I'm 33 and have been studying and performing music since the age of 15. I have a B.A. in Music from San Francisco State University where I studied classical music and some jazz and world music. I live in South Berkeley and have several private students from around the Bay Area who I've been teaching for the last 7 years. I also coach bands with Bandworks School of Rock in Oakland (check out http://www.bandworks.com/faculty.php for faculty Bio's). I enjoy performing classical music, playing shows with local Rock and Metal Bands and writing original music. I love and appreciate passionate genuine.music no matter what genre, from the grittiest of blues ballads to the loftiest of symphonies.