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Professional drum instructor, Nicolas has not only established himself as a prominent drum player in the Long Beach area but he also composes music. "Let It Go" and "I Don't Mind" were selected in the sound track for the film Wingman. See also below the music video of his song "Coming Home"

Coming Home

Nicolas has been performing since the late 1970's throughout Europe. In 1995, he moved to Los Angeles and he has been here ever since performing, composing, recording and teaching.

Nicolas is an accomplished musician with over 30 years of professional teaching experience. He is stern yet able to make his lessons enjoyable and fun. If you speak French, he will be happy to accommodate. He is proficient in areas of jazz, big band, pop music, adult contemporary and classical.

On his spare time he enjoys arts, traveling and going movies.

Favorite Foods: sushi and other ethnic foods. 

Ryan


 
 
Teacher and Student ....

Kelly Cho


 
 
A little story....

 

Dr. Kelly Cho was born in Busan, South Korea. She began piano lessons at the age of six. That same year she was awarded the second prize at the Han Kook Ilbo Piano Competition (A major piano competition in Korea), even though she had not yet begun to take music seriously.

When she entered SunHwa Junior High School of the Arts in Korea, she realized the importance of music in her life and began to study the piano intensively. After graduation from SunHwa Junior High School of the Arts, she came to the United States to study the piano.

Dr. Cho studied at the Orange County High School of the Arts, and she was selected twice as the 'Outstanding Performer of the Year.' During her junior year of high school, she won 1st prize in the PTA Council Reflections Contest (Composition). After high school, she entered the Musicians Institute in Hollywood to study Modern music, but since she met Dr. Matthews, she started to play classical music again. She received the 'Piano Award' several times and 'The Fedderman Scholarship' at Chapman University. She also played in several chamber orchestras, including the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Chapman Chamber Orchestra, and Symphony Irvine, and she also has given numerous recitals.

She received her Master's and Doctoral degree in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California with Dr. Stewart Gordon.

Dr. Cho has participated in many Masterclasses, working with Nelita True, Thomas Otten, Alfred Kanwistier, Marilyn Neeley, Daniel Pollack, and Abbey Simon.

Those teachers, in particular, helped her to develop her natural virtuosity: Dr. Stewart Gordon, Dr. Joseph Matthews, Mr. Maurice Till, and Mr. Mitch Hanlon.

Dr. Cho is an active member of several music teacher organizations, including MTAC, MTNA, American College of Musicians, and SYMF, and she also adjudicates for auditions every year.

Dr. Cho served as a music director at Christ Church Presbyterian in Irvine for almost five years.
Currently, She teaches at Santiago Canyon College and Santa Ana College and also an accompanist at Vanguard University.
Many of her students have won several piano competitions and made outstanding achievements.

Teddy

Teddy Newsom

Cherished Piano Teacher, Teddy Newsom has not only established herself as a prominent piano and keyboard educator in South Orange County, but she is also the Chairperson of the Laguna Beach chapter of the National Guild of Piano Teachers, and a highly accomplished musician with over 30 years of professional teaching experience. 

Ms. Teddy, as most of her students call her, first gained her love of music as a young child learning to play organ in her home state of Utah. Eager to quench her thirst for knowledge, she expanded her repertoire to include classical knowledge of both the piano and keyboard, as she earned her degree in Piano Pedagogy from Cal State Fullerton, California.

As an accomplished musician, Teddy has been a headlining performer at some of the most exclusive venues in Southern California, including The Brown Derby and Bonaventure hotel. And, she also served as the Music Director of a prominent church in San Gabriel Valley for over thirteen years.Teaching hundreds of students over more than 30 years, many whom have gone on to become successful, and in some cases professional, musicians, she has become well verse in recognizing the challenges many musicians face as they develop She is proficient in areas of classical, jazz, adult contemporary and pop music, and has a knack for combining theoretic knowledge of academia with professional experience to maximize student results. 

Teddy Newsom is the Chairman of the Laguna Beach chapter of the National Guild of Piano Teachers, and an accomplished musician with over 30 years of professional teaching experience.

I Got Rhythm, George Gershwin - Teddy on her Yamaha Clavinova Digital Piano

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