Piano, Flute
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(408) 204-2822
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (408) 204-2822May Wu holds a Master of Music degree from Norte Dame de Namur University. May has over twenty years of experience teaching flute, recorder and piano lessons. May enjoys working with students from age 4 to adult. Trial lessons are available.
Piano
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www.cristinaartmusic.com
Cristina Marcu, an accomplished pianist and teacher of Romanian descent, is a graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music. She has taught piano for 35 years, to students of all levels. Cristina also teaches as part of the Piano Program at the San Francisco High School of the Arts, and at Crowden Music Center in Berkeley.
Cristina enjoys teaching piano with both classical and contemporary ideas, and allows her students to be open to the spontaneity of the creative moment. Her expertise in tone color helps to guide her students to listen and to explore the joy of sound making.
Students receive a balanced experience in musicianship, discipline, and creativity. Music theory, improvisation, composition, reading music, and performing repertoire are part of Marcu’s style of teaching. Cristina is happy to assist students in preparing for recitals, honors programs, Certificate of Merit exams, competitions and master classes. She is a member of MTAC.
Cristina dedicates her free time to painting and composing.
Trumpet, Intro to Music Lessons
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Christina studied trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Biola University. Her teachers include Mario Guarneri, David Burkhart, Mark Inouye, and James Dooley. She served for 8 years in the Air National Guard Band of the West Coast at Moffett Federal Airfield, performing with the Concert Band, Jazz Band, Rock Band, Brass Quintet, and providing Taps for military funerals.
In addition to trumpet, Christina also offers "Intro to Music" lessons for young children. Drawing from the Kodaly method and Orff-Schulwerk, these lessons nurture creativity and build musical skills using stories, songs, movement, and musical games. The lessons explore piano, recorder, and percussion, and provide a foundation for further study. Music literacy is developed as children read and notate familiar material and compose their own music.
Christina also teaches preschool music classes at the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View, and elementary music locally through CSMA's Music For Schools program.
Piano
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(415) 497-2529
Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 12, "Revolutionary"
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Melody Zhang, a graduate of San Francisco State University with a major in Music Education, is a member of the Music Teachers' Association of California. With over a decade of teaching experience, Melody previously worked for different schools in the Bay Area before establishing her own piano studio. Welcoming students of all ages, from 5 years old to adults, Melody has garnered remarkable success in guiding some of her students to excel in ABRSM piano and music theory exams, students consistently achieving distinction and merit. Moreover, Melody fervently fosters her students' passion for music, encouraging exploration across diverse genres including jazz, popular, classical, romantic, baroque, and 20th-century music.
Some reviews from parents:
"Melody is an outstanding piano teacher. We are so happy having her. She has incredible patience. She is able to adapt to each student and present information in the way that each student learns best…" (Ge C.)
"Melody is a great teacher and friend, always energetic, passionate, and patient…" (Yu Y.)
"We are fortunate to have Melody as our daughters’ piano teacher. We found her through acquaintances after we moved to the Bay Area. She has a cheery personality, and my daughters love her teaching. Melody is passionate about music and piano, and above all teaching her students…" (Sam A.)
"My five year old daughter has been learning to play piano with Melody for a couple months. Melody has a very effective approach in teaching young children like my daughter’s age. She is very patient and friendly. The textbook she picked is easy to follow and very suitable for beginners…" (Yuan X.)
Piano
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Degrees and Studies
B.M., Moscow State Gnessin College of Music
M.A., Moscow State Conservatory
M.M., University of Michigan
Maria Brodsky studied piano and music theory at Moscow State Gnessin College (Russia), continuing her studies at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She became especially interested in early music and historic performance practice, and pursued her studies of harpsichord performance at University of Michigan. She studied with Edward Parmentier, Davitt Moroney, Natalia Yurigina, Yuri Kholopov, Tatiana Zenaishvili and many other great teachers, to whom she feels very grateful for making it possible to share her passion and her skills, and have a profession that she loves.
Maria performs frequently as a soloist and chamber musician. Recent solo activities have involved a lecture/recital presented at the SuperRegional Conferences of the College Music Society (Gettysburg, PA) and a solo recital given at Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture (Moscow, Russia). She collaborates with many Bay Area chamber groups and orchestras, including the Monterey Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Palo Alto Philharmonic, and Soli Deo Gloria Choir.
As a teacher Maria enjoys working with students of all ages and all levels. She always balances the amount of material and intensity of studies with the individual capabilities of the students, and enriches the student's perception of the composition by introducing some basics of music theory and history.
She encourages her students to participate in recitals, festivals, and competitions. Many of her students take the yearly exams of the Certificate of Merit Evaluation Program, and often they are selected to perform at Branch Honor Recitals and Convention Recitals. Several of her students have participated and won top prizes at the US Open Music Competition.