Aug 2, 2023 | Faculty Bios
Biography Sarah Summar is a composer, performer, and music educator with over 20 years of experience teaching music to children and adults in a wide range of settings. She offers private lessons in violin, piano, composition, and songwriting. Whether in the classroom...
Jul 21, 2023 | Student Info Center
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Feb 16, 2023 | Blog, Faculty Highlight
The Center for Musical Arts has a variety of talented teachers. In this interview, we spoke with violin instructor Larina Gray about her path to the violin, her love for Irish fiddling, and more. Center for Musical Arts: Good morning! My name is Erica Reid, I’m...
Feb 9, 2023 | Faculty Bios
Biography Jackson McLellan is a musician and educator, originally from Boulder, CO. A multi-instrumentalist of eclectic taste, Jackson has performed a wide variety of music, including orchestral music, early music, British brass band, swing, avant-garde jazz, Latin...
Jan 31, 2023 | Faculty Bios
Biography Raouf Zaidan is an Egyptian American opera baritone, actor, and teacher. He trained as a pianist, singer, and actor in Cairo, London, and the USA. Alongside an international performing career, Raouf has a passion for teaching and sharing his experience and...
Jan 31, 2023 | Faculty Bios
Biography Jennifer Stucki is the oboe instructor at the University of Wyoming and maintains an active freelance career that includes solo, orchestra, and chamber ensemble work, and organizing various collaborative arts projects. She is currently the acting principal...
Jan 31, 2023 | Faculty Bios
Biography Rex Spease studied music at The United States Navy School of Music and at the University of Kansas. He has been playing professionally in the Denver area since 1980. Rex enjoys playing a variety of styles, including classical, jazz, country, swing, ethnic...
Jan 31, 2023 | Faculty Bios
Biography Alex Sierra has been teaching at the Center for Musical Arts since 2002. His teaching style is traditional when it comes to piano. (Alex does not teach Suzuki.) He will use and recommend method books to develop skills and provide theory to help students...
Jan 31, 2023 | Faculty Bios
Biography Deborah Schmit-Lobis has been teaching for 18 years (BM piano pedagogy and performance CU-Boulder). As a pianist, Deborah has performed with just about every major classical organization in the Denver area and she loves (and plays) just about every style of...
Jan 31, 2023 | Faculty Bios
Biography Ryan has been teaching private lessons since 1994. His enthusiastic approach and positive reinforcement endear him to students. Ryan received his Bachelor of Science degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Music Industry Studies from the University of Colorado – Denver...