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Helen Chao-Casano
Monica Chung
“It gives me great joy to watch and help students discover their capacity to build masterful skill at the piano. After 2 decades of teaching, I can say that no two pianists are the same, and I enthusiastically accept that it is my responsibility to understand how best to guide them to their fullest potential during their time with me.”
Dr. Nikki Routman Ebisu
“One of my primary objectives in teaching is to promote music as a vehicle for non-verbal and artistic expression. Every child is unique, so I adapt my teaching method and lesson plan to fit the personality, learning style and mood of each and every individual student. My teaching curriculum is centered around many of my own personal childhood learning experiences and hurdles that I had to overcome. It is my duty to act not only as their instructor, but also as their mentor, role model and inspiration.”
Katharine Hafner
Playing an instrument is one of the hardest (and most rewarding) things anyone can learn to do - coordination of small and large muscles; thinking and doing; mechanical, emotional and mental processes; individual responsibility and teamwork - there is quite a lot to keep track of in the development of each student. Beginners learn to discern and differentiate and to follow directions. Developing students "learn how to learn". Advanced students learn to use their technical skills to project and share the emotion and meaningfulness of music, to connect with the audience as they explore their own feelings. Everyone can learn. I am energized and inspired by my wonderful students as they grow in ability and character.
Ignace Jang
Ethel Iwasaki
“True music education should involve the collaboration and understanding of all the fine arts. My role as a teacher should be to relate music to art, dance, and history to enrich the lives of my students in depth. Therefore, the real value of music lessons is to prepare the students for the future in making music an avocation, if not a vocation…“
Bichuan Li
Xianhe Liu
Dr. I-Bei Lin
“Music is the universal language of mankind” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I hope that my students will develop an appreciation for music while learning with me. My main purpose in teaching cello is to develop a healthy way to play the cello. I would like the students to achieve the most beautiful tone on the cello and develop musical expression.
Landon Mattox
Joshua Nakazawa
My main goal is to make music fun while teaching how to learn most efficiently. The skills involved with learning how to play music can translate into all different areas of life. Whether one chooses to learn casually or seriously, If the student works hard enough, they can receive the training and knowledge needed to reach conservatory level expectations and can be provided with guidance for a professional musical career.
Su Jie Nam
Dr. Yuseon Nam
Sabrina Saiki-Mita
Jamie Sanborn
“First and foremost music is supposed to be fun and that is my main goal. Sometimes this means helping a student become the best but more often this means using music to help them find their own voice, courage, and community.”
Rachel Saul Schifino
“Prioritizing a curriculum that is unique to each student, I carefully observe each student's ability to determine the course of study. My teaching philosophy, influenced by my "Grandfather" teacher Ivan Galamian, emphasizes an equal pyramid of technique and musicality. Developing both equally, with technique’s sole purpose to express innate musicality, is essential to achieve the end goal to create artful music.”
Joyce Shih
My goals are to help my students develop confidence, coordination, and concentration, and to help them learn to enjoy and appreciate classical music.
Sheryl Shohet
Violin, Viola / Central-West O‘ahu (Waipio Gentry)
“In addition to playing the violin beautifully and loving music, students in my violin studio learn valuable life lessons. My studio is a close-knit community of students and families who interact with me, with each other, with other music organizations, and with various populations we serve while sharing our music. ”
