Petaluma School of Music
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  • About PSM
    • Start At Any Age
  • Classes
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  • Instructors
    • Andrew Cedeño
    • Avery Okamura
    • Bonnie Schiada Maddox
    • Charylu Roberts
    • Doug Boyd
    • Janet Switzer
    • John Shebalin
    • Matt Arnerich
    • Melody Caspari
    • Rachel Aragaki
    • Rachel Walters Steiner
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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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Andrew Cedeño 
BA in Vocal Performance
Sonoma State 
University
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​Private lessons
Voice and Piano

                                                      

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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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Charylu Roberts
Private Lessons

​Classical Piano and Keyboard Technique,
Music Theory 
Beginning & Intermediate-
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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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Janet Switzer
​Classically trained Violinist
​Cypress College, Cabrillo College


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

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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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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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Rachel Aragaki
​BA in Music - Lewis & Clark College
MM - California State University, Long Beach

Private lessons
French Horn
Trumpet
Music Theory
Chamber Music (groups of 2-5
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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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  • Home
  • About PSM
    • Start At Any Age
  • Classes
  • Instruments
  • Instructors
    • Andrew Cedeño
    • Avery Okamura
    • Bonnie Schiada Maddox
    • Charylu Roberts
    • Doug Boyd
    • Janet Switzer
    • John Shebalin
    • Matt Arnerich
    • Melody Caspari
    • Rachel Aragaki
    • Rachel Walters Steiner
  • Contact