A native of San Francisco, Lucia Pontoniere began playing violin at the age of 6. After pursuing classical violin seriously for 10 years, she began to explore other styles of music on the violin, including jazz, Irish, Scottish, and old-time fiddle. Lucia graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in Violin …
Kevin Mullane graduated from Columbia College in Chicago with a B.A. in Music. He has taught students of all ages and levels in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, focusing on the individual student’s development of the skills necessary to enjoy playing the music they love. He has been a performing musician for many years …
Derek Barber is a Bay Area-based guitarist, songwriter, and music educator. In 2008, Barber graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Jazz Improvisation in Guitar. On a full-ride scholarship to the University’s School of Music, he studied privately with internationally-acclaimed Jazz musicians/educators Geri Allen and Robert Hurst. There, he honed his improvisation, …
Kent Brown was a professional actor, singer, and guitarist in Atlanta and the Southeast for 11 years. Kent’s musical career started at age five when his dad taught him how to play the riff to “Ghost Riders in the Sky.” He was quite proud of his newfound skill and wanted to show it off, which …
Scott Feichter performs with French-American mezzo-soprano Mimi Pirard in the group SonoMusette and is a veteran of the Vintage Juke Box Orchestra and the acoustic band Hit Waves Unplugged with French baritone Laurent Fourgo. He studied classical guitar at Indiana University Fort Wayne and jazz guitar at Berklee College of Music in Boston on the …
J.T. Locke has been playing guitar, writing, and arranging songs for over 25 years. He has recorded and performed across the country for over ten years and has taught professionally since 2007. J.T. trained at the PCC Music program in Portland and M.I.T in Los Angeles. He has played, performed, and recorded with many great …
Janak Ramachandran has been playing guitar for the better part of two decades and teaching it for more than 15 years. His acoustic guitar technique is designed to progressively build the skills needed to become a one-man or one-woman band. With the use of songs specifically chosen for their instructive value, Janak’s teaching approach can …
A full-time musician since 1995, Richard Michos shares his extensive expertise of all aspects of guitar techniques with students beginning to advanced. He has performed extensively, locally and internationally, and is an established studio player and music producer. Originally inspired by classic rock, his education includes music composition and technology degrees from UC San Diego, …
