Faculty & Staff

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Piano

• Yoko Mizuno
• Masami Takahata
• Sean Yoshioka

• DHHow Studio for Advanced Music Studies
  • Deborah H. How (Advanced Academy • Advanced Academy Master Classes)
• Rufus Choi (Steinway Artist • Advanced Academy Master Classes)
• Christopher O’Riley (Steinway Artist • Advanced Academy Master Classes)
• Markus Pawlik (Steinway Artist • Advanced Academy Master Classes)
• Igor Resnianski (Steinway Artist • Advanced Academy Master Classes)
• Robert Thies (Steinway Artist • Advanced Academy Master Classes)

• Oxana Yablonskaya (Yamaha Artist • Oxana Yablonskaya Piano Institute Los Angeles)

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Strings

Violin

• Ksenia Rozhdestvenskaya
• Shura Sasaki
• Echolocation
  • Tasha Vest

Viola

• TBA

Cello

• Arlette Cardenas

Bass

• J&M Strings
  • James Klopfleisch

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Winds/Brass

Winds

• DHHow Studio for Advanced Music Studies
  • Deborah H. How (Advanced Academy: Flute)
• Senchuk Winds/Brass Studio
  • Emily Senchuk (Advanced Academy: Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone)

• Sara Andon (Advanced Academy Master Classes: Flute)
• Martin Glicklich (Advanced Academy Master Classes: Flute)
• Susan Greenberg (Advanced Academy Master Classes: Flute)
• Ryan Roberts (Advanced Academy Master Classes: Oboe)
• Amanda Walker (Vandoren Artist • Advanced Academy Master Classes: Clarinet)

Brass

• Senchuk Winds/Brass Studio
  • Peter Senchuk (Advanced Academy: Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba)

• Jens Lindemann (Yamaha Artist • Advanced Academy Master Classes: Trumpet)

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Guitar

Classical Guitar

• Daniele Siquilini

Jazz Guitar

• The Shea Welsh Institute of Jazz
  • Shea Welsh (Advanced Academy: Acoustic & Electric Guitar)

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Voice

• Ariana Stultz

• Carol Tingle (Advanced Academy: Master Classes)

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Chamber Music

Classical Ensemble

• Arlette Cardenas (MTAC VOCE)
• DHHow Studio for Advanced Music Studies
  • Deborah H. How (MTAC VOCE)
• J&M Strings
  • Morgan Lee Gerstmar (MTAC VOCE)
• Senchuk Winds/Brass Studio
  • Emily Senchuk (MTAC VOCE)
  • Peter Senchuk (MTAC VOCE)

Chamber Orchestra Studies

• Culver City Chamber Orchestra
  • Arlette Cardenas, Executive Director & Conductor
• Los Angeles Flute Orchestra
  • Peter Senchuk, Music Director & Conductor

Jazz Ensemble

• The Shea Welsh Institute of Jazz

Ukulele Group Classes

• Sunshine Sisters
  • Lonnie Martinez (Green Apples Circle Time)

World Music Ensemble

• Kinanthi World Music (Balinese Gamelan • African Drumming)
• Ethnomusicology
  • Geoff Dent
  • Miriam Gerberg (visiting faculty)
  • Deborah H. How

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Beat the Odds®
Social Skills through Music

• Christopher Parise (Percussion)

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Early Childhood Education (ECE)

• DHHow Studio for Advanced Music Studies
  • Deborah H. How (Orff-Schulwerk)
• Echolocation
  • Tasha Vest (Kodaly)
• J&M Strings
  • Morgan Lee Gerstmar (Suzuki Early Childhood Education)
• Sunshine Sisters
  • Lonnie Martinez (Green Apples Circle Time)

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Theory & Composition

• DHHow Studio for Advanced Music Studies
  Theory, Harmony & Counterpoint, History, Composition
  • Deborah H. How (CM, CT, RCM, AP)
  • Brian Y. Tung (CM, RCM, AP)
• J&M Strings
  Theory, Composition
  • Morgan Lee Gerstmar (CM, CT)
  • James Klopfleisch (CM, CT)
• Senchuk Winds/Brass Studio
  Theory, Harmony & Counterpoint, Composition, Film Scoring
  • Emily Senchuk (CM, CT)
  • Peter Senchuk (CM, RCM, CT)

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Administrative Staff

• Leilani Neder (School Operations Manager)