Petaluma School of Music
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    • Start At Any Age
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    • Avery Okamura
    • Bonnie Schiada Maddox
    • Charylu Roberts
    • Cheryl Shafer Moore
    • Doug Boyd
    • Janet Switzer
    • John Shebalin
    • Katie DeJongh
    • Matt Arnerich
    • Melody Caspari
    • Rachel Walters Steiner
    • Sarah Stiles
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Meet our Instructors

    We have some of the finest instructors you will find anywhere!  
All of our instructors are college educated, professional musicians who share their extensive musical knowledge with our students. They are caring and responsive to student needs and provide exceptional modeling of technical ability. Each of our instructors has a unique method.
Please feel free to contact us about scheduling trial lessons with one or more of our instructors.
We want to pair the right instructor to each student. 

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Melody Caspari 
Bachelor of Music:
Opera Institute of ​CSU Long Beach
​Stella Adler Studio, NYC
Private Lessons
Voice, Beginning Piano,
Beginning 
Ukulele-for All ages

Group Classes:
Young Musicians Classes​


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Bonnie Schiada Maddox
​Bachelor of Music, 
University
​of the Pacific

Private Lessons
Trombone, Trumpet, Clarinet, Flute,
Saxophone, and Percussion



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Charylu Roberts
Private Lessons

​Classical Piano and Keyboard Technique,
Music Theory 
Beginning & Intermediate-

 

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Cheryl Shafer Moore
​BA in Music- Sonoma State University
MM - University of New Mexico

Private Lessons
Piano, Ukulele, and
Vocal Technique (age 11 and up)


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Sarah Stiles
​BA in Music UC-Berkeley
Private Lessons
​Classical Piano and Keyboard
Technique, Composition

 
Group Classes
Group Adult Piano Class

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Janet Switzer


​Classically trained Violinist
​Cypress College, Cabrillo College


Private Lessons
 Violin (classical) ​&
 Fiddle (folk, jazz, blues for
(Ages 7+)


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Rachel Walters Steiner
BA in Music Education
K-12 Music Credential Program
Sonoma State
University
​Private lessons
Voice, Piano, 
Guitar and
   Ukulele

Group Classes
Baby & Toddler
Group Vocal Classes

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John Shebalin

BA in Music UC Santa Cruz 
MFA in Jazz Performance Cal Arts


Private Lessons
Guitar, Ukulele,
Drums, and Piano

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Matt Arnerich
BA  in Applied Music & Composition
Sonoma State University


Private Lessons
Advanced Piano
 



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Doug Boyd
Teaching Credential in Music
earned at San Francisco State University


Private Lessons
All Levels Guitar, Ukulele, Bass
Beginning Brass, Woodwinds,
and Piano


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Joyce Kouffman
BA in Studies of Music - Harvard/Radcliffe College
Private Lessons
Introductory Level:
Piano, Guitar, Ukulele, Electric/Jazz String Bass, Drums, African-style Hand Drumming, Violin, Viola, Cello, Clarinet, Alto/Soprano Sax

Intermediate/Advanced to Professional Level:
Jazz Drum Set, Djimbe (African Style hand drum), Improvisation for the Classically Trained Instrumentalist, Classical Guitar, Cello (Classical, "Free" and Jazz improvisation), Classical and Jazz Music Theory and Ear Training, Composing & Arranging, Performance Coaching, Band and Chamber Music Coaching

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 Avery Okamura
BA in Music
Sonoma State University


Private Lessons
All Levels Classical Guitar, 
Electric Guitar & Ukulele,



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​Katie DeJongh

M.M.- Cleveland Institute of Music
B.M.-University of Illinois


Private Flute Lessons

  • Home
  • About PSM
    • Start At Any Age
  • Instruments
  • Instructors
    • Avery Okamura
    • Bonnie Schiada Maddox
    • Charylu Roberts
    • Cheryl Shafer Moore
    • Doug Boyd
    • Janet Switzer
    • John Shebalin
    • Katie DeJongh
    • Matt Arnerich
    • Melody Caspari
    • Rachel Walters Steiner
    • Sarah Stiles
  • Classes
  • Contact