As an active Bay Area free-lance musician, Artie Storch is a regular extra percussionist for the
San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Oakland and Marin Symphonies, and has performed with
ensembles ranging from Masterworks Chorale to Metallica. He is a frequent player in the Bay
Area theater scene, where he has performed in numerous shows including The Producers,
White Christmas, Beautiful (The Carole King Musical), and the long-running Phantom of the
Opera.
My early training was in piano, and I studied voice and composition in college. I came to vocal music teaching through musical theater, where I was a performer. Because my piano skills often had me playing in the rehearsal hall, I frequently found myself giving advice or encouragement to my fellow singers. In 1993, when my children were still young, I hung out a shingle for my studio, and have since become a well-respected vocal coach/accompanist in my own right.
Dedicated to my private students ranging in age from 8 to 85 years old, they include flute students aspiring to be professional performers and adult or young players enthusiastically loving every new song they learn. I equally enjoy working with reed players honking out their first notes, piano players discovering new patterns, and elementary students excited to practice pieces for their school band.
Eric Howe is a frequent guest soloist, chorister, conductor, and piano and organ accompanist for many groups, and is also in demand as a clinician and adjudicator. As well as private teaching (currently online), Eric taught Vocal Physiology and Pedagogy at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Holy Names University, and at HNU taught conducting, organ, and conducted the HNU Chamber Singers. He has been Cal-Western regional NATS governor, was president of the SF Bay Area chapter of NATS and chaired its annual Singing Festival.
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You can read about me and my work at www.raeeka.com
I have been teaching all my life because that is what I love to do. These are some highlights from my career.
Heidi Castelman Award for Excellence in teaching chamber music 1993
Vasta teacher of the year 1989
Chamber ensembles invited to perform for MENC 1996, 1994
Orchestras invited to perform for MENC 1992, 1993, 2000
Ensembles invited to Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition 1991-1999, 2001
Sigma Quartet from TJHSST win third prize, Fischoff 1993
I've been teaching voice lessons privately for the last 15 years, At Santa Rosa J C, beginning voice classes as well as advanced, ranging in style from pop to musical theatre to classical. I have also taught diction for singers in Italian, French, German and English.