Holy Names Preparatory Music

50 Years of Music Education

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HNU Preparatory Music

History

Founded in 1968 by Sister Therese-Cecile Murphy, a Holy Names College music professor and early advocate of Suzuki music education. Preparatory Music was one of the first Suzuki centers on the West coast.

For over 50 years, Preparatory Music was a community school for young musicians, located on the beautiful campus of Holy Names University in Oakland, CA. Prep Music offered private instruction on ten instruments: violin, viola, cello, harp, guitar, piano, flute, oboe, recorder, drums, and voice. In addition, youth orchestras, group string and piano classes are offered, as well as numerous concerts and large musical events.

Sister Therese-Cecile Murphy

HNU Lecturer in Music Gail Needleman ’98 MM

Private lessons from former Preparatory Music Instructors

About Private Lessons

Thank you for your interest in the Holy Names University Preparatory Music Department.

Although the Preparatory Music Department is no longer active at Holy Names University, our instructors continue to teach and hold events together in community in the Oakland – Berkeley area.

If you are interested in private lessons for yourself or your child, adult musicianship and/or need an accompanist, please use the contact information below to communicate directly with the instructors.

Piano

Christine Fernandez, Accompanying, artistgrl88@gmail.com

Jeanne Honore, Suzuki piano, jeanne.honore@gmail.com

Amy Martin, martin3750@comcast.net (Traditional piano, Accompanying)

Kent Tchii, Suzuki piano, kentotchii@gmail.com

Meiling Tchii, Suzuki piano, mltutchii@gmail.com

Saori Yamamoto, Suzuki piano, saori.kaori.yamamoto@gmail.com

Gloria C Yim, Suzuki piano, gloriacyim@gmail.com

Robert Lee, leer385@gmail.com. (Adult Musicianship, Accompanying)

Strings

Violin/Viola

Josh Cohen, Traditional violin, joshc@qibits.com

Dorothy Lee, Suzuki Violin/Viola, dmisslee@mac.com

Wendy Reid, Suzuki and Traditional violin, treepieces@gmail.com

Robin Revelli, Suzuki violin, vlnrobin@comcast.net

Shauna Revelli, Suzuki violin, shaunarevelli@gmail.com

Sara Usher, Traditional violin, sarausher@comcast.net

Celia Vollov, Suzuki violin, stanfordsuzuki@yahoo.com

Cello

Dr. Poppea Dorsam, Traditional cello, poppeadorsam.mymusicstaff.com

Rebecca Rogot, Suzuki Cello, rrogot@gmail.com

Elisa Saltet, Suzuki, and Traditional cello, elisa.saltet@gmail.com

Drums

Otto Huber, Drums, otto_huber@hotmail.com, ottohuber.com

Flute

Cathy DeVos, Flute, cdvmandm@sbcglobal.net

Guitar

Javier Trujillo, Suzuki, Wasskaproject.com

Harp

Jennifer Ellis, www.harpellis.com

Voice

Theresa Cardinale, theresacardinale@hotmail.com