“Where Music Happens!”
Phone: (631) 476.3850
Fax: (631) 474.8783
Hours (EST): Mon. - Fri. 10-8
Sat. 10-6, Sun. 12-5
66 Echo Ave., Miller Place, Long Island, NY 11764
 
INSTRUCTOR BIOS...
 
Bill Tsantes
Bogdan Scurtu
Brian Chabza
Brittany Schlude
Craig Buying
David Andersen
Edward Guldi
Glen Baleri
Jennifer Endres
Jessica Bender
Joe Lopez
Jun Xing
Kevin "Tex" Prothro
Lucas Balslov
Linda Robertson
Matt Hansen
Michel Ligonde
Mike Orioles
Nicole Caglione
Paul Goodman
Pete Heywood
Regina Gordon
Sally Morrison
Sean Mackenzie
Steve Rudin
Steve Subject
About Our Instructors...

We are proud of our team of highly qualified instructors. Most Sound Beach Music instructors either hold a teaching degree, or are professional musicians with years of experience. Please click here for information regarding lessons.


Bill Tsantes

Bill has a Master’s Degree in Education from Queens College.

He has studied privately with Tony Mann, Carl Schachter and Richard Rabatin.

Bill teaches guitar and bass as well as violin.

Some of the highlights of his performing experience are: performing Off-Broadway, at Theater Three and at Carnegie Hall. He has also recorded on several CDs.

Bill also toured Europe as the guitar tech for Richie Blackmore
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Bogdan Scurtu

Bogdan teaches clarinet (any level, all instruments including Eb and bass clarinet) and piano.

He is also available to teach composition, theory, music history and electronic/computer music.

He started teaching in 1998.

He has been the undergraduate clarinet instructor at Stony Brook University since 2003.

In addition, he worked as a woodwind clinician and conductor with the Stony Brook Wind Ensemble and the undergraduate orchestra.

He has a Bachelor’s in Clarinet Performance, a Master’s in Clarinet Performance, a Master’s in Composition and a D.M.A. in Clarinet Performance.

Bogdan has received many clarinet performance awards in his native country of Romania, including 1st Prize in 1996 at the International music performance competition, Tg. Jiu, and in 1997 at the International “George Georgescu” performance competition.

He has also received composition and education awards.

Bogdan is fluent in Romanian, French, English and German and is learning Japanese. 

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Brittany Schlude

Brittany has been teaching cello at Sound Beach Music since fall 2009.She previously taught privately and at other studies starting in 2005.

She is currently studying Music Education and Performance at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University.  She is currently performing on cello with the C.W. Post Orchestra and the C. W. Post String Ensemble conducted by Professor Maureen Hynes, as well as the Sound Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dorothy Savitch. She is also currently performing with the Merriweather Consort playing bass viol, also direct by Professor Hynes.

Brittany is currently studying cello with Professor Maureen Hynes. Previously she has also studied with David Jaklitsch. She has also been studying piano for 12 years.
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Brian Chabza

Brian has been teaching at Sound Beach Music since 1997. He teaches violin, viola, guitar and mandolin.

Brian performed with Ants Marching (a Dave Matthews tribute) since 1998.  They played over 100 shows a year at venues such as Nassau Coliseum and Meadowlands Racetrack, and have opened for The Wailers in Seaside Heights, New Jersey and at many more locations. He currently plays in a bluegrass band called The Smokey Knoll Top Ramblers, with local mandolin player, Buddy Mirriam. He is also the current resident guitarist for Theatre Three, of Port Jefferson, and has been since 2006.

 

He studied privately with Ron Feinberg (bluegrass), John Blake, Jr. (jazz), Wendy Fogel (classical) and Alan Grubauer (jazz.)

 

Brian began playing professionally at 17-years-old.  He has attended workshops and master classes with Mark O’Connor, Claude Williams, Matt Glaser, Darol Anger, Buddy Spicher, Randy Elmore and Catherine Cho
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Craig Buying

Craig is an instructor of clarinet, saxophone, oboe, flute, trumpet and baritone.He has been teaching since 2004. He received his Bachelor of Music (with an emphasis in Music Education) from the University of South Carolina. He has also received his Master of Music from SUNY Stony Brook and is in progress in a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Stony Brook.

