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Rick King attended Citrus College where he enrolled in a recording arts program, eventually transferring to the Pasadena City College electronic music program. After graduation, he studied music composition privately for two years with Dr. Roger Weiss at UC Colorado Boulder, followed by one year in Japan playing and studying Gagaku, the traditional music of the Japanese royal court, and he studied Asian music in general as well. Rick also continued to develop his skill as a guitarist and worked with artists as varied as Tina Marie, Roy Hay, Ed Quintella/Christine McVie and Steve Reid. This eventually led him to pursue his real passion (composing) where he’s successfully worked on various film projects with Stan Ridgway, Paul Haslinger/Edgar Froese, and Larry Spangler. Rick has also completed scores for various TV shows and commercials including Levis, American Ocean Campaign (Ted Danson) and ABC. He has the distinction of co-writing "Surrender My Soul" which won several prestigious awards in the UK and Germany.
Rick has been at Delian Music for over 15 years. He excels in teaching beginner to advanced guitar with his knowledgeable but easy-going style. |
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Greg Brown has been teaching drumset and percussion at Delian Music for over 10 years. He is known as “The Groove Master.” His style is flamboyant in his tom fills and solo work. Greg began playing piano at the age of 6 but switched to drums. He studied with such percussionists as Kay Carlson, Mitch Peters, Billy Moore, Charlie Shoemaker, and Earl Hatch. He attended Cal State LA as a music major where he was spotted by Otis Day and the Knights. He has also worked with Whitney Houston, Bobby Womak, Will Downing, Indeya and currently with the Suzanne Somers Band. |
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Jeorge Taylor teaches all woodwinds and brass. He studied Music Therapy at Combs College and holds a Bachelor of Music in Performing Arts Degree from the Philadelphia Music Academy. In addition to performances and educational work with his musical ensembles, Jeorge has performed all over the world as a studio and concert musican.
His years of playing with such artists as Norman Connors, Stanley Clark, Sisters Sledge, Billy Paul and Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, to name a few, have sculptured his remarkable sense of style. Whether you want to learn jazz, R&B, classical or Latin or soprano, alto, tenor sax, flute, clarinet, trumpet or trombone – this is one outstanding teacher that will never let you down. Jeorge has been with Delian Music for over 11 years. |
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Johnell Holbert has been a pianist, vocal coach, arranger, and music education advocate for the last 7 years. He has been featured on NBC’s broadcasts with anchor Chris Schauble, and helped coach hundreds of students for musical theater productions, competitions, recitals, and the old -fashioned family “get together.” In 2000, he recorded his first piano album with the works of Mendelssohn, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Beethoven.
Between the ages of 12 and 16, Johnell won top prize at more than twenty piano competitions and recieved a full scholarship to attend the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Shortly after, he began teaching in the Bay area while attending University on scholarship. He has studied teachers from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, USC, and the Julliard school. Johnell teaches piano and voice at Delian. |
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Brad Hubisz holds a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Azusa Pacific University. He studied Composition at the Thorton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he earned a B.A. in Psychology with a concentration in Child Development. He has studied vocal performance with L.A. Opera's David Kress and APU's Harold Clousing. He also studied private piano and composition under Jonathan Bass and Rodney Lister at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, where he was awarded the Composition Department Award and Theory Department Award. Brad has sung with numerous choral ensembles, including the APU Chamber Singers, USC Madrigal Chorus, USC Studio Vocal Jazz, and USC Concert Choir, with whom he shared the stage with Barbra Streisand at the 2001 Emmy Awards. He's held such positions as worship leader, pianist, vocalist, and assistant music director in churches and schools throughout the Los Angeles area and in his hometown in Massachusetts. He is also an active arranger for various musical groups around the country.
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Chris Vasquez was born and raised in Baltimore,
Maryland. He attended the
Baltimore School for the Arts, one time home of Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett-Smith. It was there that Chris studied classical guitar under Orlando Roman, a Fullbright scholar and Julian Gray, a Peabody Conservatory
professor. At age 18, Chris moved
to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music as a
Jazz Guitarist Performance Major. He achieved full tuitions status as a scholarship student by his senior
year.
Following graduation in
2007, Chris worked for Holland America Cruise Lines where he traveled all over
the world. In 2008, Chris moved to
Los Angeles. He currently plays
for a variety of local artists as well as performing Top 40 work. Chris currently serves as musical director
for Michelle Carter Leib, Jasmine Bland and emerging
rock band, Los Einstein. Chris
holds a B.M. in Music Performance from Berklee College of Music. In addition to
his guitar teaching of over 10 years, Chris is also a versatile drum, piano and
bass teacher.
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Lee Wanner graduated from
Musicians Institute and was nominated “Outstanding Stylist” of 2008. Currently he is recording an original CD with Marco Minneman,
drummer to Paul Gilbert and Ric Fierrabracci, bass
player for Chic Corea. Lee has been a finalist in various competitions,
charities and conventions. He has been teaching and performing live for over 14
years. His styles include rock,
jazz, blues, pop, fusion, funk and metal. His strengths include harmony/theory, transcribing, chord voicings and voice leading/improvisational skills,
technique and performing with other musicians. Lee has studied under Alex Machacek., Scott Henderson and Dean Brown to name a few.
Lee also teaches beginning
technique/reading and advanced harmony/ theory in piano/keyboard. He also teaches beginning to
intermediate drums and bass.
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Abe Curammeng was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He has a B.A. from Pepperdine University in Malibu and a Masters in Music from USC. Abe is a professional musician having travelled and performed extensivley as a pianist in Europe and Argentina.
Abe has an extensive keyboard repertoire and performance resume and he enjoys composing and collaborating in all types of musical genres. His passion to perform extends beyond playing and teaching musical instruments into dance and competitive figureskating. His professional career also includes several years of business administration in the Hollywood Indie Film Industry.
Abe is available to teach from beginning to advanced piano and keyboard; and beginning to intermediate violin and voice.
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Derek Bomback started playing guitar at the age of 8 and has been moving fast ever since. With over 17 years of performing, writing, teaching and studio experience, he has really made a name for himself in the Los Angeles music scene. After high school, he attended El Camino Community College for a few years studying music. During that time he played bass for LA based indie rock group Warren Charles and also playing in the Cumbia group Sonore Del Caribe. In 2007, he moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music, graduating with a dual major in Guitar Performance and Jazz Composition. There he studied jazz guitar with Tim Miller, Larry Baione and Mick Goodrick. In 2010 he headed back to Los Angeles where he can now be heard playing with various ensembles of all styles. Currently he is playing with The Peninsulans Jazz Orchestra and also getting his own trio together playing a mix of his own compositions and arrangements of jazz standards.
Derek specializes in jazz guitar, theory and modern improvisation as well as classic rock guitar (Led Zeppelin being one of his favorites!), blues, funk, acoustic and metal. He teaches guitar, bass guitar, intermediate drums and beginning piano.
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