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Summer 2014Summer 2014Summer 2014
Course CatalogCourse CatalogCourse Catalog
Group Lessons
Private Lessons
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Piano 3
Guitar and Ukulele 4
Suzuki Violin 6
Band and Orchestra 8
Percussion 11
Class Instructors 12
Private Instructors 16
Table of Contents
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Little Mozart I ages 4-5
With a class limit of 5, these classes
are designed to introduce children to
the fundamentals of piano playing in
a nurturing environment. Students
will be encouraged to learn basic elements such as finger-
ings, keys, beat/rhythm, and notation through singing and
playing. Practice is required and parents/caregivers must
be in attendance.
Tuition: $250 (materials included)
Plan ahead!
Fall session of Little Mozart I starts
Monday, September 8
Piano
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Guitar and Ukulele
Ode to Joy
ages Teen to Adult
Learn basic piano playing through an
easy and relaxing class. Students will
be encouraged to learn notation and
appropriate theory to help develop
musicality and enjoyment.
Tuition: $250 (materials included)
Ode to Joy
Instructor: Theresa Smith
10 weeks: July 21-September 29 (no class September 1)
Monday 6:00-6:45
Beginning Guitar
ages 8 and up
Intro to basic skills of playing guitar—
chords, strumming, finger-picking, sight
reading, and songs. Students must pro-
vide own instrument. Rentals are avail-
able at West Valley Music.
Tuition: $150 (materials included)
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Beginning Guitar
Instructor: Tom Bockhold
6 weeks: June 21-August 2 (no class July 5)
Saturday 1:00-1:45
Beginning Ukulele ages Teen to Adult
Intro to basic skills of playing ukulele—
chords, strumming, finger-picking, sight
reading, and songs. Students must pro-
vide own instrument. Ukuleles are
available for purchase at West Valley
Music.
Tuition: $100 (materials included)
Beginning Ukulele 1
Instructor: Theresa Smith
4 weeks: June 15-July 13
(no class July 6)
Sunday 2:00-2:45
Beginning Ukulele 2
Instructor: Theresa Smith
4 weeks: July 20-August 10
Sunday 2:00-2:45
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Suzuki Violin
Suzuki Violin 1, 2, and 3
ages 3-6
Level 1: This Pre-Twinkle in-
troductory class focuses on
building proper violin playing
posture and on basic tech-
niques such as how to hold the
bow, how to hold the violin,
pizzicato, and playing short songs. Through fun games,
songs, and poems students learn about dynamics, rhythm,
the parts of the violin and bow, and begin aurally identifying
the sound of each of the violin strings.
Level 2: Students learn how to play all the Twinkle Varia-
tions and Twinkle Theme, begin doing bow circles and lifts,
play string changes, and continue to refine their posture.
Level 3: In this class we expand our violin repertoire with
songs from Suzuki Book 1. Students begin reading basic mu-
sic notation, become acquainted with the history of Western
music, and continue developing ear training skills.
Daily practice required. Students must provide own in-
strument. Rentals are available at West Valley Music.
Tuition: $295 (materials included)
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Suzuki Level 1 (Ages 3-4)
Instructor: Tracy Wu
6 weeks: June 18-July 23
(no class July 5)
Wednesday 5:30-6:30 and Saturday 10:30-11:30
Suzuki Level 1 (Ages 5-6)
Instructor: Tracy Wu
6 weeks: June 18-July 23
(no class July 5)
Wednesday 6:30-7:30 and Saturday 11:30-12:30
Suzuki Level 2
Instructor: Tracy Wu
6 weeks: June 16-July 24
(no class July 3, 21)
Monday and Thursday 5:30-6:30
Suzuki Level 3
Instructor: Tracy Wu
6 weeks: June 16-July 24
(no class July 3, 21)
Monday and Thursday 6:30-7:30
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Band and Orchestra
Instrument Safari ages 8-12
Our most popular summer class is
back! Designed for children about to
enter their first year of school band or
orchestra instruction, the Instrument
Safari gives students a chance to try their hand at each of the
instruments typically offered in elementary and middle
school music programs. By the end of the session, each stu-
dent should have a better idea about which instrument “fits”
them the best.
