Our Faculty

Our music teachers nurture a culture of excellence, achievement, and inspiration. 

Our world-class instructors produce students who go on to study at every top music conservatory in the United States, including Juilliard, Curtis, Colburn, New England, Peabody, Cleveland, Bard, Indiana, and San Francisco. Academically oriented students have been accepted on scholarship to every local university and top academic programs like Stanford, Harvard, Rice, Columbia, and Yale. In addition, our students place at local and national competitions, are heard on NPR's From the Top, and are frequently awarded national and regional level honors.

 

Founders

Eugene Watanabe, Co-Founder, Executive Director
Dr. Vera Oussetskaia Watanabe, Co-Founder
 

Brass

 

Chamber Music Studies

Dr. LeeAnn Morgan, Director of Chamber Music Studies
Katherine Baird, Preparatory Chamber Music Coordinator
 

Choral Music

Dr. Sarah Houghton, Choir Director
 

Composition

 

Early Childhood Area

Katherine Baird
Kimberly Marsden


GRIT Program

Mountain View Elementary
Yelena Bates
Abby Dreher, GRIT Program Director

Erika Hubbard
Rachel H. Taft

 
City Academy
Jason Anderson
Mark Rau
 
The Guadalupe School
Addison Graham
 

Guitar Area

Andres Reyes
Sophie Stanley

 

Music History

Dr. Koji Attwood


Music Theory Area

 

Orchestral Studies

Shenae Akagi (Anderson), Conservatory Orchestra Coordinator
Eugene Watanabe


Percussion Area

Jason Anderson


Piano Area

Dr. Vera Oussetskaia Watanabe, Co-Founder and Piano Area Chair
Dr. Whitney Pizza, Piano Area Coordinator
Joanna Oshida, Supplemental Piano Coordinator
Dr. Koji Attwood, Music History
Mark Rau, Group Piano Instructor
Dr. Esther Jeehae Ahn, Piano Ensemble Instructor
 
Dr. Conlan Miller, Conservatory Collaborative Pianist
Shelley Astle, Suzuki Collaborative Pianist
Dr. Alie Yorgason, Suzuki Collaborative Pianist
 

Piano

Shelley Astle
Dr. Conlan Miller
 

String Area

Eugene Watanabe, String Area Chair
Deborah MoenchSuzuki Program Advisor
Katherine Baird, Suzuki Program Coordinator


Violin

 

Viola

Abby Dreher
Dr. LeeAnn Morgan
John T. Posadas


Cello

Katherine Baird
Anne Francis Bayless
Dr. Lauren Posey

Kevin Shumway


Double Bass

Katherine Baird
Andrew Keller
David Yavornitzky


Voice Area


Woodwind Area


Flute


Oboe

Zac Hammond


Clarinet

Erin Svoboda-Scott


Saxophone

Jeffrey Allardyce