Teaches in Southern California

From Fountain Valley, California

Plays Baritone, Bass, Cello, Clarinet, Drums, Flute, French Horn, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Ukulele, Violin, Voice, and Viola

About

Jonny has been playing piano for 43 years (he started lessons when he was 5), trumpet @age 9, guitar/bass @19 and composition from an early age, but complete original songs around 13 years old. He started with traditional classical lessons, graduated to pop, then studied Jazz with Tony Gulizia (Vail, CO) and Ron Kobayashi (Orange, CA)
His teaching career began in Topeka Kansas @Donna Allen’s Keyboard center in 1997, continued on to Silverthorne and Avon, Colorado in 2001, at various schools and music studios… He moved to Orange County in 2003 and has been teaching here for 20 years at many schools, but now currently focuses on private lessons in home or studio. Jonny’s teaching style is fast paced for the quick learners, slowed down for difficult parts and focused on fun, for the enjoyment of playing for yourself or others! He will help you relax off you’re self conscious, and you will have a good laugh at least a couple times during your lessons with him…
Do you want to learn how to play by ear? Looking for the sheet music for the newest music on the radio or TikTok, etc? He will create it for you, if it’s not available in stores yet!
He recommends Bastien piano basics for beginner students and also the Alfred series (for adults and children). If you’re open to it, his teaching style will strongly emphasize music theory—studying scale patterns, chords and rhythm…
Hopefully you like to sing, because he highly encourages voice training simultaneously while practicing your instrument—this increases ear training, perfect pitch, memorization of notes (melody & bass), and self confidence!