Bay Area Music Workshop
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JAZZ GUITAR LESSONS FOR TEENS LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS
SONGWRITING THEORY COLLEGE & PERFORMANCE PREP
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Serving San Francisco, Marin, Berkeley, Oakland & Remote Lessons
Guitar Lessons
Guitar lessons for beginners
Guitar lessons for teens
Blues guitar lessons
Jazz guitar lessons
Classical guitar lessons
Folk/rock guitar lessons
Scales, chords, soloing, fingerpicking, strumming
SPECIALIZED AREAS & STYLES
TECHNIQUE
THEORY & ARRANGING
Chord harmony
Reading music & tablature
How to perform a song in your best key using chords that suit your level
Soloing & improvisation
Sculpt a song to make it exciting and performable
Create and workshop songs
Prepare for recording songs
Prepare songs for performance
SONGWRITING
Voice Lessons
Singing lessons for beginners
Contemporary singing lessons
Jazz singing lessons
Folk and rock singing lessons
Understand your range and how to alter a song to suit your voice.
Improve your pitch with ear training and vocal exercises.
Learn how to use vocal arranging to improve performance and comfort.
Find your style and learn how to make a song your own.
SPECIALIZED AREAS & STYLES
TECHNIQUE
About
Cherie
Cherie is a versatile teacher offering guitar and voice lessons out of her home studio in San Francisco, CA. With more than 500 students throughout her career, she offers a wide range of teaching techniques and a creative teaching spirit to ensure great outcomes for students.
Cherie offers a supportive, fun, musical and professional music education for students of all levels and ages. She has taught at The Blue Bear School of Music in San Francisco and has run an independent teaching business over the past 20 years.
Testimonials
If you want something that is better than some online pre-packaged method-of-the-week - and to work with a real musician, composer and artist - Cherie is the real thing.
Ricco D.
Cherie a consummate professional who knows her stuff and has been teaching for many years in NY and the Bay Area. She's also a good communicator, lots of patience and a nice person to interact with.
Yelp Review
I'm breaking into writing songs and Marlana has helped me get over a huge block I've had for years. She's really helped me expand my guitar skills so I can write with a fresh sound. And how to fine tune my performance.
Janet R.
I have to give Cherie 5-stars. She recently moved her teaching business to Marin and I'm so happy I can finally get back to lessons with her. I studied with her years ago when I lived in SF, I was a complete beginner back then.
Yelp Review
I have now expanded into a new area in my music lessons with voice training. Each lesson gives me more confidence and assurance in my playing and singing. I highly recommend Cherie. I am also impressed with her as a performer and feel honored to have her as my musical guru.
Tom B.
I have experimented with music (guitar and harmonica) for a number of years without any direction or form and I'm so blessed to have found Cherie. She creates a relaxing environment where I can focus and understand music theory
Thumbtack Review