Name: Barry James
Music Instrument/s Taught: All Percussion
Age of Students: 10 through Adult
Name of School/Studio: OCM
Location: Orlando, Florida
Email: BaryJame@aol.com
Additional Information: Barry James� musical career spans over 40 years as a percussionist with jazz and symphony orchestras. He is also recognized as a nationally respected teacher. Many of his students now perform professionally around the world. He has taught percussion instruments as well as music theory, composing
and arranging at the Boston School of Music, and more recently in Orlando, Florida. He has performed and recorded with Andy Williams, Roberta Flack, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Jack Jones, Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme. He has also performed with Johnny Mathis, Arthur Prysock, Della Reese, Lena Horne, Mark Murphy, Don Costa, and
the Woody Herman Orchestra. Barry has also recorded two albums with his own jazz ensembles. The National Association of Jazz Educators honored his first recording with the Best Jazz Album of The Year award. Barry James served as a staff arranger/composer for NBC for two years. He attended Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts and the Berklee College of Music. He studied percussion
instruments under the world-renowned teachers George Lawrence Stone and Alan Dawson. He also studied composition and orchestration under Jaki Byard. Only accepting serious minded students for drumset and mallet percussion instruction.
Name: Juan Mendoza
Music Instrument/s Taught: Drumset (Jazz, Funk, Latin, etc.), Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion,
Age of Students: 10-19
Name of School/Studio: Perth Amboy High School and R&J recording studio
Location: Perth Amboy, NJ
Email: jmensticks@hotmail.com
Additional Information: I have over 10 years of experience and am very proficient in Drumset(Jazz, Latin, Rock, Funk, etc.), Mallet percussion and Tympani. I am a band director at Perth Amboy and also teach beginning and intermediate clarinet, trumpet, flute, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax and tuba.
Name: John Galvan
Music Instrument/s Taught: Classical Guitar
Age of Students: All ages
Name of School/Studio: Private Studio
Location: Bedford, Texas
Email: john_galvan@hotmail.com
Additional Information: Please visit www.johngalvan.com for additional information.
Name: Mishael Austin
Music Instrument/s Taught: Piano, Voice
Age of Students: any
Name of School/Studio:
Location: Louisville, KY
Email: musicalmishael@insightbb.com
Additional Information: Music theory and composition lessons are also offered. Prices range from $15 to $20 per 30-minute session, depending on difficulty level. Intensive, four-hour Saurday classes are offered for a total cost of $150.
Name: Glenn Eliot
Music Instrument/s Taught: Guitar
Age of Students: 5 years and older
Name of School/Studio: Trez Music Education Center
Location: Mechanicsburg, PA
Email: GlennEliot@aol.com
Additional Information: I gear the lessons to the student's ability and experience and have been teaching privately for twenty years. Call 717-795-1773 or visit my website.
Name: Tony Branco
Music Instrument/s Taught: piano/keyboards & jazz composition, theory
Age of Students: 3 on up
Name of School/Studio: University of Nevada & Private Studio
Location: Las Vegas, Henderson NV
Email: tonybrancomusic@aol.com
Additional Information: Currently I am adjunct professor of jazz studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I have a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz studies, performance and a Master of Music degree in Jazz composition/theory. I teach privately at my studio as well. Private instruction is offered in piano, (classical and jazz), jazz improvisation, big band methods, combo methods, jazz arranging and orchestration. In addition, I also teach film scoring.
Name: Jerald Archer
Music Instrument/s Taught: Violin
Age of Students: 9-12
Name of School/Studio: Home
Location: Beech Grove, Indiana
Email: debbiearcher@sbcglobal.net
Additional Information: Professional performer and composer for over 20 years. Associates degree in Music Education and Liberal Arts, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1986
Name: Gianna Messier
Music Instrument/s Taught: violin, viola, cello, bass
Age of Students: any
Name of School/Studio: Swanton Strings
Location: Swanton, Vermont
Email: gianna@swantonstrings.com
Additional Information: Swanton Strings teaches traditional violin, viola, cello and bass lessons to students of all ages and abilities. Housed in the Armand Messier Recording Studio (www.recordingvt.com), lessons are taught in a comfortable,
spacious atmosphere. Please visit www.SwantonStrings.com for more information.
Name: Harry Dworchak
Music Instrument/s Taught: Voice
Age of Students: all
Name of School/Studio:
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Email: harrydworchak@aol.com
Additional Information: For more than thirty-five years I have been singing on the worlds great stages. Last summer I performed the title roll in Stephen Sondheim�s SWEENEY TODD in the Princeton Festival�s inaugural production. As is evident, I am still a working professional. However, for more than twenty
years I have been sitting at the piano teaching vocal technique. I teach for three reasons, I love to teach, I�m good at it and teaching has given me the unparalleled opportunity to constantly monitor my own singing through my artists.
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