Scot Miller – Guitar
Chuckie Woods – Guitar, Saxophone, Flute, Bassoon
Joyce Kuo – Guitar, Piano
Talented and energetic, Joyce is passionate about music and teaching. After an extensive education in classical music, Joyce received her teaching certification from the prestigious Guildhall School of Music in London. Since then, she has been playing guitar, keyboard, drumset, and violin professionally in a variety of styles (rock, pop, reggae, hip-hop, classical, and jazz) with many different groups.
Joyce highlights the importance of preparation and performance, and encourages students to share their music in public. It is a requirement that all her students are proficient in reading standard notation and learning fundamentals of music theory. She also teaches students the value of proper technique, ear training, and improvisation.
Joyce is the founder and director of the honors program for guitar students at C&L Music. After application and acceptance, top students are selected to rehearse and perform in different groups based on age and ability level with other honors students.
Rick Silvestri – Guitar, Bass, Double Bass
Rick Silvestri is a popular guitar and bass instructor in San Jose with nearly fifteen years’ worth of teaching experience, and over twenty years of live music performance experience.
Rick teaches all levels of guitar, upright and electric bass. He specializes in jazz, blues, and rock, and he uses that background to teach and perform all styles of music.
Rick has extensive sound design experience with Propellerhead Software’s Reason, Record, and ReCycle programs, having written MIDI sequences for their sample series – most recently for their Electric Bass ReFill. He has performed live instrumental and DJ sets with Ableton Live, and is also eager to share his knowledge of recording programs, including Avid’s Pro Tools and Apple’s Logic Pro.
Rick has been teaching full time since 1997. He has performed with several premier Northern California jazz, rock, and blues bands as well as in local orchestras.
Please visit www.ricksilvestri.com for more details. Rick holds a Bachelor of Arts from Santa Clara University.