Tuition: $25 (materials included)
Instrument Safari
Instructors: Ronnie Cato and Tracey Hurley
Choose one session:
Saturday July 12, 19, 26 or August 2
Sunday July 13, 20, 27 or August 3
All sessions 3:00-4:30
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Movie Themes Workshops
ages 8-12 (1 year experience)
Don’t let your instrument gather
dust over the summer! Keep up
your playing and build upon
skills learned in the first year of
school band or orchestra in a
fun, week-long camp by learn-
ing and performing popular themes from movies like Star
Wars, Harry Potter, and more. Students must provide own
instrument. Rentals are available from West Valley Mu-
sic.
Tuition: $100 (materials included)
Movie Themes Workshop: Star Wars (Band)
Instructor: Tracey Hurley
1 week: June 16-June 19
Monday-Thursday 10:00-10:45
Movie Themes Workshop: Frozen (Band)
Instructor: Tracey Hurley
1 week: June 23-June 26
Monday-Thursday 10:00-10:45
Movie Themes Workshop: Harry Potter (Strings)
Instructor: Tracey Hurley
1 week: June 30-July 3
Monday-Thursday 10:00-10:45
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Areon Summer Flute Institute
Junior Level ages 7-14 (1-3+ years experience)
Senior Level ages 13-22 (4+ years experience)
Beginner through collegiate level
students are welcome to explore
and develop their skill through
eclectic class offerings and a core
emphasis on chamber music. We
provide a comprehensive ap-
proach to flute technique and mu-
sicianship while students fine-
tune the art of flute playing, gain
leadership and team building skills, and develop lasting
friendships.
Students must provide own instrument. Rentals are
available from West Valley Music.
Tuition: $370 before April 18, $395 after April 18
Merit and needs-based scholarships available
West Valley Music Scholarship available
Areon Summer Flute Institute
Instructors: Kassey Plaha, Jill Heinke, and Sasha Launer
Location: Blach Intermediate School
1 week: June 23-June 27
Monday-Friday 9:00-3:30 (after care available)
For more information and to apply visit areonflutes.com
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A Percussion Discussion ages 10-14
Have you been curious about
percussion instruments? This is
your chance to get up close and
personal with snare drum, bass
drum, tambourine, triangle,
shakers, and more. This class
will introduce students to per-
cussion instruments in the con-
text of drum grooves from differ-
ent parts of the world. Students
will learn how to play each in-
strument and apply the techniques through different drum
grooves that are played on a drum set or by a percussion sec-
tion. Students will learn how to play as a group and impro-
vise. This four week class will cover basic rhythm, rock/funk
grooves, Afro-Cuban grooves, and Brazilian grooves. No per-
cussion experience is required, but one year of music train-
ing (either private lessons or from school band) is required.
Tuition: $100 (materials included)
A Percussion Discussion
Instructor: Anthony Franceschi
4 weeks: June 23-July 14
Monday 1:45-2:45
Percussion
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Tom Bockhold has been a working profes-
sional bassist in the bay area and beyond for
the last thirty years. He studied music at San
Jose State University as well as the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music. Tom has 25 years of
teaching experience and presently teaches bass, piano and
guitar at West Valley Music in Mountain View. He is also
the current bass instructor for the Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Jazz camp in Santa Cruz. Tom has played and/or recorded
with many of the top musicians in the bay area such as
Wally Schnalle, John Worley, Smith Dobson, Murray Lowe,
and Weber Iago.
Ronnie Cato studied at California State Uni-
versity East Bay and holds a Bachelors of Mu-
sic Composition and a minor in Clarinet Per-
formance. He is a composer, singer, musician,
and teacher. Ronnie has been featured in vari-
ous music ensembles including Living Space, and has per-
formed in Carnegie Hall and Davies Symphony Hall. As an
instructor, Ronnie has taught instrumental and vocal music
for nine years. He is currently the orchestra director at Mt.
Eden High School.
Class Instructors
Angely Chen holds a Masters in Music with
a Kodaly emphasis from Holy Names Univer-
sity, Oakland CA. She is a Kindermusik Li-
censed Educator and has taken Suzuki Piano
and Montessori Education courses. As a mu-
sic educator for over a decade, Angely has taught choir and
hundreds of classes (K-5) with Kodaly methodology in the
Mountain View-Whisman, Cambrian, and Los Altos school
districts.
Anthony Franceschi has been playing the
drum set and percussion since age
eight. Through the years Anthony has played
in big bands, jazz combos, Afro-Cuban bands,
rock bands, symphonic bands, pit orchestras,
and percussion ensembles, which has made for a well-
rounded knowledge of playing the drum set and percussion.
