturday 4:00-4:30pm
Suzuki Violin I 10 weeks: January 23-March 26
Saturday 4:45-5:15
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Band and Orchestra
Movie Themes Workshops
ages 8-12
A fun 4 week program for 4th-6th
grade students to supplement
their school band program. As a
group students will learn to play
music from classic movies in a
level appropriate workshop,
while receiving individual atten-
tion as needed. Students must
provide own instrument. Rent-
als are available at West Valley
Music.
Tuition: $100 (materials included)
Movie Themes: Woodwinds and Brass
4 weeks: April 15-May 6
Friday 4:00-4:45pm
Movie Themes: Orchestra
4 weeks: April 15-May 6
Friday 5:00-5:45pm
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Los Altos Community Jazz Band grades 6-8
The Los Altos Community Jazz Band is
a public jazz band class open to stu-
dents from 6th to 8th grade. Students
from Los Altos School District as well
as surrounding school districts, private
schools, and home schoolers are wel-
come to participate. All classes are
held at Blach Intermediate School at
1120 Covington Road in Los Altos.
No audition is required for wind and string instru-
ments. Students must contact Mr. Lewis to audition
for the rhythm section (guitar, bass, piano, and drum
set).
Students must provide own instrument. Rentals are
available at West Valley Music.
Tuition: $175 (materials included)
Los Altos Community Jazz: Spring Semester
18 weeks: January 27-May 25
Wednesday 5:15-6:15pm
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Young Lion Saxophone Challenge ages 11-18
A Bay Area wide competi-
tion featuring the best
young saxophone talent
in the Bay Area. Featur-
ing two competitive divi-
sions (Middle School and
High School), winners will
receive prizes and the opportunity to learn and per-
form with guest artist Anton Schwartz at the end of
the evening. For prize and registration information,
visit younglionsaxophonechallenge.com
Young Lion Saxophone Challenge
May 1, 2016
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Instrument Safari ages 8-12
Designed for children about to
enter their first year of school
band or orchestra instruction,
the Instrument Safari gives stu-
dents a chance to try their hand
at each of the instruments typi-
cally offered in elementary and middle school music
programs. By the end of the session, each student
should have a better idea about which instrument
“fits” them the best.
Tuition: $25 (materials included)
Instrument Safari
Choose one session:
Saturday April 9
Sunday April 10
Both sessions 3:00-4:30
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Class Instructors
Angely Chen holds a Masters in Music with a
Kodaly emphasis from Holy Names University,
Oakland CA. She is a Kindermusik Licensed
Educator and has taken Suzuki Piano and
Montessori Education courses. As a music
educator for over a decade, Angely has taught
choir and hundreds of classes (K-5) with Kodaly methodology in
the Mountain View-Whisman, Cambrian, and Los Altos school
districts.
Tom Bockhold has been a working professional
bassist in the bay area and beyond for the last
thirty years. He studied music at San Jose State
University as well as the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music. Tom has 25 years of teaching experi-
ence and presently teaches bass, piano and guitar
at West Valley Music in Mountain View. He is also the current
bass instructor for the Kuumbwa Jazz Center Jazz camp in Santa
Cruz. Tom has played and/or recorded with many of the top mu-
sicians in the bay area such as Wally Schnalle, John Worley,
Smith Dobson, Murray Lowe, and Weber Iago.
Ronnie Cato studied at California State University
East Bay and holds a Bachelors of Music Composi-
tion and a minor in Clarinet Performance. He is a
composer, singer, musician, and teacher. Ronnie
has been featured in various music ensembles
including Living Space, and has performed in Car-
negie Hall and Davies Symphony Hall. As an instructor, Ronnie
has taught instrumental and vocal music for nine years. He is
currently the orchestra director at Mt. Eden High School.
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Astara Marcia has 35 years of professional experi-
ence and began her global journey as a young folk
and classical musician beginning her dance, voice
and music lessons at home by age 3. Family
friend and folklorist Pete Seeger inspired her at
an early age to meet other teachers and musi-
cians like herself so that her lifelong travels and opportunities
enabled her to play and work under many well known direc-
tors. In 1985 Dr. Marcia studied the Suzuki Method with Dr. Shini-
chi Suzuki and completed living 25 years in India before returning
to California to teach at Stanford as their consultant to campus
international graduate school families.
Adrianna Khoo has performed with the City
Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Lantau Trio
and Low Strung cello groups since 2010. With a
passion for teaching, she pioneered the Suzuki
Method Cello Program at KinderU Suzuki Music
Academy – the first Suzuki School in China recog-
nized by the International Suzuki Association. Adrianna’s teach-
ing philosophy is that every child can learn with the right disci-
pline, environment and parental partnering.
