Suggested Private Instructors
A little help outside the classroom
A list of local private music instructors the directors have found beneficial to students in their reach for excellence. This is in not a complete list of instructors. If you would like to make a suggestion for additions, please contact the Music Directors.
Flute
Caitlin Boruch
Thousand Oaks
Margaret Joyce
Thousand Oaks
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Niccole Modell
Camarillo
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Mary Predmore
Simi Valley
Cece Worrall
Westlake Village
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Oboe
Fred Beerstein
Thousand Oaks
Jennifer Blok
Camarillo
Margaret Joyce
Thousand Oaks
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Clarinet
Audra Camacho
Thousand Oaks
Karen Gatchel
Sandee Langlois
Thousand Oaks
Jordan Leicht
Thousand Oaks
Paul Pate
Westlake Village
Dan Rhymes
David Singer
Roger Stemen
Agoura Hills
Pat Tudor
Thousand Oaks
Cece Worrall
Westlake Village
Sara Canning
Thousand Oaks
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Saxophone
Kevin Garren
Agoura Hills
Jordan Leicht
805-807-8189
jordanleichtmusic@gmail.com
Thousand Oaks
Paul Pate
Westlake Village
Brian Scanlon
Thousand Oaks
Roger Stemen
Agoura Hills
Pat Tudor
Thousand Oaks
Cece Worrall
Westlake Village
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Bassoon
Eric Johnson-Tamai
Woodland Hills (he will come to you)
Steven Louie
Westlake Village
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Tuba
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Mike Freed (beginners only)
Thousand Oaks
Michael Hart, DMA
Thousand Oaks
French Horn
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Louise MacGillavry
Santa Clarita (she will come to you)
Jose Medina
Northridge
Phyllis Rautenberg
Thousand Oaks
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Trumpet
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Jonathan Dane
Newbury Park
Mike Fortunato
Thousand Oaks (he will come to you)
Cameron Guerrero
cameron.guerrero@oxnardunion.org
Simi Valley/Camarillo
Jon Hoehne
Newbury Park
Nathan Kent
Thousand Oaks
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Trombone
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Debbie Boltinghouse
Thousand Oaks
Jon Marshall (Bass Bone)
Westlake Village
Ira Nepus
Thousand Oaks
Euphonium
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Debbie Boltinghouse
Thousand Oaks
Mike Freed
Thousand Oaks
Michael Hart, DMA
Thousand Oaks
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Guitar
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Mitch Holder
Thousand Oaks
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Piano
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Brina Simon (jazz)
Westlake Village/Agoura Hills
Matt Harris
CSUN Jazz A Band Director
Wayne Jones
Thousand Oaks
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Percussion/Drums
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Bonnie Boss
Simi Valley
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Phil Idell
Camarillo
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Alan Peck
Agoura Hills
Ed Smith
Thousand Oaks
Al Velasquez
Camarillo
Violin
Carol Benkeser
Westlake Village
Liz Blake
Thousand Oaks
Teresa Di Tullio
Thousand Oaks
Elise Goodman
Thousand Oaks
Ruth Kay
Thousand Oaks
Shu-Wei Liu
Simi Valley
Joyce Osborn (no beginners)
Woodland Hills
Melissa Phelps-Beckstead
Westlake Village
Barbara Poehls
Simi Valley
Diana Ray-Goodman
Thousand Oaks
Andrea Ponti
Thousand Oaks
Lindsay Deutsch
Man-xia Wu
Chatsworth
Jian-hua Zhong
Chatsworth
Viola
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Liz Blake
Thousand Oaks
Diana Ray-Goodman
Thousand Oaks
Deborah Vukovitz
Thousand Oaks
Cello
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Nick Alvarez
Steven Custer
Westlake Village
Joyce Geeting
Thousand Oaks
Celine Gietzen
Camarillo
Daniel Grab
Granada Hills (he will come to you)
Wendy Velasco
Thousand Oaks
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Bass
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Alex Frank
Calabasas (Jazz and Classical)
Shane Harry
Simi Valley (Jazz and Classical)
Adrian Rosen
Woodland Hills
Emilio Terranova
Woodland Hills (he will come to you)