He is currently the Instructor of Undergraduate Clarinet at Stony Brook University and a guest coach at Stony Brook, pre-college.

Highlights of his performing experience include the Emerson Chamber Festival, Bang on a Can Festival and North Shore Pro Musica Chamber Series.He is a principal of the Stony Brook Wind Ensemble and the Stony Brook Graduate Orchestra.

He has studied with Alan Kay, Dan Gilbert, Doug Graham, A.K. Oshima and Dr. Maureen Hurd.
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David Andersen

Dave teaches guitar at Sound Beach Music as of May, 2009. He has 12 years of experience playing guitar, as well as 10 years experience playing piano. He excelled in Advanced Placement Music Theory courses during high school.

Dave performed in 2007’s “Save the Music Festival” to raise money for the Miller Place High School music programs. He also has performed in various music bands and recording projects over the years. He studied privately with Michael Livering at The Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson
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Edward Guldi

Edward has been teaching violin and viola, since 2003.         
   
He received a B.A. 2004 (majors-Government, Music) with High Honors in Music from Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts and he attended the University of Massachusetts at Lowell with 2 years of Graduate Music (Performance-Violin.)  

Edward was the Concertmaster of the University of Massachusetts Orchestra from 2004-2006 and Concertmaster and student founder of the Clark University Sinfonia Orchestra from 2002-2004.  He has performed in various chamber music groups.  

He studied privately with Elliot Markoff, Peter Sulski (London Philharmonic), Lazar Gosman and Linda Sinanian.  

He enjoys teaching both violin and viola using a modified Suzuki School of Technique method, teaching theory and music notation even to the youngest students.  He has experience with children 5 and up.  He is an advocate of a limited but structured practice structure.             

Edward also teaches advanced technique, Irish fiddle and bluegrass

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Glen Baleri

Glen teaches trombone, trumpet, clarinet, sax, flute, baritone horn and French horn. He has been teaching since 1996.

He has a Masters in Music Education from Long Island University, C.W. Post, and a Masters in Music (trombone performance) from Stony Brook University. He has extensive performance experience in solo and chamber music and orchestra and band, mainly classical, with some experience in jazz.

Glen was a solo competition winner (Albania, 1992.) He also completed a Stony Brook Masters Recital and performed in many brass ensembles.

He studied privately with Michael Powell of Stony Brook University, and Julie Josephson. He teaches trombone to college level students.

Glen believes that music plays an integral part in children’s development and that, with his experience and education, he will promote the understanding and love for music that is surely needed today.
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Jennifer Endres

Jennifer teaches piano and has been since 1991.She teaches all levels including NYSSMA preparation. She attended Community College as a performing arts major (and was accepted into Crane School of Music but did not attend.)

She has always loved performing and enjoys writing her own songs.  She has played with friends in local bands and solo.  She has played for private parties, cocktail hours and church performances. She studied privately with many teachers over the years.

She has been an accompanist for many different local school districts including Miller Place, Shoreham-Wading River, Sachem and Mount Sinai.  She spent several consecutive summers as the musical director for the Shoreham Youth Theater program.
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Jessica Bender

Jessica received a Bachelor’s Degree in Music (vocal) from the Crane School of Music. She has also studied privately with Nancy and David Adams, Dr. Eileen Strempel, Catherine Sevigney and Ronald Meixsell.

Jessica teaches voice.

Some of the highlights of her career to date are performing at formal recitals as well as in plays.

Jessica has been teaching since 2000. She loves to teach voice. She finds that her students build confidence and develop self-esteem which is beneficial in all aspects of life, not just in performance.
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Joe Lopez

Joe is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music with a degree in instrumental performance. He also has studied privately with Alan Dawson and Gary Chaffee.

He teaches drums and has been teaching since 1978.

Some of the highlights of his musical experience have been recording, as well as playing in clubs. He has performed in local bands including Milagro, a Latin rock band.
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Jun Xing

Jun teaches piano and violin. She has been teaching since 1993. She has a B.A. in Piano from SUNY at Stony Brook and attended middle school and high school at the Shenyang Conservatory in China.

