Kids Lessons

Our List of Incomparable Instructors

 

Banjo
 

 

John Rosen
(818)590-5691
banjo1228@hotmail.com

Available to teach remotely via FaceTime, Zoom, or WhatsApp

Specializing in bluegrass banjo, all levels and ages, beginner through advanced

38 years professional experience as a banjo teacher and performer

Teaches Scruggs style, melodic 3-finger style, clawhammer

Has played with the Dropkick Murphys, Ashley Campbell, Scarlet Rivera, Dan Bern, Old Man Markley, Ed Helms, the Get Down Boys, the Dust Bowl Cavaliers, and Burning Heart Bluegrass, among others.

Patient, dedicated, and FUN teacher

 

Bass
 

 

Max Zwarych
(310)625-3922

Maksimzwarych@gmail.com

Electric or upright, all styles

Specializing in theory, technique, reading, or just plain fun

 

Cello
 

 

Camila Wilson

(310)429-5809

camilawilson6@gmail.com

All levels, especially beginners

Classical, Suzuki

B.A at UCLA in Musicology

 

Drums

 

Troy Zeigler
(310) 913-5526
anaflict@yahoo.com

Available in person

Private lessons drums

 

 

Harmonica
 

 

Mimi Mayer
(323)309-2197
angelcitytalent@gmail.com

Available to teach remotely via Zoom

Professional Musician and Beginning harmonica teacher

Mimi has been playing various musical instruments since the age of two, starting with piano. After years
of wanting to play blues harmonica but not actually TRYING to do it, she finally took the plunge 8 years
ago and dove deep into it. She now plays a variety of styles – blues, pop, rock, classical, holiday, zydeco,
swamp pop, country, etc.

 

Guitar
 

 

Paula McMath
cell: 310-625-8586
paula@paulamcmath.com

Available to teach remotely via FaceTime, Zoom, or Skype

Specializes in teaching guitar to children
Believes in allowing interest to drive material selection, and strives to have kids “feel” music as well as hear and see it
Emphasizes: fingerboard knowledge, use of music notation, chord vocabulary, fingerpicking, right-hand rhythm techniques, scales, scale tone chords, and songwriting
Extensive training and experience in ORFF Schulwerk — a system of teaching music that utilizes singing, speech, movement, body percussion, and small pitched and unpitched percussion instruments
Works professionally as a singer/guitarist/songwriter in the Los Angeles area — and in her native Canada

Rubén Rojas
(424)298-1603

rubendrojasm@gmail.com

Private lessons in:

Guitar and Voice

Teaches beginners

Studied Jazz Guitar and obtaining a B.A in Music Industry from UCLA

Vicki Hill
(323)286-8163
vickihill@sbcglobal.net

Available to teach remotely via FaceTime or Zoom.  Also available to teach in-person lessons.

Beginning guitar for Kids and Adults
Music theory, note reading, and singing also offered
20+ years teaching at McCabe’s
Singer/Songwriter with performance and recording experience both solo and with bands
Also plays banjo

 

 

Piano
 

 

Jessica Sandidge
(917)488-8374
jessandidge@gmail.com
www.jessicasandidge.com

Available to teach remotely via Skype or Zoom.  Also available to teach in-person lessons. (Also teaches beginner voice for kids)

Jessica has taught at such schools as Avenues World School in New York City, Wellesley Hugh school in Massachusetts, and is currently teaching piano and voice at the Irvine School of Music and Glendora Music and Arts School. She works with kids of any age teaching piano and early music education. She is also an accomplished opera singer, having sung at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, and at the legendary McCabe’s Guitar Shop.

 

Ukulele
 

 

Jessica Sandidge
(917)488-8374
jessandidge@gmail.com
www.jessicasandidge.com/

Available to teach remotely via Skype or Zoom.  Also available to teach in-person lessons. (Also teaches beginner voice for kids)

Jessica Sandidge is originally from Santa Monica, CA, and got her music degrees at UC Santa Cruz and New England Conservatory. She then lived in New York City where she performed as an opera singer and taught voice and piano lessons for 15 years. She has taught at such schools as Avenues World School in New York City, Wellesley High school in Massachusetts, and is currently teaching piano, violin, and voice in the Los Angeles area. She began her musical journey playing the violin from 4-10th grade, then moved onto the harp, ultimately finding her voice in college on the stage as an opera singer. She works with kids and adults of any age teaching piano, voice, and beginning violin. She is also an accomplished opera singer, having sung at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, among others.

 

Violin

 

Jessica Sandidge
(917)488-8374
jessandidge@gmail.com
www.jessicasandidge.com/

Available to teach remotely via Skype or Zoom.  Also available to teach in-person lessons. (Also teaches beginner voice for kids)

Jessica Sandidge is originally from Santa Monica, CA, and got her music degrees at UC Santa Cruz and New England Conservatory. She then lived in New York City where she performed as an opera singer and taught voice and piano lessons for 15 years. She has taught at such schools as Avenues World School in New York City, Wellesley High school in Massachusetts, and is currently teaching piano, violin, and voice in the Los Angeles area. She began her musical journey playing the violin from 4-10th grade, then moved onto the harp, ultimately finding her voice in college on the stage as an opera singer. She works with kids and adults of any age teaching piano, voice, and beginning violin. She is also an accomplished opera singer, having sung at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, among others.

 

Voice
 

 

Jessica Sandidge
(917)488-8374
jessandidge@gmail.com
www.jessicasandidge.com/

Available to teach remotely via Skype or Zoom.  Also available to teach in-person lessons. (Also teaches beginner voice for kids)

Jessica Sandidge is originally from Santa Monica, CA, and got her music degrees at UC Santa Cruz and New England Conservatory. She then lived in New York City where she performed as an opera singer and taught voice and piano lessons for 15 years. She has taught at such schools as Avenues World School in New York City, Wellesley High school in Massachusetts, and is currently teaching piano, violin, and voice in the Los Angeles area. She began her musical journey playing the violin from 4-10th grade, then moved onto the harp, ultimately finding her voice in college on the stage as an opera singer. She works with kids and adults of any age teaching piano, voice, and beginning violin. She is also an accomplished opera singer, having sung at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, among others.

Rubén Rojas
(424)298-1603

rubendrojasm@gmail.com

Private lessons in:

Guitar and Voice

Teaches beginners

Studied Jazz Guitar and obtaining a B.A in Music Industry from UCLA

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