Category: professional teachers

Denise is a dancer, singer, pianist, actress and teacher.  Her background in dance is diverse, ranging from tap, jazz, ballet, and modern to Middle-Eastern, West-African, Afro-Cuban and Creative Movement for Children.  She received her classical voice training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Cornish College of the Arts, in addition to years of…

Tenor saxophonist/pianist/composer Jessica Jones has worked with Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, and Peter Apfelbaum as well as a variety of Haitian, Caribbean and African bands. The primary outlet for her compositions for the past twenty years has been the Jessica Jones Quartet, a pianoless quartet founded with fellow tenor player and husband Tony…

Ami Molinelli is a professional percussionist and educator specializing in Brazilian and Latin percussion. She co-leads the Brazilian and jazz ensemble, Grupo Falso Baiano with two albums to their credit. Ami received her Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. Her extensive performance and recording credits include theater, television (NBC) and…

Gwen Loeb has been a professional actor, director, and teacher for over 25 years. She has worked around the country doing everything from Shakespeare to musicals. In her 19 years in the Bay Area, Gwen has worked with such theatres as the Aurora Theatre Company, Marin Theatre Company, Shotgun Players, Central Works, Center REP, and…