Faculty
- Eugene Watanabe, Violin
- Shenae Akagi (Anderson), Violin
- Thomas Baron, Violin
- Dr. Blanka Bednarz, Violin
- Linda Duan, Violin
- Caroline Jorden, Violin
- Rebecca Goeckeritz, Violin
- Erika Hubbard, Violin
- Rachel Bower Karr, Violin
- Deborah Moench, Violin
- Rebecca Moench, Violin
- Dr. LeeAnn Morgan, Violin
- David Price, Violin
- Rachel Taft, Violin
- Monica Yardley Thiriot, Violin
- Abby Dreher, Viola
- Dr. LeeAnn Morgan, Viola
- John T. Posadas, Viola
- Katherine Baird, Cello
- Anne Francis Bayless, Cello
- Kevin Shumway, Cello
- Katherine Baird, Double Bass
- Andrew Keller, Double Bass
- David Yavornitzky, Double Bass
Our Faculty
Our music teachersĀ nurtureĀ 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’sĀ 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

Dr. Seretta Hart
Trumpet
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

Dr. Matthew Durrant
Music Theory & Composition
Early Childhood Area
GRIT Program
Mountain View Elementary
City Academy

Mark Rau
Group Piano Instructor
The Guadalupe School
Guitar Area
Music History
Music Theory Area
Orchestral Studies

Shenae Akagi (Anderson)
Conservatory Orchestra Coordinator
Percussion Area

Jason Anderson
Conservatory Orchestra Coordinator
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

Dr. Esther Jeehae Ahn
Piano Ensemble Instructor

Dr. Alie Yorgason
Suzuki Collaborative Pianist

Dr. Conlan Miller
Conservatory Collaborative Pianist

Shelley Astle
Suzuki Collaborative Pianist

Mark Rau
Group Piano Instructor
Piano
String Area

Eugene Watanabe
String Area Chair

Deborah Moench
Suzuki Program Advisor

Katherine Baird
Suzuki Program Coordinator
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Voice Area
Woodwind Area
Flute
Oboe
