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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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 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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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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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 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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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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Jeff Subaru, one of our guitar and drum teachers, was born in Bakersfield, California. He began playing the drums at the age of five and started guitar at the age of 12. Jeff is a graduate of Musician’s Institute and Bakersfield College in Classical Guitar. He also took private lessons with Rick Zuniger, (guitarist from Stevie Wonder). Jeff’s recording and touring credits include the following:
Tilo (Methods of Mayhem); Jii E. and the Moral Groove; Gabe Resales and Vital Nonsense: Paulina Logan, Hybrid, Ingrid Waters, Rewind Yesterday, West Coast Cowboys, the Undercovers and Spank. Jeff’s teaching styles for guitar include funk, rock, jazz, country, rock-a-billy, ragtime, hip-hop, classical, Latin and Flamenco. For drum lessons, Jeff teaches rudiments – both traditional and corps, drumset, snare drum, bass drum and cymbal techniques. |
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