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Our Teachers

VIOLIN, Voice, UKULELE, GUITAR

Molly

As a young adult, Molly toured in Germany, Austria, the British Isles and Hawaii with the San Francisco-based Villa Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra and Oakley Violin Chamber Orchestra. More recently, she performed original work on the violin by Michel Cusson in a multi-media show entitled “Waikiki Nei” and currently records and performs with artists of various genres and bands as a violinist, electronic musician and vocalist. Molly continues to teach, write and perform in theatre, film, and music. 

Grayson - Piano, Guitar, Ukulele
Piano, Guitar, Ukulele

Grayson

Grayson Boyer is a multi-instrumentalist with classical piano training, specializing in Piano, Guitar and Ukulele with a focus on music theory and composition. He has been playing music since he was five years old, with nearly 20 years of piano experience, 15 years of guitar experience, and over 10 years of teaching experience. He has also worked in many facets of the music industry including in recording studios, music journalism, and large scale music production.

It is his goal to not only help his students become technically proficient musicians, but to help students build a deeper understanding of music as a comprehensive system and to develop skills that will follow them long after they finish lessons at Exploring Music.

Grayson has experience teaching in many genres, but specializes in classical, pop, rock and jazz. When he’s not teaching he’s avidly listening to new artists, practicing and writing music himself, and building his record and film collection. He enjoys reading and playing chess and can often be found in the back of the crowd at the various shows around San Francisco.

Sean - Piano Teacher
Piano, Chorus

Sean

 Sean’s been at Exploring Music since 2015 teaching piano technique, performance, and sight-reading, as well as basic-to-intermediate music theory. He is  a graduate of the University of San Francisco where we was also the Assistant Musical Director for ASUSF Voices. 

Deb, Flute
Flute

Deb

Deb McGuire has been teaching private flute lessons for over 40 years, first in the Chicago area and for the last 16 years in the Bay area.  Deb’s performance background includes orchestras, bands, chamber ensembles, solos and musical theater.  She has a passion for teaching, and involves creative approaches to instruction to achieve a positive experience for her students.  Deb enjoys meeting the students where they are whether they are interested in high level performance, or a positive musical experience as individuals.  She teaches any age group, as long as the student can hold the weight of the flute, and maintain concentration for a 30 minute lesson.  Sign up for a trial!

Matt - Trumpet teacher
Trumpet

Matt

Matthew DePasquale has been an active member of the Bay Area music scene since 2008.

Originally from New Jersey, he studied under the tutelage of Donald Batchelder, obtaining his Bachelor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University (’07). In 2008, he moved across the country to study with David Bukhart and Mario Guarneri, earning his Master’s Degree in Trumpet Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (’10).
As a trumpet player, he has had the opportunity to perform with numerous Bay Area ensembles, including The Santa Cruz Symphony, Oakland Ballet, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Stockton Symphony, San Francisco Choral Society, San Francisco City Chorus, Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, Merced Symphony, Symphony Napa Valley, The Magik*Magik Orchestra, and the San Francisco Choral Society, among others.

He has also shared the stage with several rock and indie artists, including Sting, Chicago, Third Eye Blind, Chris Botti, The Walkmen, Evanescence, and the Mason Bates EDM/Classical hybrid ensemble Mercury Soul.
Matthew also serves as Principal Conductor of the Joy Luck Music Chamber Orchestra, and Sven and the Masterful Orchestra.

Piano

Chloe

Chloe’s focus on Early Childhood Education informs her music teaching. With a BA degree in Education and a Minor in Music, Chloe enjoys working with kids who learn for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

Piano

Rose

Rose graduated from New York University and had worked for many years in Early Childhood Education. She believes that music can enhance cognitive and character development in young children and that it should be fun. Her piano class helps children use their analytical skills to develop techniques with use of games and songs.

Saxophone, Clarinet

Eric

Eric has been playing saxophone since he was 9 years old. After playing actively through college, he 

Piano

Budi

Trumpet

Miles

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz.[1]

Born in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis, Davis left to study at the Juilliard School in New York City, before dropping out and making his professional debut as a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker’s bebop quintet from 1944 to 1948. Shortly after, he recorded the Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol Records, which were instrumental to the development of cool jazz. In the early 1950s, Miles Davis recorded some of the earliest hard bop music while on Prestige Records but did so haphazardly due to a heroin addiction. After a widely acclaimed comeback performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, he signed a long-term contract with Columbia Records and recorded the 1957 album ‘Round About Midnight.[2] It was his first work with saxophonist John Coltrane and bassist Paul Chambers, key members of the sextet he led into the early 1960s. During this period, he alternated between orchestral jazz collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, such as the Spanish-influenced Sketches of Spain (1960), and band recordings, such as Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959).[3] The latter recording remains one of the most popular jazz albums of all time,[4] having sold over five million copies in the U.S.

Piano

Rose

Rose graduated from New York University and had worked for many years in Early Childhood Education. She believes that music can enhance cognitive and character development in young children and that it should be fun. Her piano class helps children use their analytical skills to develop techniques with use of games and songs.

Piano

Budi

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Teacher schedules change frequently, and we only make our calendar available to our existing students. Please contact us if you wish to schedule a new lesson.

Lessons are 30-, 45- or 60-minutes long. Most beginners start with 30 minutes.

We can lend you a guitar, ukulele, or violin for your first lesson. We do not lend wind instruments. After the first lesson you’ll be expected to bring your own. Our shop offers reasonable monthly rentals as well.

Unfortunately we only offer lessons in our studio or online.