Delian Music is proud to introduce the following teachers to its ever-growing professional teaching staff:
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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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 video of a lesson with Bobby |
Bobby Borg teaches drum and percussion and has over 25 years of experience in music. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a BA in Professional Music and a certificate in music business. Borg is the author of “The Musician’s Handbook: A practical Guide to Understanding the Music Business.” He is also a staff writer for Music Biz magazine and has also written six instructional method books for musicians. Bobby has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe. He was part of a major label rock group called Beggars Thieves (Atlantic Records) and Warrant – BMG/CM Records and his own group Left for Dead. Bobby has been teaching drums and per-cussion at Delian for over 5 years. His styles include rock, nu-metal, grunge, metal, pop and R&B.
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Nard Berings has been teaching guitar and bass at Delian since the year 2000. His teaching styles include rock, jazz, funk, blues, pop, nu-metal, metal, latin and electronics. Nard was educated at the Amsterdam School of the Arts and Musicians Institute. He is on 17 albums with major label artists and has his own music production company with studios in Amsterdam and Los Angeles called Freshbeat Studios. Credits include playing music on commercials for several major brands and TV shows like America’s Top Model, Gilmore Girls and ESPN. Nard has his own signature guitar called the “Nardcaster” manufactured by Sign Guitars, Germany. Nard has been teaching for over 20 years and teaches intermediate to advanced guitar students. He has developed a new teaching method which is very effective and lots of fun. |
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 a lesson with Solomon |
Solomon Rueb teaches acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, and piano and has over 15 years experience with those instruments. Solomon studied Music Industry at the Univeristy of Miami. There he played many different instruments in various bands and ensembles while studying music theory, performance, composing, recording as well as the business of music. After college he came to Los Angeles and has been writing music and playing with various groups, producing and recording other artists and teaching music. Solomon has been teaching at Delian since 2000. His lessons are tailored to fit the needs of the individual student. He is best known for helping students develop good practice and performance habits and proper playing technique. He can also teach you how to play your favorite songs, either from a book or CD. |
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Karoly Kiss (pronounced Cadoway) began studying music at the age of 6 in Sarospatak, Hungary. He continued his music education in the U. S. in high school band, jazz ensemble and choir with private percussion study. He is a graduate from the University of North Texas with two years of undergraduate study in jazz performance on the drumset. He is proficient in percussion method class, music theory, jazz theory, jazz piano and voice. Karoly plays an average of over 200 shows a year with many jazz and R & B acts and live recording sessions at Capital Records, Fox Studios and Universal Publishing. Karoly can teach drumset, percussion, voice, and piano. |
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Fred Bakalinsky is a Russian Master on the violin, viola and cello. He also teaches piano. Fred started playing the violin at the age of 5. In 1971 he enrolled at the Novosibirg State Conservatory in the USSR where he received his Bachelor’s Degree specializing in learning string instruments and performers of the arts. He was honored with the prestigious award of orchestra soloist teacher and artist of chamber ensemble from the Conservatory. In addition to several years of classes, Fred also took private lessons from conductors at the Conservatory and later became the Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra at the Ivov State Medical University. He has performed with such great violinists as Yoko Sato, David Oystrach and Victor Spivakov. Fred has been with Delian Music for over 10 years. |
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 video of a lesson with Jeorge |
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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Robert Calva began playing guitar in Houston, Texas at the age of twelve. It was not long before he discovered blues-rock music and realized that it was the music he most wanted to play. Robert began playing professionally at the age of seventeen in Houston and the surrounding area. After playing music for five years, he decided to go to college and study music. Robert attended the University of North Texas and later attended Musicians Institute. While a student at MI, Robert was awarded the prestigious Outstanding Student of the Year for 1991-1992. Robert began teaching at MI in 1993. He has played with Bo Didley, Tim Bogert, Chevy Chase, Floyd Radford, Deacon Jones, Joe Houston and countless others. He currently teaches at MI and performs in Southern California and thoughout the United States as a freelance musician.
Robert has been teaching at Delian for more than 10 years. He can teach beginning, intermediate and advanced guitar and bass and beginning to intermediate piano. He has written two Musician’s Institute music books, “Blues/Rock – Soloing for Guitar” and “Texas Blues.” These textbooks are used in his lessons and are available for purchase at Delian Music. |
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Charles "Chazzy" Green teaches all levels of flute, clarinet, saxophone and beginning - intermediate trumpet and trombone as well as piano. He has been teaching private lessons from 1982 and has several professional and intermediate students.
He has toured with WAR and Ray Parker Jr.; performed with Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Brian McKnight, wrote and directed some movies as well as scored music for films. |
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Edward Krzyzaniak is one of our newest teachers and he teaches all levels of guitar and bass as well as beginning piano. He is a graduate of the Musicians Institute and also of Delta College with an AA degree in Music and Business.
Edward has toured or recorded with the following: Jettson, Kenny Smith, Minority Report, Laura Hall and Love Comes Running.
He is also an accomplished songwriter with film and TV credits: "Cold Ones", "Highland Park Blues", "7 Days", "Agatha the Hunter" and "Star Search". Edward is also writing music for DVD trailers.
Music awards include an AZA Best Guitarist Award- 2000, LA Music Award for top 4 best Indie rock album 2005, Unisong International Songwriting Award finalist for
top 20 best original pop uptempo song 2006.
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Jacques Lesure has been teaching music for over 25 years both in the public and private sector. He has taught in many public schools such as the L.A. Unified, Atlanta Public Schools and Jewish Community Centers in Atlanta and Detroit. He had performed with a wide variety of artists including James Brown and Diane Krall. He has also recoded with many more major artists and produced albums under his own label.
Jacques teaches at Delian on Mondays and Tuesdays. |
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