Jiye Hayden
Exposed to music from a young age, she received her first piano lessons at age six and later learned multiple instruments, including violin, saxophone and guitar. Over the years, she has performed in various roles as a musician in a variety of venues, including as: saxophonist in the Olympia Hotel in Seoul, bar pianist at Four Seasons Resort in Santa Barbara, pianist/keyboardist in numerous musical theater productions, and chorist at Carnegie Hall and in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Walt Disney Hall. As a freelance collaborative pianist and staff accompanist at CSUN, she also has extensive experience with accompanying instrumentalists and vocalists in recitals and competitions.
Ms. Hayden’s career as a music teacher also began at a relatively young age – over the past twenty years, she has taught over a thousand students. As a result of this extensive teaching experience, she has developed a flexible method that adapts to and nurtures each child’s individual learning abilities, including children with ADHD and autism. Her greatest passion is teaching children and guiding them on their journey to becoming independent musicians and music lovers.
Evan Pouchak
While living in Louisville, Evan was a founding member of Louisville groups Paradigm, The Deloreans, and The Pass. While a member of the fusion rock and jazz group Paradigm, Evan toured across the United States and opened for such groups as the Benvento/Russo Duo, Charlie Hunter, Club D'Elf, and the Lee Boys. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2009, Evan has recorded and/or played with The Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, the Sean Stackpoole Quartet, West LA Fadeaway, Jay Stapleton, and June Aja.
Evan strives to instill the fundamentals of music in his students in a fun, creative, and engaging way. He believes it is important for students to develop the ability to solve musical problems from a place of creativity and positive contribution. If a student can learn to do so early, she can take that ability with her throughout her career.
Jennifer Wydra’s
She also fulfilled the teaching requirements for drama education while at U.T. She has directed shows all over LA and NYC, and coaches several successful young actors. In addition to her acting/voiceover career, she is/has been a Creative Consultant to Disney Channel Original Movies for 15 years, working on projects such as ``Teen Beach Movie``, ``Descendants``, ``Lemonade Mouth``, and many others. More recently, she has become a Consultant for the Original Family Film Department at Netflix.
Michael Fandetti
He received his Masters Degree in Music Performance in 2015.
Mike is proficient in music theory and music history. He loves teaching and passing along the beauty of music to his students.
Sara Almasi
After moving to Vienna-Austria, the capital of classical music, she studied music pedagogy and piano under Hafez Babashahi in Wagner Konservatorium with a minor in ensemble conducting. She taught for many years in her native country both privately and in music schools such as Pars Institute. She also was a lecturer at art and architecture branch of Azad university of Tehran.
Yu Tang
Besides playing and teaching piano, he has worked as an editorial assistant at the music publishing company Alfred Music and coordinated an innovative sound art gallery in Berlin.
Currently, he is developing a method book with the aim of providing children with a comprehensive music education.
Luna Choi
performance at California State University, Northridge and completed the program in 2019.
She is a departmental scholarship recipient in 2016 and 2019 at CSUN. She is a passionate and dedicated teacher who enjoys coaching young music enthusiasts in youth orchestra. She recently joined After School Conservatory as a violin instructor and can’t wait to be a guidance for many potential students.
Sarah Salazar
She has sung with Opera Santa Barbara, Valley Opera and Performing Arts, Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera, Glendale Opera Company and The Pacific Opera Project. She also currently sings as a Fox Singer with the Verdi Chorus.
Ali Tolga Demirtas
In 2010 he awarded as 3rd in TBD-Halici 17. Computered Composition Contest. He has worked both stage and studio with world-wide artists. He has ability to play as a virtuoso skill of level on violin,viola, cello, doublebass, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, flute, ney, oud, cumbus, guitar, drums, percussions etc. He has released his first contemporary solo jazz piano album Moments. He has also one classical solo album which he played Mozart and Chopin.
Molly Rich
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