He studied music at San Jose State University graduating
Cum Laude with Bachelors of Music degree in Jazz Studies.
While at San Jose State University Anthony played in the
San Jose State University Jazz Combos under the direction
of Frank Sumares and John Shifflet, the Afro-Cuban Latin
Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Wayne Wallace, and
the San Jose State University Jazz Orchestra under the di-
rection of Dr. Aaron Lington. Anthony studied classical per-
cussion with Galen Lemmon and studied the drum set with
Jason Lewis. He currently teaches and actively plays drum
set around the bay area.
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Tracey Hurley received her Bachelors of Mu-
sic from Ohio University with an emphasis in
Instrumental Music Education. Tracey’s wide
range of experience includes wind ensemble,
marching band, jazz band, and trumpet en-
semble. Tracey enjoys music education and has more than
five years of experience teaching children of all ages. Her
most recent accomplishments include teaching high school
trumpet lessons and conducting the Frisco Community
Band Brass Choir.
Deanna Said A recipient of the Sierra Arts
Fund Grant, Deanna Said is a violinist and
violist performing and teaching throughout
the bay area. She completed her undergradu-
ate degree at the San Francisco Conservatory,
then recently completed her graduate studies at the Univer-
sity of Nevada-Reno as a member of the graduate quartet-in-
residence, Nightingale String Quartet. Deanna has per-
formed as a soloist with the Ruby Mountain Symphony, the
UNR Symphony (as winner of UNR’s concerto competition)
and was a featured soloist at the Lake Tahoe Toccata Sum-
mer Chamber Concert Series. She has also received full-
scholarship to attend the prestigious Aspen Music festival.
Theresa Smith has 30 years of experience as a
private music instructor (piano, voice, guitar,
music theory, composition), is past faculty of
CSMA in Mountain View, Sherman Clay Pi-
ano Store in Oakland, The Music School in
Sunnyvale, Baldwin Piano Store in Santa Clara, and pres-
ently teaches at West Valley Music in Mountain View.
Tracy Wu holds a B.M. in violin performance
from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins
University with a minor in anthropology as
well as a M.M. in violin performance from the
Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
She has served as principal violist of the Aspen Academy of
Conducting Orchestra, principal 2nd violinist of the Shep-
herd School Chamber Orchestra, and as concertmaster of the
National Repertory Orchestra. Ms. Wu has been a faculty
member at the American Festival for the Arts, Albany Music
School, New Mozart School of Music, Klein Forest High
School, and has worked with children with special needs at
the Monarch Institute for Neurological Differences as a Da
Camera of Houston Young Artist. She is certified to teach
Suzuki level 1, 2, and 3, and strongly believes in using music
as a vehicle to develop articulate, well-rounded individuals.
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Private Instructors All teachers manage their own schedules and payments.
Please contact them directly to interview or schedule a les-
son. Make sure to tell them what you are looking for to al-
low them to assess compatibility as well. Most will allow a
trial lesson to help you look for a long term fit.
Flute
Laurie Benson 650-366-1748
Jill Heinke 415-786-2899
Kassey Plaha and Areon Chamber Music Institute
650-619-7344
Amelia Vitarelli 408-234-1001
Clarinet and Saxophone
Ronnie Cato 925-284-3383
Maria D’Aura 650-906-6683
Mark Sowlakis 415-564-4936
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Oboe
Brenda Schuman-Post 415-608-2027
Trumpet
Jim Howseman 408-398-5447
John Worley 650-968-0917
Trombone, Baritone and Tuba
Craig Whitwell 408-480-8787
Violin
Ernest Kinsolving (fiddle, tin whistle, bodhran)
650-743-1280
Deanna Said (Violin/Viola) 775-233-1547
Cello
Thomas Shoebotham 650-380-6805
Bass
Tom Bockhold 831-429-2015
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Piano
Tom Bockhold 831-429-2015
Martan Mann 831-338-4986/408-234-2364
Theresa Smith 408-745-4368
May Wu 408-204-2822
Guitar
Tom Bockhold 831-429-2015
Scott Sorkin 408-445-2032
Jim Witzel 650-625-1676
Voice
Wendy Waller 650-216-9138
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262 Castro Street
Downtown Mountain View
Between Dana and Villa
www.westvalleymusic.com
650-961-1566
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Sales - Rentals - Repairs - Sheet Music
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