Music Lesson Instructors in La Mirada, California (Los Angeles County)

Teaching private lessons since 1995. Specialize in violin and viola lessons. Master of Music in Music Education from Colorado State University, Fort Collins and Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Northwestern University. Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra conductor. Arcadia High School Orchestra Director. Active member of Music Teachers Association of California and Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association.... See More

Chris received his Bachelors in Instrumental Music from California State University Long Beach’s Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, studying under Dr. David Garrett, cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Joon Sun Jung. He has attended master classes with Johannes Moser, Matt Haimovitz, Andrew Shulman, Joon Sun Jung, and the Alexander String Quartet. He is a registered teacher with the American String Teachers Association and Suzuki Association of the Americas. Chris has completed Suzuki pedagogy with Rick Mooney and Dr. Tanya Carey.

Currently, Chris performs with the Dana Point Symphony as associate principal cello. He was a member of Symphony Irvine, the Montage Civic Orchestra, and the Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power Orchestra. He is a founding member of Love4Cello, a cello quartet based in Los Angeles, where he also serves as the group’s arranger. In 2014, as a member of the Southern California Chamber Ensemble, Chris performed in Nagoya, Japan, with renowned urhu virtuoso George Gao. He is a string coach for Portola High School in Irvine, and is the cello teacher for the Casa Romantica Music Festival Academy. Chris has freelanced and taught privately in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas since 2003.... See More

I offer private lessons in strings (6 and up) and piano (4 and up) both in-home and in-studio. I have BA in music and have been teaching since 1992 to students of all ages. I am an avid string player, both semi-professionally and in advanced amateur organizations.... See More