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Here is our current list of instructors:

  Instructor:  Anela Markovic Brown, piano  

High School Graduation:  Bosnia

Colleges attended:  Music Academy, Sarajevo, Bosnia

Degrees:  BA in music & piano pedagogy

 Teaching Experience:  15 years

 Performing Experience:  10 years

  Instructor:  Will Jacoby, guitar  

 Instructor:  Mark Arroyo, guitar  

High School Graduation:  Milpitas High School, Milpitas, CA

 Colleges attended:  De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

 Degrees:  BA in Creative Arts

Teaching Experience:  4 years

 Performing Experience:  12 years

Instructor:  Terrell Brown, piano  

 High School Graduation:  James Lick High School, San Jose, CA

Colleges attended:  San Jose City College, San Jose, CA

 Degrees:  AA in music

Teaching Experience:  30 years

 Performing Experience:  45 years

  Instructor:  Shannon Busby, voice & piano  

 High School Graduation:  Wilson High School, Santa Clara, CA

Colleges attended:  Grand Canyon University, AZ

 Degrees:  BA in music, vocal performance

Teaching Experience:  2 years

 Performing Experience:  10 years

Instructor:  Bill Epps, guitar         

High School Graduation:  Wilson High School, Los Angeles, CA

 Colleges attended:  San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Degrees:  AA in Math

Teaching Experience:   7 years

 Performing Experience:  25 years

           Instructor:  Tim Koop, flute  

 High School Graduation:  Chico High School, Chico, CA

 Colleges attended:   San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

 Degrees:  BM in music (Flute performance)

Teaching Experience:   10 years

 Performing Experience:   9 years

 Instructor:  Deborah Goldstein, piano & voice  

 High School Graduation:  Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA

Colleges attended:  San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

 Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

 Degrees:  BA in music; graduate studies in Psychology

Teaching Experience:  40 years

 Performing Experience:  35 years

    Instructor:  Morris Goldstein, woodwinds & brass  

 High School Graduation:  Cubberley. Palo Alto, CA

 Colleges attended:  San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

 Foothill College, Los Altos, CA

Degrees:  BA in music

MA in music

California Teaching Credential

Teaching Experience:  40 years

 Performing Experience:  45 years

Instructor:  Priscilla Carter Granger, piano  

 High School Graduation:  Milpitas High School, Milpitas, CA

Colleges attended:  California State Hayward, Hayward, CA

 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Degrees:  BA in music

 MA in music

 Teaching Experience:  33 years

 Performing Experience:  33 years

Instructor:  Kristin Harris, violin, viola & cello  

 High School Graduation:  Garden Grove High School, Garden Grove, CA

Colleges attended:  California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

 Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA

Degrees:  BA in music

 MM in music

 Teaching Experience:  5 years

 Performing Experience:  11 years

  Instructor:  Joe Santoro, drums & percussion  

 High School Graduation:  James Lick High School, San Jose, CA

 Colleges attended:  San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

 Teaching Experience:  34 years

 Performing Experience:  39 years

Instructor:  John Washburn, bass guitar  

 High School Graduation:  Milpitas High School, Milpitas, CA

 Colleges attended:  Mission College, Santa Clara, CA

Shepphard Air Force Base, TX - Dept. of Defense

Certification:  Bio Medical Engineering

 Performing Experience:  20 years

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