The Muse is insistent
I'm a lifelong musician. In youth, I studied cello, piano, and percussion. I sang in every choir in high school. College and early career meant a break, but I kept playing piano.
I've sung with the Cinnabar Opera chorus, Marin Opera chorus, Sonoma State's Bach Chorale and Jazz Ensemble, Marin Urban Harmony, a madrigal group, and at the bedside of the dying, among others. I've played percussion at Cinnabar Opera (even the wind machine), with a samba group in San Francisco at Carnaval, and in the Petaluma Community Band, and flute with local groups.
For the past many years I've attended JazzCampWest and taken classes at the Berkeley Jazzschool. Primarily I studied voice, but added flute because I love Latin and Brazilian music. I also attend the acoustic California Coast Music Camp, an amazing community of old timey, blue grass, World, and swing players. Next I added Moab Folk Music Camp to continue study of songwriting. Thanks to these I have started a Ukulele Club, and oversee its Yahoo Group, Petaluke. And now I teach 'ukulele.
People I've studied with include (so lucky to live in the SF Bay area):
Voice: Madeline Eastman, Faye Carol, Ann Dyer, Brenda Boykin, Rhiannon, Robert Worth, David Stroud, Andrew Chaikin, Jennifer Scott, Ed Cohn, Ledisi. Penny Nichols, Faye Carol, Nina Shuman.
Flute: Carol Isaac, John Calloway
Brazilian: Jovino Santos Neto, Claudia Villela, Marco de Carvalho, Ed Johnson, Celia Malheiros
Percussion: Dennis Broughton, John Santos, Carolyn Brandy, Alyse Fineman
Celtic: Danny Carnahan
Theory: Wayne Wallace, Vince Mansel, Mark Levine
Songwriting: Clive Gregson, Wayne Wallace, Cosy Sheridan (my mentor)
Ukulele: Michelle Kiba, Byron Yasui, James Hill (many times!), Ralph Shaw, Herb Ohta Jr., Bob Brozman, Jere Canote, L'il Rev
Blues: Danny Caron, Chris Grampp
I've sung with the Cinnabar Opera chorus, Marin Opera chorus, Sonoma State's Bach Chorale and Jazz Ensemble, Marin Urban Harmony, a madrigal group, and at the bedside of the dying, among others. I've played percussion at Cinnabar Opera (even the wind machine), with a samba group in San Francisco at Carnaval, and in the Petaluma Community Band, and flute with local groups.
For the past many years I've attended JazzCampWest and taken classes at the Berkeley Jazzschool. Primarily I studied voice, but added flute because I love Latin and Brazilian music. I also attend the acoustic California Coast Music Camp, an amazing community of old timey, blue grass, World, and swing players. Next I added Moab Folk Music Camp to continue study of songwriting. Thanks to these I have started a Ukulele Club, and oversee its Yahoo Group, Petaluke. And now I teach 'ukulele.
People I've studied with include (so lucky to live in the SF Bay area):
Voice: Madeline Eastman, Faye Carol, Ann Dyer, Brenda Boykin, Rhiannon, Robert Worth, David Stroud, Andrew Chaikin, Jennifer Scott, Ed Cohn, Ledisi. Penny Nichols, Faye Carol, Nina Shuman.
Flute: Carol Isaac, John Calloway
Brazilian: Jovino Santos Neto, Claudia Villela, Marco de Carvalho, Ed Johnson, Celia Malheiros
Percussion: Dennis Broughton, John Santos, Carolyn Brandy, Alyse Fineman
Celtic: Danny Carnahan
Theory: Wayne Wallace, Vince Mansel, Mark Levine
Songwriting: Clive Gregson, Wayne Wallace, Cosy Sheridan (my mentor)
Ukulele: Michelle Kiba, Byron Yasui, James Hill (many times!), Ralph Shaw, Herb Ohta Jr., Bob Brozman, Jere Canote, L'il Rev
Blues: Danny Caron, Chris Grampp
