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Parnian

Parnian is a talented piano teacher with considerable experience teaching students of all ages and skill levels.

Parnian is particularly talented at teaching children and younger students and introduces various music styles to maintain student interest.

She also focuses on effective teaching techniques to teach a solid foundation of music theory. Parnian has been playing piano for 18 years. 

Joe

Joe has been a local SoCal musician for most of his life. Beginning with violin at age 8, he quickly moved through learning basics in elementary school and realized music was his passion. At age 9, he picked up the saxophone and found a love of jazz, swing, and blues and joined elementary band. He soon became enamored and sought out private tutors to teach him further. 

An early student of Music Maker himself, he learned about classical and orchestral music and became thrilled with learning to read music.  At Esperanza High School, Joe auditioned for and was selected for the Jazz Ensemble I, and also was selected to be a part of the Southern California Band and Orchestra Association Jazz and Wind Ensembles, winning 1st in many competitive jazz festivals, including the renowned Reno Jazz Festival. 

In the midst of playing saxophone for these groups, at age 12 Joe picked up his main instrument: guitar. With most of the knowledge of music he had been taught, Joe sought out a teacher, but after a few years quickly grew to be mostly self taught, developing skills for rock, metal, classical, folk, and blues. He began a jazz combo as a guitarist that competed in the Reno Jazz Festival, and received a Steamer’s Friends of Jazz Scholarship for his performance at the Steamer’s Club in Fullerton his senior year of high school.

After high school, Joe settled in Fullerton College to go into exploring all his passions, including art and writing. Finding it easy to continue teaching while finishing his schooling, Joe thrives in his SoCal home base where he teaches, performs, and lives with his fiancée Elise and dog Ziggy.

Tina

Tina has extensive experience in teaching and performing both classical and jazz piano.

She earned her degree at Cal State University Northridge.

During her studies, she was awarded the Music Department Scholar award.

Tina is also a Friends of Jazz Award and Scholarship Recipient.

Tiffany

Tiffany Hou started to learn piano at the age of 5.

She got her bachelor’s degree from Shanghai Normal University majoring in musicology.

During this period, she was qualified for China National Senior Teacher Certificate.

In 2013, Tiffany came to the US and pursued a Master of Music from California State University, Northridge.

She was taught by famous pianist and Steinway artist Dmitry Rachmanov.
Tiffany majored in Piano Performance in her M.M.

She has advanced playing techniques, capabilities, and theory knowledge of piano. Solo recital and concerto recital were successfully held when she was in CUSN. In the meanwhile, she has participated in many chamber recitals.

Tiffany has exceptional experience in piano teaching and her strength is combining advanced piano playing techniques with pedagogy. She was hired by Gannan Normal University as a piano lecture instructor from 2017 to 2019