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Cello

Tracy Sparks has a B.A. in Music and Liberal Arts, Certificate in Music Therapy and an California Elementary Education Teaching Credential.  I have been playing the cello for over 35 years.  Currently play with the San Luis Obispo Symphony, Lompoc Pops, Benedetto String Quartet and Festival Strings, as well as other groups throughout the central coast.  Currently teach elementary classroom music at May Grisham and teach string classes after school for the Orcutt Union School District. 
 

Clarinet & Saxophone

John Hupp 
 
Bio coming soon.
 
 
Drums
 
Kyle Batty
Bio coming Soon.
 
 
Flute

 
 
Lori Meltzer-Sutton joined the Academy in the summer of 2000.  Her education includes an Associate of Art Degree in Music and a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy.  She has been teaching private flute lessons for over 30 years.  She has also played lead flute in the Santa Maria Civic Theater and plays with the San Luis Chamber Orchestra.
 
 
 

Guitar

Oscar Muro, Ed Hite, and James Massung
 
Oscar Muro has been playing since his early teens, Oscar is a graduate of the highly selective College of Creative Studies at UCSB.  Discovered and mentored by Jeremy Haladyna he became a two-time winner of the acclaimed Sheriril Corwin Prize of compostion.  Although awarded a full scholarship for graduate studes at the University of California at San Diego and studing at the Grove School of Music, Oscar unafailingly attributes his musical talent tobe more "divine download" than academically acquired.
 
Ed Hite has had the privilege and great honor of taking lessons from local guitarists Rex and Von Gallion (they both gave me a strong musical foundation in which to work with), jazz guitarists Ron Anthony, John Collins, Alan deMause, Peter Sprague, Bill Thrasher and vibraphonist Charlie Shoemake. My musical experiences have given me the opportunity to play guitar in solo, duo, trio and quartet settings. My latest quartet experience has been leading and playing guitar in the Eloquent Quarter Jazz Quartet. What a treat it is to play with such talented and gifted musicians. I have also played and recorded for the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts (PCPA) Most notable plays were 'The King and I' and 'Showboat'. My symphonic experience so far has been playing guitar in Aaron Copeland's "Appalachian Spring'. I also have had the privilege and continue to play in area big bands. 
 
 
 
Piano & Keyboard
 
The academy is very lucky to have three wonderful piano teachers,
Lynne Garrett, Haroldine Roberts, and Introducing Charmaine Tuason
 
 

 
Lynne Garrett joined the Academy in 2009.  Her education spans 25 years and includes a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music.  She has been a faculty member at universities in California, Texas, Kansas, and Arkansas.  Ms. Garrett currently teaches and free-lances, playing regularly as violinist in the Santa Maria Philharmonic, and Bakersfield Symphony.
 

 

Violin 

 
Priscilla Del-Mastro has been with the Academy since it began.  She has both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in music and has been playing and teaching ever since.  She has played in the Santa Maria Symphony, has taught voice, sings in Coastal Voices, and directs her church choir.
 
Lynne Garrett joined the Academy in 2009.  Her education spans 25 years and includes a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music.  She has been a faculty member at universities in California, Texas, Kansas, and Arkansas.  Ms. Garrett currently teaches and free-lances, playing regularly as violinist in the Santa Maria Philharmonic, and Bakersfield Symphony.

 

 


 

 Other

At Saint Andrew Academy of Music we are constantly looking for teachers.  If you wish to learn an instrument other than those listed above, please let us know.  We would strive to find a teacher for you through our many contacts in the area.