Guitar - Drums - Electric Bass
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(650) 996-7492
Frank Conrad II has been performing and teaching music in the Bay Area since the 1980s. He studied jazz with Terry Summa at Foothill College and jazz/song writing with Randy Masters at San Jose State University. Frank has been teaching guitar and electric bass for more than 20 years, and drums for about 9 years.
Frank’s first instrument as a kid was guitar, playing folk, rock, and blues. Frank got serious about music at age 19, studying theory and jazz in college, and finally classical guitar as an adult.
His approach with most students of the guitar is to start with modern music - “get them playing something that they recognize as music, keep them interested, then you can teach them anything.” Students of the electric bass need major key theory first, which takes them right into walking bass lines for blues and jazz. If you can play that, everything else will be easy. Drummers need to start with reading rhythm and stick control, then on to the drum set.
Besides his family, music is truly Frank’s greatest passion. Frank is co-founder and general partner of Hope Street Music Studios.
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Piano
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katiegueorguieva.com
B.A., Piano and Music Theory, State Academy of Music, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1994
M. M., Piano Performance, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1999
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Three Sponsors' Prize - Tokyo International Duo Piano Competition, Tokyo, Japan, 2003
Distinguished Musician Diploma - Ibla Grand Prize Music Competition, Ibla, Italy, 2003
Finalist - Brevard Music Festival Solo Concerto Competition, Brevard, NC, 1998
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Katie Gueorguieva-Ledford began learning the piano at the age of five. She majored in Piano under Prof. Tihomira Bachvarova, a graduate of Moscow Conservatory of Music. In 1997 she was admitted to the Graduate Piano Performance Program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she received the Liberace Foundation Scholarship. There she studied with Prof. Mack McCray, a Julliard School of Music graduate, and an acclaimed concert pianist. She has also participated in a number of music festivals, including the Brevard Music Festival in Brevard, NC, in 1997 and 1998, and the Alfred Cortot School of Music Seminar in Paris, France, in 2002. She has played in master classes for distinguished pianists as John Perry, Michael Kim, and Andre Watts. In 2003, she won a Distinguished Musician Prize at the International Music Festival in Ibla, Italy, and a 3rd Prize at the Tokyo International Duo Piano Competition in Tokyo, Japan.
An active performer since her debut recital in Sofia at the age of eleven, Katie has appeared in solo piano and chamber music recitals and concerts in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Currently she resides in San Jose with her husband, Ken, and daughter, Nicolette, and takes part in the concert life of the Bay Area.
Katie has been teaching piano in the Bay Area since 1998, and has been a member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California since 2002. First and foremost, her goal is to teach her students the enjoyment of music! Her teaching methods are tailored to each individual student, child or adult, to make sure that they are enjoying the time they spend to make music. At the same time she aims at the development of their specific musical talents, fulfillment of their artistic goals, and expanding of their musical culture. Katie also incorporates music theory in the lessons to ensure in-depth understanding of the musical material. She encourages her most committed students to take the yearly exams of the Certificate of Merit Evaluation Program.
Several of Katie Gueorguieva-Ledford's students have been prize winners in prestigious competitions, including the US Open Music Competition, the CMTANC Youth Music Competition, and the Bradshaw-Buono International Piano Competition.
Katie is committed to excellence in both piano technique and artistic interpretation. She brings to students of all ages the benefits of her training and experience, as well as deep love for the piano.
For more information, please visit www.katiegueorguieva.com
Violin - Viola - String Ensembles
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(650) 966-4206
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Mary Helen Weinstein received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in performance from the Eastman School of Music and two teaching credentials from National University. She has toured with Chuck Mangione, The Fifth Dimension, San Francisco Ballet, and Western Opera. She was a member of the San Jose Symphony for 17 years, and has also performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, Galilee Orchestra, S.F. Women’s Philharmonic (as Concertmaster), and San Francisco, Oakland, Marin, and Santa Rosa Symphonies.
Mary Helen is currently on the faculty of both Hope Street Music Studios and CSMA in Mountain View, CA. She performs locally with String Thing Jazztet and New Millenium Quartet. Guiding violin and viola students ages 7-87 in all aspects of technique, how to practice, and preparation for performance, she also offers a fun string ensemble class in the summer.
Students at Hope Street Music Studios
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Violin - Piano
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(650) 224-5983 (cell)
Leah began playing the violin at age 3, and the piano at age 8. She studied violin performance at Cleveland State University under the direction of Molly Fung-Dum and Wei Shu Co. In addition to growing her private violin & piano studio, she teaches strings for multiple schools in the Mountain View - Whisman School District.
Leah plays the violin with the Redwood Symphony and various other Bay Area groups. Prior to moving to California, she performed with the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. She also taught private lessons for the Salvation Army of Benton Harbor, and led sectionals for the Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra.
Playing an instrument is a great chance to express yourself and give the gift of music appreciation to others. Leah believes that anyone can learn to play an instrument - all it takes is personal drive, a love for music, and practice.
Trumpet - Fluegelhorn 
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(650) 740-7004
johnworley.com
Winds of Change
John L. Worley, Jr. is an accomplished trumpet/flugelhorn/post-horn artist and leader of the bands Mo-Chi Ensemble, WorlView, Bari Bari and the Lomi Lomi Jazz Orchestra along with co-leader Johnnie Bamont.
John is also an engaging and accomplished educator who teaches with enthusiasm, humor, and insight to a wide range of ages, experience levels and proficiencies.
John has played in many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s creative music ensembles, as well as on over 80 recordings and videos. Being adept at a multitude of styles, John has played with and backed up national and international artists in North America, Asia, Europe, and Central America such as Ella Fitzgerald, Don Byron, Wayne Shorter with the Monterey Jazz Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Carla Bley and Steve Swallow Big Band, Seth McFarlane with the San Francisco Symphony, Wayne Wallace, Jon Jang and the Pan Asian Arkestra, Dave Pell Octet, Pete and Sheila Escovedo, Lila Downs and many others.
John is a member of the music faculty at: Stanford University; Hope St. Music Studios in Mountain View, CA; and is a faculty member of the San Jose Summer Jazz Camp. He is a member of San Jose Jazz, BMI, American Federation of Musicians Local 6 and the International Trumpet Guild. In 2013, John was included in David Hickman’s book “Trumpet Greats,” a biography of 2,200 trumpet players from the year 1600 to the present.
John is a Yamaha Performing Artist and plays the Yamaha YTR 9335NYS, YTR 8340EM, YTR 751 trumpets and YFL 8315GS flugelhorn.
For more of John's videos, please see the "Videos" menu on our home page.
