Learn from Great Contemporary Composition Teachers

Hi, I'm Rene Sagnelli, a seasoned musician and music educator with over 20 years of experience. My journey through the world of music has taken me from prestigious performances to successful recordings and beyond. With a deep commitment to both playing and teaching, I strive to inspire and elevate each student to reach their fullest potential.

Eric Johnson is a Los Angeles based woodwind instrumentalist, composer, and producer. He can be seen performing in local jazz venues as well as with Chicano soul powerhouse group Thee Sinseers. While earning his master's degree in jazz and improvisational music from University of Nevada Reno, he was awarded a graduate teaching assistant position working with undergraduate jazz…

Hi, I’m Igor Bardykin, a classically trained pianist, composer, and educator with over 10 years of experience teaching and performing internationally. I hold a degree in Piano Performance from the Moscow State Conservatory, one of the world’s leading institutions for classical music.

I am a pianist, composer, and teacher who loves working with students of all ages and skill levels. I have experience teaching young or adult beginners up through conservatory-level students. I studied Piano Performance at NYU, where I received a Bachelor's and Master's degree, and did extensive work in Music Theory, Music Pedagogy, and Composition.

Hello, I'm Adrian and I'm a Romanian composer and teacher. My artistic work spans contemporary concert music, theatre, film, radio drama, video games, and electronic music, combining acoustic instruments and traditional musical languages with contemporary composition, electronic sound, and experimental approaches.

Hello! My name is Michalis Kailis, and I’m a professional composer, music educator and guitarist with over 5 years of teaching experience. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Composition and a Master of Music (M.Mus.) with a focus on composition.

I've been teaching music composition and theory, violin, guitar, voice, and piano for the last five years. In addition to teaching, I work as a professional composer, multi-instrumentalist, and recording artist. I have been playing guitar for 19+ years and violin for 17+ years, and in 2022, I earned a Master of Music in Composition from the University of South Carolina School of…

Electronic Music Award-Winning Composer-Producer-Arranger Project-based lessons in music composition / electronic music / music production / music programming. I am an award-winning Berlin-based composer-producer with 15+ years of experience in composing for international projects of electronic music, classical instruments, Video Games and Virtual Reality.

Hana is an award winning singer-songwriter, composer and pianist based in Melbourne, Australia. Her works have been performed locally and worldwide. Hana has also composed and conducted for organisations such as the Australian National Academy of Music, The Australian Children’s Choir, Creativity Australia, The Chamber Strings of Melbourne and The Ballarat Symphony Orchestra.

I look forward to helping you achieve all of your musical goals! As a former Los Angeles-based session musician, I have recorded/performed with Dweezil Zappa, Lisa Loeb, Cosmosquad, Hardline as well with members of Journey, INXS, Earth Wind and Fire, Tears For Fears, Savage Garden, Poison, Porcupine Tree, New Kids On The Block, Alan Parsons Project, UFO, Enuff z'Nuff, Nelson,…