Tracey Hurley received her Bachelors of Music
from Ohio University with an emphasis in Instru-
mental Music Education. Tracey’s wide range of
experience includes wind ensemble, marching
band, jazz band, and trumpet ensemble. Tracey
enjoys music education and has more than five
years of experience teaching children of all ages. Her most re-
cent accomplishments include teaching high school trumpet les-
sons and conducting the Frisco Community Band Brass Choir.
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Glenn Staller began his musical studies at the
age of 14. Although initially self-taught, Glenn
has studied with many outstanding instructors
and mentors, including Rey de la Torre, Julian
White, Chuscales, and with Dusan Bogdanovic at
the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He
teaches guitar, theory, and piano and is currently writing in-
structional books and videos for both guitar and ukulele. He per-
forms frequently throughout the Bay Area along with appear-
ances around the country in venues such as Valley Forge Conven-
tion Center, the Kennedy Center, and Washington D.C.
Ken Moran completed his Bachelor of Music de-
gree from California State University, Northridge.
Over the past 10 years, Ken has been heavily in-
volved with the music scene in Los Angeles, play-
ing Saxophone, Clarinet, and Flute and teaching
woodwinds privately. In 2007, he founded the At
Home Music Academy, making music education more accessible
for students and families in the Los Angeles area. Ken has now
returned to his long-time home of the San Francisco Bay Area to
get involved with the abundant music education scene. He per-
forms with the Elliot Deutsch Big Band and many other groups
throughout Northern and Southern California.
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Tracy Wu holds a B.M. in violin performance from
the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
with a minor in anthropology as well as a M.M. in
violin performance from the Shepherd School of
Music at Rice University. She has served as princi-
pal violist of the Aspen Academy of Conducting
Orchestra, principal 2nd violinist of the Shepherd School Cham-
ber Orchestra, and as concertmaster of the National Repertory
Orchestra. Ms. Wu has been a faculty member at the American
Festival for the Arts, Albany Music School, New Mozart School of
Music, Klein Forest High School, and has worked with children
with special needs at the Monarch Institute for Neurological Dif-
ferences as a Da Camera of Houston Young Artist.
Shelby Yamin is presently a fellow with the San
Francisco Academy Orchestra. She received an
artists diploma in orchestral performance with
the academy in 2014, and was recipient of the
academy prize. A graduate of the Manhattan
School of Music, she received her Bachelor of
Music degree as a student of Grigory Kalinovsky. Other teachers
have included Sylvia Rosenburg and Pinchas Zukerman. In the
summer of 2013 Shelby played in the Schleswig Holstein Musik
Festival, where she served as concertmaster. While in New York,
Shelby taught at the early music education school, Music Beans,
and is also currently on faculty at the Veksler Academy of Music
and at West Valley Music in Mountain View.
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Private Instructors
All teachers manage their own schedules and payments. Please
contact them directly to interview or schedule a lesson. Make sure
to tell them what you are looking for to allow them to assess com-
patibility as well. Most will allow a trial lesson to help you look for
a long term fit.
Flute
Laurie Benson 650-366-1748
Jill Heinke Moen 415-786-2899
Kassey Plaha 650-619-7344
Amelia Vitarelli 408-234-1001
Clarinet and Saxophone
Ronnie Cato 925-284-3383
Maria D’Aura 650-906-6683
Ken Moran 650-861-6658
Mark Sowlakis 415-564-4936
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Oboe
Brenda Schuman-Post 415-608-2027
Trumpet
Jim Howseman 408-398-5447
John Worley 650-968-0917
Trombone, Baritone and Tuba
Craig Whitwell 408-480-8787
Violin and Viola
Ernest Kinsolving 650-743-1280
(fiddle, tin whistle, bodhran) [email protected]
Ann Lam 920-266-9526
Astara Marcia 650-793-1249
Shelby Yamin 845-641-1557
Cello
Astara Marcia 650-793-1249
Thomas Shoebotham 650-380-6805
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Bass
Tom Bockhold 831-429-2015
Piano
Tom Bockhold 831-429-2015
Martan Mann 831-338-4986/408-234-2364
Astara Marcia 650-793-1249
May Wu 408-204-2822
Guitar
Tom Bockhold 831-429-2015
Astara Marcia 650-793-1249
Scott Sorkin 408-445-2032
Jim Witzel 650-625-1676
Voice
Astara Marcia 650-793-1249
Wendy Waller 650-216-9138
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