Meet Your New Teacher

We cultivate long-term relationships with both students and parents. All of us have an unending passion for making and sharing music — whatever your age , whatever your skill level.

Andrew Cohen

Andrew Cohen

Piano, Brass

Andrew has seen and done very much as a musician and teacher. He is on a long and circuitous journey of self-realization and is continually working to unfold his life path as a performer and creative being. His goal as a teacher is to impart the message that your relationship and experience with music can look like a lot of things. It doesn’t usually happen in straight line, and is not limited to any style or modality of learning or expression. The only limit is… Read More

 

 

Evegenia (Jane) Leschinskaya

Piano

Evgenia remembers her early obsession with music already from kindergarten time when she was always trying to sit closest to the piano in music class.  At the age of 9, she began her studies of classical piano at a local music school in Irkutsk, Russia.  Her piano studies really opened up her musical world, when as a 10 year old she was given an opportunity to perform a few solo concerts in Siberia.  Evgenia holds her music art degree from…Read More

James Mitchell

Piano, Brass

James has been a formidable member of the Bay Area jazz community for nearly thirty years. Having grown up in Napa, he began performing at wineries, restaurants and weddings with a variety of groups at the age of 15. His high school hosted the biggest marching band review in California, was highly competitive and won several awards. James received his bachelor’s degree in music from ...Read More

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LIZ BAKER

PIANO, Guitar, Ukulele

Liz has been playing the piano for just under 20 years, and loves every minute of it. Though she specializes in jazz, Liz is also classically trained and enjoys playing and teaching music of all kinds. Liz attended jazz juries... Read More