Lindsey Boullt, Guitar
Lindsey Boullt has devoted his entire career to building excellence and community in the music world. Lindsey is a Gibson Brands Artist and has been a contributing writer for Guitar Player Magazine. A renowned guitar instructor, Lindsey’s students have been accepted into major music schools including Berkley College of Music/Boston, University of North Texas, Musician’s Institute/Los Angeles, and the NYU Clive Davis Institute. Lindsey graduated with honors from the Musicians Institute Hollywood and has been teaching guitar for 30 years.
Elizabeth Lubin, Guitar / Piano / Voice
Originally from New York, Elizabeth Lubin has a BA from the City University of New York. She has been teaching elementary general music theory for 7 years and one on one/ group piano and guitar classes for over a decade. Her teaching style is playful and exploratory with elements of classical traditions. Students learn to sight read music, play by ear and are introduced to composition as well. Students will learn to play familiar tunes as well as an introduction to classical, blues and Jazz composition and beginning theory. In addition to teaching instrumental music, Elizabeth works with youth and adult choirs as a conductor and accompanist. As a singer-songwriter and bandleader she performs regularly around the Bay Area. Her experience as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist is employed in her teaching method, curating a sense of musicianship in all her students. Elizabeth's lessons cultivate confidence, and a sense of accomplishment as well as allow students to explore other aspects of learning in everyday life.
Brain Fruechtenicht, Piano / Drums
Brian Fruechtenicht has been teaching music lessons at SF Day for nearly a decade! Teaching piano he focuses on harmony and melodic approaches while taking things slowly. A thorough introduction to the keyboard is used including: note recognition, ear training, interval studies, basic music theory, harmony introductions, and phrasing. Teaching drums, a thorough introduction is applied in the following categories: stick control, rhythms, phrasing, fills, beats, tempo control, pocket grooves, and genres.
Deszon Claiborne, Drums
A native of the Bay Area, Deszon Claiborne began his musical career at the early age of ten. Virtually self-taught in the beginning, he went on to study with world-renowned drummers such as Richard Peterson, Rick Quintinel (Chuck Brown school of Drumming), James Levi, Billy Cobham, and Kenneth Nash, an experience that provided him with a strong foundation in jazz, rhythm & blues and world music. He is an accomplished performing & recording artist, and an experienced educator. He has taught both private and group lessons to students of all ages and levels, youth to adult, and beginning to advanced. Deszon has also participated in music education programs in the Bay Area over the last 20 years including Berkeley Jazz School, Jazz Camp West, Stanford Jazz Camp, Lafayette Summer Music camp, Moody’s Jazz Camp, Just Say Jazz, and Adventures in Music.
