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

 

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

Dr. Lisa Matsuda
Kristina Turner


GRIT Program

Mountain View Elementary
Rachel H. Taft, GRIT Program Coordinator
Erika Hubbard

 
 
The Guadalupe School
Kimberly Marsden
Monica Thiriot
 

Guitar Area

ab Menon
Sophie Stanley


Music and Movement

Mira Larson, Dalcroze Eurythmics
Ariel Haubner, Yoga for Musicians
 

Music History

Shenae Anderson, Conservatory Orchestra Coordinator
Eugene Watanabe


Piano Area

Dr. Whitney Pizza, Piano Area Chair
Dr. Vera Oussetskaia-Watanabe, Co-Founder
Joanna Oshida, Supplemental Piano Coordinator
Dr. Conlan Miller, Conservatory Collaborative Pianist
Dr. Alie Yorgason, Suzuki Collaborative Pianist
 

Piano

 

String Area

Eugene Watanabe, String Area Chair
Katherine Baird, Suzuki Program Coordinator
Kristina Turner, Suzuki Program Coordinator
Dr. Kate Jones, Suzuki Teacher Trainer-in-Residence


Violin

 

Viola

Dr. LeeAnn Morgan
Erin Nolan
John T. Posadas
Kristina Turner


Cello

Katherine Baird
Anne Francis Bayless
Brittany Gardner *
Kelly McConkie Stewart
Kevin Shumway


Double Bass

Katherine Baird
Dr. Kate Jones
Andrew Keller

Justin Morgan
David Yavornitzky


Voice Area


Woodwind Area

Dr. April Clayton, Woodwind Area Chair


Flute


Oboe

Susan Swidnicki


Clarinet

Erin Svoboda-Scott


Bassoon

Dr. Amanda Hales
Dr. Jennifer Rhodes

 

* denotes adjunct faculty
denotes emeritus faculty current and founding board member