Jun has performed on violin with the Sound Symphony. She studied with Dr. Ken Gandin, professor in Shanghai and Professor Xiaosheng. She was a NYSSMA judge for 5 years. She has certification in “Yamaha” and “Music Together” for young children. She would love to become your music teacher.
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Kevin "Tex" Prothro

Kevin teaches saxophone, flute, clarinet, and oboe. He has been teaching since 1975.

He graduated from North Texas University.

Kevin has performed extensively on cruise ships. He studied privately with Alex Stewart, Erik Klein, Dan Higgins, Pete Brewer, Linda Wetherill and Dennis Guillaume.
 
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Lucas Balslov

Lucas teaches trumpet and piano.  He graduated from Mt. Sinai High School and is now attending Stony Brook University, working towards a degree in music performance.

He has performed in All-County and All-State ensembles in high school.  He was accepted into the 2007 Atlantic brass quintet seminar.  He is currently in the second season with the New York Youth Symphony in Carnegie Hall.

Lucas studied privately with Kris Ingles and Kevin Cobb.

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Linda Robertson

Linda studied music education for 3 years in college and studied privately with Joseph Mahoney.

She has been teaching piano for many years. She has been teaching at Sound Beach Music since 2003.
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Matt Hansen

Matt attended Five Towns College; he has studied the work of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Django Reinhardt and Miles Davis and therefore has extensive knowledge of jazz theory and harmony.

Matt has studied privately with Paul Goodman and Richard Rabatin.

Matt teaches guitar and bass. He has been teaching since July of 2002.

He performs locally, including playing his own arrangements of Miles Davis on solo guitar. He has an extensive background in blues and jazz and has started studying flamenco.

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Michel Ligonde


Michel teaches the guitar. 

 

He started giving private guitar lessons in 1996.

 

He received his Bachelor’s of Science and Master’s of Arts at City College of New York.

 

Michel has performed auxiliary services (now G.E.D Plus) for high school graduation ceremonies from June 1996 to June 2008.

 

He performed at Brooklyn’s 5th annual Jazz Festival on April 18th, 2004 at St. Philips Episcopalian Church.

 

He studied privately with guitarist Dernst Emile from 1995 to 2005.  He also studied with guitarist Roni Ben-Hor from 1996 to 1997 at the Jazzmobile and took as few private lessons with him as well.

As the duo known as 2Do, Michel recorded a CD with saxophonist Jim Ferraiuolo.  He has a website and his music can be listened to at 2DoMusic.com.  2Do has played at clubs, anniversary and birthday parties, weddings, graduations, proms, and retirement and fund-raising events.

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Mike Orioles

He has an A.A.S in Music from Suffolk Community College and a B.S. from S.U.N.Y Stony Brook. He has studied privately with Tony Mann, Richard Rabatin for improvisation, blues and jazz guitar and Jerry Willard for classical guitar.

Mike has been teaching guitar and bass since 1987.

He has played in the off-Broadway play “Summer of 69”and has done studio work with such people as Doug Stegmeyer (Billy Joel), Kasum Suitor (Todd Rundgren and Joan Jett), Steve Holly (Elton John).
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Nicole Caglione

Nicole has been teaching violin since 2006.

She has been in many performances throughout the years both solo as well as orchestral. She was a guest violinist with the Stony Brook University Orchestra conducted by Susan E. Deaver for two years. Her last recital was given in Pittsburgh, PA where she studied with Ms. Sherry Kloss at her “Music Program for the Development of Personal Style”, in memory of legendary violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz.

She started studying when she was 10 years old with Steve Rudin at Sound Beach Music. Nicole has studied privately under Rose Marie Johnson, USC and Juilliard graduate and author of the book “Violin Music by Women Composers” for two years as well as with soloist Julia Sakharova at Manhattan School of Music in New York City. She has also studied with Sophie Arbuckle and Sherry Kloss, heiress to the Heifetz Tononi violin; she was his teaching associate at USC.

