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Johnstonbaugh's Music Centers
North
4375 Gibsonia Road
PO Box 150
Gibsonia, PA 15044
724.444.5660
724.444.5670 Fax
East
5786 Saltsburg Road
Verona, PA 15147
412.793.6631
412.798.0487 Fax
South
Chartiers Valley
Shopping Center
1025 Washington Pike
Bridgeville, PA 15017
412.221.2990
412.838.0800 Fax
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| Instructor: |
Don Formoso |
| Focus Areas: |
Percussion |
| Instruments: |
Percussion ($16.50/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Bridgeville |
| Description: |
Don is a classically trained percussionist with over 10 years of live symphonic, jazz, and rock performance experience. Don is in his third year as percussion instructor and arranger at Quaker Valley High School, and has over 5 years of private instruction experience. He teaches all ages and experience levels, and favors a personalized approach adapted to each particular student’s needs. After building a strong rhythmic foundation with each student, the student may choose to concentrate on concert performance, drumset, marching percussion, or any combination thereof. Don tailors his teaching style to the student’s wishes and needs and advocates music appreciation and theory as fundamental learning tools for all percussionists. Currently, Don performs in a number of musical ensembles in the Pittsburgh area, and focuses much of his energy on his experimental rock band.
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Richy Muckle |
| Focus Areas: |
Percussion |
| Instruments: |
Percussion ($18.50/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Bridgeville |
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Richy has been actively performing on both the national and local Pittsburgh music scenes for the past 38 years. He began his studies at the early age of 8 and began performing at 12. Richy’s work has included concerts, clubs dates, studio sessions, shows, private lessons and the worship band at his church. He is also a veteran clinician at the annual Duquesne University Guitar and Bass Workshop and he feels quite blessed for having all of these opportunities! As a teacher, Richy believes in stressing good rudimental drumming to his students, using the basic rudiments as a foundation to build from. Although jazz is his preference, Richy is a strong advocate of versatility and learning to read music. "A good, solid drummer should be able to play any and all styles and read too!"
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Ryan Kantner |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar, Percussion |
| Instruments: |
Percussion, Bass Guitar ($18/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia |
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Ryan is a bassist and percussionist who has been playing music for twelve years, and has taught private and community lessons for the past five years. Ryan holds a Bachelors Degree in Music and Literature from West Chester University. Some notable positions have included: Teaching bass guitar for the School of Rock In Downingtown, PA, Being the pit percussion instructor for Owen J. Roberts High School, and running a home studio for bass and percussion in the summer of 2005. Ryan is an avid listener of jazz, rock, classical, and many other types of music, and a key part of his lessons revolves around the interconnectivity between the different genres of music, as well as focusing on bass and drums as part of the same whole of a rhythm section. Ryan’s playing experience has been diverse, with tenures ranging from marching bands to rock bands, percussion ensembles to bluegrass, big bands, to solo performances. Lesson plans are designed to maximize time usage, and are tailor made to help students of any age or experience level not only become better at their instruments, but also better all-around musicians.
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| *Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher* This means that the teacher has received Act 33/34 Clearances from the State of Pennsylvania. Act 33/34 Clearances are designed to ensure that people who work with children have a record clear of child abuse and crime. All schools in Pennsylvania require that teachers and school staff have Act 33/34 Clearances. In June of 2005, Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers implemented a policy that all new teachers are required to have Act 33/34 Clearances. |
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