Our Team

  • Greg Brown

    Greg's musical fascination begun at the age of nine, taking piano lesson and later drum lessons. He holds a B.A.in Music performance from California State University of Dominguez Hills. His thirty years of teaching experience includes, Hamilton High School, The Inglewood School District and the William Grant Stills Performing art Center. Education has been a big factor in Greg's life. He firmly believes in giving back to the community and helping students succeed.

    He enjoys teaching many musical styles such as, Jazz, Rock, Symphonic and Marching Band. This includes melodic percussion instruments as well, such as, bells, xylophone, marimba and timpani.

    Greg has also worked with notable legends such as Whitney Houston, Grover Washington, Suzanne Somers. His seasoned experience gives students a direct path to their musical goals, while unlocking a musical door of empowerment.

  • Grace Shannon

    Guitar & Ukelele

  • James Gover

    James is an instructor with over 20 years experience. He teaches guitar, bass,ukulele, mandolin, and music fundamentals. James has worked alongside and toured with many major artists in genre of Rock, Blues, Jazz, Heavy Metal, and other styles. James started his first musical band at the age of 12 in Culver City California. He started playing guitar at the age of 7 his Father a musician and his Mother a dancer he comes from a very well-rounded musical family. James is not only a musician and instructor he’s also an active luthier and makes custom guitars. In 1990 James started his career in television and music, he attended Santa Monica College where he studied classical and flamenco guitar. He also attended West Los Angeles College where he studied music, music appreciation and the history of world music.

  • Maria Valenzuela

    Piano & Brass