Nicole enjoys teaching all kinds of students from beginners to advanced violin players.
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Paul Goodman

Paul is an eclectic player in various styles, concentrating on jazz, classical, rock and the blues. He began teaching over 40 years ago and has been teaching at Sound Beach Music since 2004

He has studied privately with Tony Mottola and Sal Nicosia.

At one time, he was a member of Jay and the Americans and played backup with the great “girl group”, the Chiffons. Currently he enjoys playing out as often as possible but his main emphasis is on teaching.
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Pete Heywood

Pete began playing drums at the age of 11. He has studied with John Speidel, Tony Sanns and Al Miller. He has had a wide variety of playing experiences since the age of 13 and has recorded with the “Fifth Avenue Band”. He currently has three drum study books in progress as well as several articles published in “Creative Drummer Magazine”.

Pete has been teaching since 1961.

Former students include: Bobby Rondenelli of Black Sabbath and John Miceli of Meatloaf.
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Regina Gordon

Regina teaches voice, piano and violin. She has been teaching since January of 2007. She is a senior at Five Towns College working on a degree in music education.

Regina has performed as a singer at Carnegie Hall with her college choir. She studied privately with Ken Friese.

Regina loves teaching just as much as she loves performing. She says that the rewards of teaching are amazing.
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Sally Morrison

Sally has been playing piano since 1987 and has been teaching for Sound Beach Music since 1996. She has studied with several teachers including Rozanne Chevallier. Sally also sings professionally. Her specialty is playing classical piano.

Sally is also one of the owners of Sound Beach Music. She has extensively coached and trained others to be effective.

 
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Steve Rudin

Steve attended the High School of Music in Manhattan and later received his Master’s Degree in Music Education from L.I.U., C.W. Post campus.

He also studied privately, first with his father, a violinist with the New York Philharmonic and later with Max Weiner, also with the Philharmonic and with Harvey Glickman and Sylvan Schulman, both former members of the N.B.C. Symphony.

He is a retired orchestra teacher in Rocky Point Schools. He has been teaching at Sound Beach Music since 1992.

Steve also plays at many social events around Long Island.
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Steve Subject

Steve teaches guitar and bass and has been teaching since 1975.

Steve began studying the guitar at the age of 12. It was at this time that he began his career as a vocalist. He was the leader of several bands throughout high school. He began writing songs in 1971 after purchasing his first acoustic guitar. In 1975, he began performing as a soloist throughout Long Island, continuing to compose all along. In 1976, he joined a four piece band, The Spring Fever Band, as a bass player and vocalist, performing all over Long Island. In 1987, he joined a seven piece band, Spectrum, performing at weddings, bar mitzvahs, retirement parties, graduations, etc. To date, he still continues work as a soloist, in a duo and in up to a full band as required by the job.

In 1975, he first began teaching private lessons on guitar and later added electric bass. In 1979, he began teaching at a small music store in Sound Beach called Tony Sanns Music. A few months later, he began working in the store and within a short time became the manager. On January 1, 1985, he purchased the store and has owned it since.

In 1989, the store first expanded to five teaching rooms and added a drum shop. In 1994, Sound Beach Music moved from Sound Beach to Miller Place in Miller Place Square, expanding to seven teaching rooms. In February, 2004, was the last expansion to 5000 square feet with ten teaching rooms and a 500 square foot drum shop.

In 1998, his first CD, “All Life’s Changes” was released, containing 13 original compositions and featuring several other teachers of Sound Beach Music. In 2004, his second CD, “Living a Dream” was released, again containing 13 original tunes and featuring his wife, on vocals and even more members of the Sound Beach Music family on a wide variety of instruments.

Steve had up to 50 students at one time but now only has time for a handful. He and his wife Sally, co-owner of the store, continue to teach and are hands-on, working owners, highly involved in the day-to-day serving of our customers and the running of the store.

 

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Sean Mackenzie

Sean is currently attending Stony Brook University.

He has been playing the cello since 1997.

Sean started teaching the cello in January of 2005. Cello is his main instrument, but he teaches piano as well.

He has studied privately with Christine Schaefer and Rozanne Chevallier. He started teaching at Sound Beach Music in 2006.
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