Piano

Tamara Miller is a professional musician and actor with a home studio in Oakland where she teaches piano and music theory to children and voice to adults. For children she focuses on the whole musician, incorporating sight reading, rhythm, scales and chords, theory and storytelling through music. For adults she focuses on technique and artistry. Her method involves easy vowel, alignment, breath support and clear communication. She worked as a music educator at the Cabrillo Youth Chorus and has been teaching privately for over five years.

John King has been teaching music in the Bay Area for over ten years. He has worked at Crowden School, College Preparatory School, and Acme Music, among other institutions. He currently offers private lessons to kids and adults of all ages in piano practice and performance, music theory, and music composition. He holds a B.A. in Music from U.C. Berkeley and an M.A. in Music Composition from the University of Manchester in England. When he's not teaching, John performs locally as well as internationally as a jazz and classical pianist. For more information, please visit his website at:

Angie has been teaching piano lessons since she was in college. She was a piano instructor at ABC Music in Scottsdale, Arizona, for several years. She moved to Oakland in June of 2007 and is excited to be a part of Musically Minded piano studio.Her strengths as a teacher include her ability to adapt lessons to the students' areas of interest and her versatile knowledge of many styles of music including classical, jazz, and popular music. She brings with her the unique perspective of someone who grew up reading music and later learned to improvise.

I am a professional pianist, teacher, and counselor who moved to the East Bay to pursue my master's degree in Expressive Arts Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. For the over fifteen years, I have been earning my income as a performing artist, accompanist, and teacher.

Anna has an extensive background working as a teacher and an entrepreneur in the arts since 1989. She is the founder and director of Musically Minded Studio. She also ran Funk Works Urban and Ethnic Dance Studio, with live musicians accompanying each ethnic dance class, and East Bay Presents, and non-profit organization that presented concerts in intimate sized spaces in the East Bay.

I am an energetic Teacher - my classes are always informative and lively. We have Winter and Spring recitals, and during the summer we compose for September's "Young Composers' Concert".

Born and raised in Bay Area. Taught music in schools in Vallejo and Fairfield from first grade through 12th grade. Recently retired. Conduct the Diablo Women's Chorale in Walnut Creek and have an after school choir at Vanden High School. I was organist and choir director for two churches for 25 years. Don't know which I like better-piano or singing.

Hi I believe in making music lessons fun and rewarding-- making music an interest of a life time. I focus on:

musicianship- pitch, rhythm
technique- how to operate the instrument
musicality- expression and understanding

I use the following method books:

Suzuki
Strictly Strings
Schradieck Etudes
Wholfahrt Etudes
Kreutzer Etudes
Concerti by Vivaldi, Bach, and Mozart
Solo Suites by Bach
Chamber Music and Sonatas

I am currently Children's Choir Director at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church. I also work with the choir at Tamalpais High School in additional to teaching all levels of voice and beginning piano privately and offering family music lessons. For twelve years prior to 2009 I was soprano soloist at Old First Church. I am a regular soloist with Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus and have been a frequent soloist at many Bay Area churches. I am a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Music Teachers Association of California.